The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded BAE Systems a potential five-year, $83.9M contract to supply the U.S. Army with systems designed to protect aircraft and crews from infrared missile threats. BAE will provide AN/AAR-57A(V) Common Missile Warning Systems to the service branch under the sole-source acquisition, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
Read More »Kathy Warden: Northrop to Merge Two Tech Services Business Areas Into One Entity
Kathy Warden, president and chief operating officer of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has said the company will begin in 2019 to consolidate into a single unit its system modernization and advanced defense services areas that operate under its technology services business. Warden, a three-time Wash100 recipient, told analysts Wednesday during the company’s earnings …
Read More »Navy Orders Additional Orbital ATK Missile Warning Systems; Mike Kahn Comments
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) has received a $30 million contract to produce additional missile warning systems for the U.S. Navy. The company will build optical sensor converters and computer processors, retrofit weapon-replaceable assembly upgrades and deliver countermeasures signals simulator to test systems operability, Orbital ATK said Friday. Mike Kahn, executive vice …
Read More »Greece Eyes Purchase of Boeing Chinook Helicopters for $150M
The government of Greece is seeking to purchase Boeing (NYSE: BA)-built Chinook helicopters and related equipment for $150 million through a foreign military sale agreement with the U.S. Greece requested for CH-47D Chinook helicopter engines, missile warning system, radio systems, ILS marker beacons, direction finders, navigation tools, transponders, radar signal …
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