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The U.S. Coast Guard recently awarded Rhode Island-based Gilbane Federal, a company providing global military construction services, a $114 million contract to modernize the water distribution system at Base Kodiak, Ala.
The contract includes design, labor, material, equipment and site work.... Read More »
Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Defense, a mobility integrator, and California-based Grid Aero, a company developing autonomous modular payload aircraft, have partnered to bring Grid Aero’s technology into production.
Under the partnership, the companies will work on manufacturability, production... Read More »
The U.S. Army recently awarded Lockheed Martin an agreement to advance prototype development and conduct testing and evaluation of the Future Interceptor to assess system performance against established operational requirements.
The Future Interceptor is a next-generation capability intended to... Read More »
The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $694 million contract for the production of the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW).
The ARRW is a hypersonic weapon that will travel at more than five times the speed of sound to rapidly engage targets from significant standoff ranges.... Read More »
Anduril, an American defense technology company, announced recently it will join Qualcomm to produce a new product line dedicated to rebuilding American computer manufacturing.
The companies said the line, BlueChip, will develop American-built computing hardware for America’s most critical... Read More »
Lockheed Martin announced it had signed a framework agreement for F-35 Lightning II production and sustainment.
The multi-year framework includes more than 850 U.S. aircraft over 20 years with associated spares, as well as 10 years of modification kits and sustainment, and a continued... Read More »
BAE Systems announced it had signed a multi-year framework agreement for up to seven years of procurement with the U.S. Department of Defense, referred to by the Trump administration as the U.S. Department of War, to increase production capacity of its laser-guidance kits.
The agreement... Read More »
Salt Lake City, Utah-based L3Harris Technologies announced it had received an undefinitized contract modification award from the U.S. Navy for the next phase of the Next Generation Jammer Low Bank program.
The contract, worth more than $876 million, will support an accelerated timeline for... Read More »
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan’s Unmanned Air Warfare Center recently successfully tested an unmanned aerial refueler MQ-25A Stingray more than 2,100 miles away.
The Stingray was located at a Boeing facility in Illinois while the ship was in the Pacific Ocean. The crew used its... Read More »
Biosynthesis company Antheia announced it has received a conditional commitment of up to $80 million in a long-term loan from the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) under the U.S. Department of Defense, referred to by the Trump administration as the U.S. Department of War.
The conditional... Read More »
The U.S. Army recently selected Northrop Grumman to expand the capabilities of the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), a system that delivers fire control quality data and battle management, by adding a new variant designed to increase the system’s survivability and mobility.
Under the... Read More »
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, introduced the Nomad 100 fast pack on Monday.
The pack is a containerized vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aerial system kit designed to help customers rapidly deploy autonomous air capability.
The fast pack was designed to help customers close... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and the Pentagon announced the Bath Iron Works (BIW) production facility has been certified, clearing the way for the facility to be used for the production of a guided missile destroyer.
Collins, chair of the Appropriations Committee, said she has long advocated... Read More »
The Department of Defense and the Missile Defense Agency recently awarded defense solutions company Raytheon a five-year procurement contract to produce Standard Missile–3 Block IB (SM-3 Blk IB) interceptors.
The contract includes two additional option years, valued up to $6.3... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Strategic Capital recently provided North Carolina-based Wolfspeed, a silicon carbide (SiC) technologies company, with a conditional loan commitment letter for up to $1.5 billion of long-term financing.
Under the terms of the loan commitment,... Read More »
Anduril Industries announced it will invest $3.7 billion in private capital to expand production capacity for the Virginia-class Submarine Program for the U.S. Navy.
The investment will allow the company to expand its facilities in order to manufacture critical components for the Virginia-class... Read More »
Boeing announced it had won and undefinitized seven-year contract to triple its production of the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) seekers.
The $14.7 billion contract by Lockheed Martin would allow Boeing to scale production and triple its output under its seven-year framework agreement... Read More »
Raytheon, an RTX business, announced that it had secured a five-year contract valued at up to $24.4 billion to create missile interceptors.
The contract, with the U.S. Department of Defense, would increase the availability of Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) interceptors, a munition able to conduct... Read More »
Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky announced it had reached a Novel Production Agreement with the U.S. Army for Black Hawk helicopters that would enable the Army to add aircraft as new requirements emerge.
The contract award comes earlier than anticipated and reflects the U.S. Department of War... Read More »
The U.S. Navy plans to purchase 30 medium unmanned surface vessels (MUSVs) from three companies. Each contract is for 10 MUSVs at an average procurement cost of $40 million per vessel.
“MUSVs are an important part of the hedge strategy laid out in our U.S. Navy Fighting Instructions,” Adm.... Read More »
RTX’s Raytheon said it will accelerate production of AMRAAM missiles after winning a multi-year contract with the U.S. Department of Defense, referred to by the Trump administration as the U.S. Department of War.
The $20.7 billion contract will facilitate the company’s increase to... Read More »
Lockheed Martin announced it had won a contract with the U.S. Army to produce Increment 2 of its Precision Strike Missile.
The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract worth up to $1.2 billion will cover the procurement and future orders for the PrSM Increment 2 missiles, as well as... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense and defense technology company Lockheed Martin recently signed a framework agreement to expand production capacity of the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM), next generation air-to-air missiles.
The agreement allows Lockheed Martin and the munitions... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense, referred to by the Trump administration as the U.S. Department of War, announced that the U.S. Navy had awarded Boeing Company the first production contract for the MQ-25A Stingray.
The $562 million fixed-price incentive contract will allow for initial production... Read More »
American Rheinmetall announced it had won a $7.28 million contract to support the U.S. Marine Corps with autonomous unmanned ground vehicles.
The contract, executed through the Defense Logistics Agency with ADS, Inc., will cover the manufacturing and delivery of Mission Master SP Autonomous... Read More »
The Department of Defense’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy, in partnership with the Economic Defense Unit, have invested a $450 million redeemable preferred equity investment in the Elmet Group through the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program.... Read More »
Washington, D.C.,-based Covenant, a defense company, recently introduced a heavy-payload, long-range weapon system designed for production in the thousands.
The system, Anthem, is less expensive compared to legacy systems and was built as an end-to-end deepstrike solution that can be... Read More »
The U.S. Army recently awarded Virginia-based integrated defense technology company AeroVironment’s (AV) New Mexico facility with an other-transaction-agreement for the production of directed-energy weapons.
The contract, the Army’s first production for a high energy laser weapon system, is... Read More »
Massachusetts-based Raytheon, a defense solutions provider, recently completed a $50 million, 17,000-square-foot expansion of its Forest, Miss., manufacturing facility to boost production capacity for critical electronic warfare and radar systems.
"Completing this expansion underscores our... Read More »
The government-led critical design review of Northrop Grumman’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye’s Block II upgrade was recently completed, allowing the aerospace and defense technology company to immediately begin Block II integration and testing.
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is an airborne early warning... Read More »
The U.S. Army announced it had awarded Hanwha Defense USA a contract to build six prototype Mobile Howitzers for the Army’s new Mobile Tactical Cannon program.
The $262 million contract is the first for Hanwha Defense USA, based in Chantilly, Va., and will include building the prototypes in... Read More »
Hung Cao, the acting Secretary of the Navy, announced the U.S. Department of the Navy awarded a contract to Raytheon to accelerate the production of the Tomahawk missile.
The $22.9 billion contract is designed to speed up procurement by providing a more stable and predictable acquisition... Read More »
Virginia-based Northrop Grumman, an aerospace and defense technology company, and Florida-based Aeronix, an advanced secure communication, networking, and surveillance technologies provider, recently created a multimillion-dollar strategic partnership to accelerate the development of advanced... Read More »
A collaboration of several key technology companies recently showcased how commercial off-the-shelf technologies can be combined with AI to make detecting and tracking unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) more accessible.
The collaboration between Lockheed Martin, Verizon, NVIDIA, Keysight... Read More »
Defense company Northrop Grumman announced it had entered into an agreement to accelerate its production and delivery of critical munitions technologies.
The company said it has signed two multi-year agreements with the U.S. Department of War and Lockheed Martin for more than $3 billion that... Read More »
