Trusted contractors collaborate with the United States federal government to deliver a wide range of advanced products and services, spanning various industries, from everyday items like paper clips to heavy equipment such as tankers and aircraft carriers. The government contracting sector is a massive industry due to the fact that the U.S. government holds the […] More

Motorola Solutions has booked a 12-month, $31.6 million contract to sustain enterprise land mobile radios for the U.S. Navy Installations Command. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization issued the sole-source, firm-fixed-price award for LMR sustainment services slated to run through June 27, 2024, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Contract work will primarily occur at […] More

Bell-made AH-1Z Viper helicopters of the U.S. Marine Corps can now use the AGM-179A Joint Air-to-Ground Missile after the weapon achieved initial operating capability under the service branch. JAGM, which achieved the milestone on March 1, uses millimeter-wave radar and semi-active laser guidance to boost accuracy against targets on land and water, Naval Air Systems […] More

The Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded six contracts to develop additive manufacturing prototypes as part of efforts to protect military technologies from a possible breach or compromise, Defense News reported Thursday. General Electric, Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems segment, Mercury Systems, ReLogic Research, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and Charles Stark Draper […] More

The defense industry is a big global market, generating multi-billion contracts from the federal sector, foreign governments, and international customers. As the United States government is the single largest customer of goods and services, American companies top the list of the largest defense contractors in the world, supplying industry-leading weapons, electronic systems, and data analytics. […] More

Michael Farmer, a more than 30-year veteran in the aviation and defense industries, has been named vice president of life extension products at El Segundo, Calif.-based firm Kellstrom Defense Aerospace.

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Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary is conducting ground checks to prepare a medium-lift utility helicopter equipped with a robotic co-pilot kit for initial flight tests slated to commence by the end of the year, Rotor & Wing reported Friday. The upcoming flight demonstration of an automated UH-60A Black Hawk will culminate a decade-long collaborative effort of Sikorsky, the U.S. Army and the Defense […] More

Advanced IT Concepts has received a seven-year subcontract to support the U.S. Army‘s Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations Maintenance Program. AITC said Monday it will work with an industry team led by Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business, the ATMP’s prime contractor. Under the subcontract, AITC will provide technical expertise and services in a variety […] More

LifePort, a business unit of Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary, has received a contract from a Middle Eastern customer to provide systems that work to protect Black Hawk helicopter crew and passengers against ground-based ballistic threats. The order is for 25 customized Black Hawk Ballistic Protection Systems, Lockheed said Tuesday. Noah Zuckerman, general manager at LifePort, said the company […] More

The U.S. Army has released this year’s Superior Supplier Incentive Program list that ranks the top industry suppliers for the military in 2017 based on cost, schedule, technical performance, management, regulatory compliance and small business utilization. The service branch announced Tuesday that SSIP serves as a basis for companies to learn and improve on the areas that factor into their overall performance […] More