Air Industries Group has received $2.3 million in subcontract awards from Helicopter Tech to develop landing gear component made from forged aluminum for the KC-135 aircraft. Nassau Tool Works, Air Industries’ subsidiary, will produce the part over a period of two years with the start of deliveries slated for early 2018, Air Industries said Monday. Dan Godin, Air Industries Group president […] More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Intelligent Software Solutions a one-year, $12.2 million task order to continue to help the service branch maintain U.S. military software installed worldwide, the Colorado Springs Business Journal reported Thursday. Amber Baillie writes ISS will also extend its software and maintenance support for the U.S. Central Command, NATO and the Air Force’s Pacific operations. The contract represents the […] More

PARC has been awarded a $3 million contract to develop a thermal-insulating window coating technology for an Energy Department program that aims to reduce the amount of heat loss in single-pane windows during cold weather. The Xerox company will assimilate a transparent aerogel polymer material to the window coating for thermal loss prevention as part […] More

Science Application International Corp. will work to support the design, development, implementation and evaluation of training materials for the U.S. Navy as part of a potential $343 million contract awarded earlier in May. SAIC said Tuesday it will seek to deliver modular, scalable and tailored learning in support of Defense Department training requirements and Navy distance […] More

A Raytheon subsidiary has been awarded a $1.3 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to help build a tool for DHS to search multiple websites at once. Raytheon BBN Technologies will develop online search technology as part of DHS’ Privacy Preserving Federated Search and Sharing initiative, the department said Tuesday. DHS seeks deployable privacy-enhancing tools through […] More

Parsons aims to help the Missile Defense Agency implement and transition all three elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System into U.S. military organizations as part of a five-year, $60 million contract the company won in late March. “This contract is a natural extension of the work we have been performing for the MDA for decades,” Biff Lyons, executive vice president […] More

Balfour Beatty has landed an estimated $117 million subcontract from BAE Systems for construction services at a U.K. air force base that will house Lockheed Martin-built fighter jets beginning 2018. Balfour Beatty will construct an integrated training center, logistics operations center and a maintenance and finishing facility at the Marham air base to support the arrival […] More

Moog has been awarded a subcontract by Northrop Grumman to manufacture a flight control actuation system for the Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node program jointly run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research. Moog said Wednesday the contract requires initial delivery of flight control actuators, actuator-control electronics and accessories for the […] More

CAE has been awarded a contract from Australia’s defense ministry to develop a C-130J fuselage cargo compartment trainer for that country’s air force. The company said Wednesday CAE Australia will deliver the fuselage trainer to RAAF Base Richmond in 2018 to help support training of C-130J loadmaster aircrews in loading and unloading C-130J Hercules aircraft cargo. The Australian air force award is one […] More

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has named former Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney as its new senior adviser to provide support for its investment and value-creation strategies. McNerney brings decades worth of experience in management while he held senior leadership positions for a number of global companies, CD&R said Wednesday. “His exceptional record is one grounded […] More

Jim Jasinski joined Silicon Valley-based Fortinet one year ago to help the computer security technology product maker build its U.S. government market presence as vice president of federal business development for supply chain. Jasinski previously led the federal and state systems business at 3M Cogent and entered private industry in 2000 after a long FBI career that […] More

Spain’s defense ministry has placed an order for four General Atomics-built Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles through a $243 million foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. The contract also covers MTS-B electro-optical/infrared sensors, two Block 30 ground control stations, line-of-sight datalink platforms and Block 20A Lynx multi-mode radar for the Spanish armed forces, General […] More