Brenda Marie Rivers

A Huntington Ingalls Industries division has commenced work to overhaul the USS Boise attack submarine as part of a contract with the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday its Newport News Shipbuilding business will maintain and repair the Los Angeles-class submarine pierside that arrived Monday at a shipyard in Virginia before the craft’s transfer to a dry dock by January of […] More

Oshkosh‘s defense business has received four additional orders worth $159.6 million combined to supply 771 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles to the U.S. Army. The company said Thursday its current FMTV product line consists of 17 models that have a payload capacity ranging from 2.5 tons to 10 tons payload range and share more than 80 percent of common parts. The […] More

Lockheed Martin will continue to provide in-service support for the Canadian navy’s 12 multirole patrol frigates for an additional three years under a contract extension. The company said Tuesday it began to support the fleet in late 2008 as part of the $2 billion Halifax Class Modernization project, for which Lockheed’s Canadian arm serves as the prime contractor and […] More

General Dynamics‘ ordnance and tactical systems business has won a five-year, $17.9 million from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply machine gun barrels to the U.S. Army. DLA received two responses to a competitive bidding process for the firm-fixed-price contract that does not include options, the Defense Department said Monday. Work will take place in Vermont and […] More

The Gulf Coast Authority has contracted Parsons to update pipelines at a wastewater treatment plant located in Bayport, Texas. The company said Monday it will oversee the design and construction of an overflow pipeline and incorporate constructability guidelines to maintain continuous facility operations throughout the project. GCA asked Parsons to also manage engineering and support operations for the […] More