Leidos has secured a six-year, $55.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide operations support services for the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center. The Department of Defense said Friday Leidos will offer logistics, maintenance, operations and program management assistance supporting Navy and Marine signature silencing programs for naval ships and undersea systems at the Southeast Alaska Measurement Facility.

The U.S. Navy has awarded CACI International a potential five-year, $59.9 million contract to operate and integrate information operations payloads into unmanned aerial vehicles supplied to joint forces. The sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a three-year base term valued at approximately $37.5 million and a two-year option period that could bring the ceiling amount to $59.9 million, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

HII's Mission Technologies division will conduct research, analyze and build capabilities for the Mk 41 and Mk 57 vertical launching systems on the U.S. Navy's surface ships under a potential five-year, $75 million task order. HII said Tuesday the task order was awarded through the Department of Defense's Information Analysis Center Multiple Award Contract.

Lockheed Martin will collaborate with Intel and its newly launched standalone business Altera to build a sensor open systems architecture-based airborne electronic defense platform for the U.S. Navy's MH-60R multi-mission helicopter to support a program of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Lockheed said Monday it will use Altera's Multi-Chip Package for integration with the SOSA technology under the Stimulating Transition for Advanced Microelectronics Packaging program.

An RTX subsidiary has secured a $40.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to enhance the technology readiness of the Controlled, Advanced, Distributed Radio Frequency Effects initiative. The competitively procured contract is in support of the potential integration of CADRE into the Next Generation Jammer program, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

General Dynamics' mission systems business will perform ship design agent and lifecycle sustainment services under a potential $92.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee term contract from the U.S. Navy. The contract has a $33.7 million initial value and provides for services in support of the Independence-class littoral combat ship combat system, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

RTX subsidiary Raytheon has received a potential two-year, $287 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide recertification and modernization support for 166 Tomahawk Block IV all-up-round missiles. The modification also includes missile obsolescence and health monitoring, depot support, software maintenance and related hardware procurement services, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

Lockheed Martin will deliver a submarine electronic warfare system to the U.S. Navy under a $27.1 million order awarded against an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The delivery order covers modernization kits, equipment and installation, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Lockheed Martin has secured a seven-year, $71.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver performance-based logistics for the Consolidated Automated Support System family of testers that supports naval aviation systems at the intermediate maintenance level. Additionally, the Department of Defense said Thursday the contractor will offer repair services for the Navy, Marine Corps and foreign military sales customers.

General Dynamics' electric boat subsidiary has christened PCU Idaho, the U.S. Navy's 26th Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, which is designed to support anti-submarine and surface ship warfare and special operations. Terry Stackley, the ship sponsor, performed the bottle break that christened the vessel, which is the first Navy submarine to be named after the state of Idaho, General Dynamics Electric Boat said in a LinkedIn post published Sunday.

Executive Mosaic is pleased to confer the Wash100 honor upon Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer Jane Rathbun in recognition of her shrewd, conscientious technology leadership of the service branch. The Wash100 Award is EM’s annual commendation of the most influential senior executives, military leaders and government officials shaping the government contracting industry.

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QED Systems has secured a potential five-year, $383 million contract to provide specification development and availability execution support services in support of the U.S. Navy's ship maintenance efforts. The company will support the maintenance of the Navy's guided-missile destroyers and cruisers, landing platform dock, dock landing ships, landing helicopter assault, amphibious assault ships and littoral combat ships, the Department of Defense said Thursday.