Sonia Galindo, a corporate, securities and governance attorney who was with the former FLIR Systems company, was named as executive vice president and general counsel at KBR, where she will help align company efforts with its high ethical standard. Stuart Bradie, president and CEO of KBR, said in a statement published Monday Galindo will contribute […] More

KBR will support modernization efforts at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Massachusetts under a four-year, $126.7 million recompete contract. The company said Monday it will help the Department of Transportation-owned center to update logistical, technical and safety systems as part of the Mission Information Technology Support contract. “This win is one more step […] More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded KBR a potential $49.7 million contract to continue the research and development of an alternate position, navigation and timing system intended for environments that deny global positioning systems. The award will also cover the production of the PNT system’s first prototype for commercialization under the third phase of the […] More

KBR has formed a strategic partnership with Adarga, a U.K.-based developer of artificial intelligence analytics software, in an effort to expand capability offering to vital market sectors and advance customers’ AI analytics adoption. The government solutions business of KBR will offer the AI software platform of Adarga to defense and national security sectors, the company […] More

KBR’s Kord Technologies subsidiary demonstrated a 50 kilowatt-class laser weapon prototype on a Stryker vehicle as part of the U.S. Army’s Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense program during a combat shoot-off held in July at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. Byron Bright, president of KBR’s government solutions business and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said […] More

KBR has received a pair of task orders worth $120.2 million combined to help the U.S. Navy develop aircrew training courseware and analyze aircraft survivability equipment. Both task orders were recompeted under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s Multiple Award Contract to support Navy program offices overseeing E-2/C-2 airborne command and control and advanced […] More

A joint venture between KBR and Aerodyne has secured a potential $531 million Mechanical Integrated Services and Technology II contract from NASA to provide engineering services for spaceflight and ground systems, including the development and validation of new technologies for future space and science missions. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a five-year base period and […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 6, 2021 — KBR has won a five-year, $194.3 million U.S. Air Force task order for development of approaches to identify counterfeit microelectronic products and provision of design best practices for digital and analog systems in support of researchers analyzing and verifying the integrity of very small electronic devices, GovCon Wire […] More

KBR will help the U.S. Air Force sustain landing and air traffic control systems under a five-year, $58.1 million task order the company won through a recompete. The Houston-based contractor said Wednesday it will perform research and analysis work for the ATC and landings systems sustainment branch within USAF’s digital directorate as part of the […] More

NATO has extended its four-decade partnership with KBR and tapped the company to perform a variety of technical services in support of a surface-based air defense missile employed by member countries worldwide. KBR said Monday it will help the NATO Support and Procurement Agency address the Patriot missile system’s logistical, programmatic, analytical and engineering needs. […] More

KBR has secured a three-year contract for INSITE cloud-based monitoring and advisory services in support of Iowa Fertilizer Company’s plant at Wever, Iowa. The company will actively monitor plant operations by incorporating deep domain expertise to diagnose operational problems, determine probable root causes and recommend corrective actions to prevent or mitigate events that could lead […] More

KBR has secured a potential five-year $91.8 million task order for engineering services in support of research, analysis and development of technologies for U.S. Air Force aircraft and other system components managed by the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing. The task order was awarded through the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s multiple-award contract, the […] More