Lockheed Martin's aeronautics business will continue to provide logistics support services for the U.S Air Force's Câ€5 airlifters under a two-year, $39.9M contract modification.
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 52nd and final aircraft that was refined under a U.S. Air Force program aiming to modernize the C-5 Galaxy strategic transport. The company said Monday it delivered the C-5M Super Galaxy last Thursday from a facility in Marietta, Ga., and that the aircraft completed upgrades under the Reliability Enhancement and […] More
A team led by Alion Science and Technology has received a potential $40.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to help the service branch address life-limiting issues on the C-130, C-5, C-17 and F-15 aircraft fleets. The 58-month contract covers requirements evaluation, planning, logistics, engineering, testing, prototyping and data management support for the Air Force’s 409th […] More
Rockwell Collins has finished integration of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast Out software on three aircraft platforms for the Naval Air Systems Command. The company said Monday it integrated the software on NAVAIR’s C-2A, E2-C and P-3C platforms in an effort to help the command meet the federal government’s ADS-B Out requirements set to take effect by the […] More
Lockheed Martin‘s aeronautics business unit has secured a $14.7 million contract modification to support engineering and manufacturing development work on communications, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management systems for the U.S. Air Force‘s C-5 transport aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also help the military service incorporate an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast out technology into […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has received a potential five-year, $34.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue to develop a communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management software platform. The company said Thursday the CNS/ATM software will work to support various aircraft of the Air Mobility and Air Combat Command, including the C-5, C-17, KC-10, KC-135, E-3 DRAGON […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential $12 million contract to Honeywell International and a $15 million contract to United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary to research, develop and engineer secondary power systems for multiple types of aircraft. Both contractors will support efforts of the Air Force and U.S. Navy to optimize the safety, reliability and maintainability of secondary […] More
The U.S. Air Force‘s 402nd Software Maintenance Group has awarded IndraSoft a five-year, $38 million task order for software sustainment and development, laboratory, cybersecurity and systems engineering services. The company said Wednesday it will provide support services for SMXG’s operational flight programs, test program sets, mission support and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance business lines at Robins […] More
Oshkosh Defense will display its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle at the Eurosatory international defense and security exhibit until June 17 in Paris, France. JLTV is based on the Oshkosh Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle and offers off-road transportation functions, Oshkosh Defense said Monday. Oshkosh was selected in August 2015 to replace U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Humvee ground vehicles under a potential $7 […] More
DynCorp International has been awarded a potential one-year, $8.5 million task order to help maintain engines and components for the U.S. Air Force‘s C-5 aircraft. Jim Myles, senior vice president of the DynAviation business, said Wednesday that the company will perform “intermediate level engine overhaul services on one of the largest military aircraft ever built.” The […] More