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Lockheed Martin has received a $39.5 million foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Air Force to establish and maintain two F-16 air combat training centers for Jordan’s military. The Defense Department said Wednesday that Lockheed will also provide logistics support to Jordan and is scheduled to complete work under the sole-source contract by Sept. 15, 2020. The contracting activity is the Air Force […] More
Shield AI has received a nine-month, $1 million “other transaction” agreement from the U.S. Army to develop an autonomous tactical airborne drone prototype. The Army’s Contracting Command-New Jersey awarded the OTA on behalf of the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and the Naval Special Warfare Command, according to a notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps. San Diego, California-based Shield AI develops artificially intelligent robots […] More
ATAC has been awarded a potential five-year, $8 million contract to develop and update a naval aviation simulation model system at U.S. Navy and Marine Corps installations as well as Defense Department facilities worldwide. DoD said Tuesday the project will support airfield, airspace and range analyses of existing or proposed operations and activities. The company will also compile information on mission changes to […] More
Honeywell International has received a potential three-year, $18.3 million delivery order from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply brakes for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. DLA’s aviation unit will fund the delivery order with the service branch’s fiscal 2016 working capital funds, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Honeywell will perform work in Indiana through June 30, […] More
Raytheon has secured an $8.8 million contract to equip the U.S. Air Force‘s F-15 multirole fighter aircraft with center display units. The Defense Department said Tuesday Raytheon will retrofit 130 F-16 CDUs as well as provide organic depot maintenance stand-up services under the firm-fixed-price contract. DoD noted the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will obligate the full contract […] More
Textron subsidiary AAI Corp. has received a $7.4 million contract modification to produce universal test sets for the U.S. Navy’s Joint Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare program. AAI will also provide UTS  system engineering and program and configuration management services to the Navy, the Defense Department said Tuesday. DoD noted the modification exercises the second option […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded PKL Services an $11.9 million contract modification for aircraft maintenance and operation services to Singapore. The Defense Department said Tuesday the company will perform contract work at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho through Sept. 30, 2017. The 366th Contracting Squadron is the contracting activity for the foreign military sales contract. […] More
John Olson, formerly vice president of Sierra Nevada‘s space systems group, has joined Polaris Industries as vice president and general manager of the defense division at the Minnesota-based motorized products manufacturing company. The 28-year public and private sector veteran will oversee the division’s profit-and-loss functions as well as help develop the company’s long-term growth strategy in defense market, Polaris said […] More
Mona Bates works for Raytheon‘s Integrated Defense Systems business unit where she serves as the chief information officer and vice president of Information Technology. A 17-year IT veteran, Bates has held multiple senior leadership positions with increasing responsibilities and led IT programs both in the commercial and government sectors including the Defense Department, Missile Defense Agency and […] More
The Defense Department has expressed support to proposals by Lockheed Martin and Boeing to produce their respective F-16 and F-18 fighter jets in India as part of the Make in India program, Hindustan Times reported Monday. Shishir Gupta writes Defense Secretary Ashton Carter relayed DoD’s support to the proposals to Manohar Parrikar, India’s defense minister, during the […] More
Mikros Systems has received a five-year, $48 million contract to supply Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Test Distance Support Sensor Suite units and spare parts to the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also perform engineering work on ADSSS units under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Work will occur in various locations across the continental U.S. through September 2021. ADSSS is designed to integrate […] More
Boeing has received a $46.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide support for the wideband satellite communications operational management system. The Defense Department said Friday work will occur through Sept. 1, 2021 and that performance locations and funds will be determined with every order. The Army Contracting Command received one offer for the contract through an online […] More
