Anna Forrester

Raytheon will provide research and development support to help boost the U.S. Air Force‘s capabilities in air-launched tactical missiles under a $14 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will explore the research concepts of Small Advanced Capability Missiles and Miniature Self-Defense Munitions. SACM and MSDM will work to deliver increased missile capacity per sortie, missile […] More

L-3 Communications will provide depot-level upgrade, repair and overhaul services for photonics masts on Virginia-class and Ohio-class submarines under a three-year, $44.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract also covers engineering and technical support and the replacement, inspection and evaluation of the photonics mast and photonics mast variant, which are part of […] More

Lockheed Martin and clean energy company Blue Earth will collaborate on a project to provide heat and power and facilitate energy savings at the Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home in New York. Blue Earth said Tuesday the project covers lighting and boiler upgrades, cooling and heating unit replacements, larger standby generators and a combined heat and power unit. Lockheed will […] More

A General Dynamics business unit will provide electronic warfare system upgrades under a five-year production contract for the U.S. Navy‘s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 1B3. The company said Monday General Dynamics Mission Systems will perform work in Massachusetts and install the upgrades on Navy combat ships to help facilitate increased situational awareness. General Dynamics has worked on the SEWIP […] More

The U.S. Air Force has issued a solicitation for white papers on capabilities that support state-driven assessments of the service branch’s distributed adaptive planning and operations under a $9.9 million funding opportunity. A broad agency announcement posted Dec. 23 on FedBizOpps stated that the capability aims to build on periods of reduced communications between forward and operational […] More

The power systems division of RCT Systems will perform research and development work on shipboard power conversion modules and energy storage components under a $12.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Wednesday RCT will provide testing and manufacturing support and conduct analysis on power conversion and energy storage systems for electrical architectures on Navy […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne will work with the U.S. Air Force develop standards for the qualification of 3-D printed rocket engine components under a $6 million contract awarded as part of the Booster Propulsion Technology Maturation broad agency announcement. The company said Tuesday it will work to leverage its experience with additive manufacturing processes and technologies to support the service branch’s […] More

Syn-Tech Systems will provide support services for the FuelMaster fuel management systems under a potential six-year, $91.9 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Tuesday Syn-Tech will provide technical, installation and sustainment services for automated FuelMaster fuel service stations, fuel dispensing systems and other equipment at 507 international sites. The contract has a base period of one year […] More