Tag Archives: U.S. Air Force

The Department of Defense has asked Congress nearly $2.9B in fiscal 2021 funds to procure hypersonic weapons systems, a 14 percent increase from the $2.5B DoD requested for the current fiscal year, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday.

General Electric’s aviation business has secured a potential $138.2M contract to provide TF-34 aircraft turbofan engine supplies to the U.S. Air Force.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a three-year, $167.5M contract to supply long-range anti-ship missile systems to the U.S. Air Force. The company's missiles and fire control systems unit will provide 48 LRASMs along with tooling and test equipment through the sole-source contract, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

Eight companies have won spots on a potential 11-year, $6.4B contract to support the U.S. Air Force's contingency  and humanitarian operations around the world.

Seventeen companies have won spots on a potential eight-year, $783M contract to provide integrated technology platforms to secure U.S. Air Force bases around the world.

Katie Arrington Offers Updates on Pentagon’s CMMC Program Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for acquisition with DoD and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, elaborated to Government Matters during an interview about the creation of standards that third-party assessment organizations will use to evaluate and certify contractors under DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. …

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a potential $512M foreign military sales contract with the U.S. Air Force to produce F-16 Block 70 jets for the Bulgarian government.

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has restarted work on a potential five-year, $450M contract for information technology support to U.S. Air Force customers throughout the National Capital Region. The company said Wednesday it halted contract work due to a bid protest that was filed after the announcement of the award in September 2019  and was recently withdrawn.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a potential $818.2M contract to manufacture a total of 790 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles for domestic and international defense clients.

Ceradyne, a 3M subsidiary, has won a potential $111.1M contract to supply the U.S. Army and Air Force with body protection plates widely used in tactical vests of military personnel.