Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will aim to demonstrate a space-based sensor technology for defending against hypersonic weapons and other sophisticated missile threats under a $155 million prototype award from the Missile Defense Agency. The company will perform on-orbit demonstration, launch and initial orbit testing work under Phase IIa of MDA’s …
Read More »Lockheed to Help Maintain UAE THAAD Weapon System Under $255M MDA Contract
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a five-year, $254.7M contract from the Missile Defense Agency to maintain two batteries for the United Arab Emirates’ Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. The company’s space business will also manage logistics and associated product database, develop software, provide training, conduct field surveillance, repair …
Read More »L3Harris Wins Potential $122M Contract to Demo On-Orbit Threat Sensor Platform
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has won a potential $121.6M other transaction award from the Missile Defense Agency to conduct an on-orbit demonstration of a space-based prototype sensor designed to track hypersonic and ballistic threats. MDA received four proposals for the project through a competitive solicitation among industry participants in Phase …
Read More »System High Acquires Booz Allen’s TEAMS Business to Expand MDA Support
Chantilly, Virginia-based security engineering services provider System High has purchased a Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) business unit that supports the Missile Defense Agency in cybersecurity and computer network defense efforts. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and System High said Monday its acquisition of the Technical, Engineering, …
Read More »Full Spectrum Operations to Help Maintain USAF, MDA Comm Systems Under $142M Contract
Full Spectrum Operations has won a potential $142.2M contract from the U.S. Air Force to help the military service and the Missile Defense Agency maintain voice, data and video communication systems.
Read More »DoD Unveils Navy, Air Force, MDA Pilot Contracts Under Cybersecurity Certification Program
The chief security information officer for the Department of Defense acquisition and sustainment has begun to review the integration of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements into U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and Missile Defense Agency contracts slated to be awarded late next year.
Read More »MDA BAA Details Ballistic Missile Defense C2 Prototyping Effort
The Missile Defense Agency has issued a broad agency announcement seeking potential sources of command and control, battle management and communications concepts to support the U.S. military's ballistic missile defense system operations.
Read More »Lockheed Gets $724M MDA Follow-On Contract for Aegis Dev’t, Engineering Support
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) rotary and mission systems business has received a potential $724M contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide lifecycle engineering and development support for the Aegis ballistic missile defense system.
Read More »Raytheon Technologies Lands Potential $722M Contract for SM-3 Missile Engineering, Mgmt Support
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) missile and defense business a potential $722.4M contract to help engineer, manage and sustain Standard Missile-3 Block interceptors for domestic and international customers.
Read More »James Taiclet: Hypersonic Weapons Programs Drive Growth in Lockheed’s Space Segment
James Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), said the company saw earnings growth in the space segment and attributed the increase to hypersonic weapons programs, Defense News reported Tuesday.
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