Matthew Nelson

The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. has selected four companies to provide scheduled and unscheduled aircraft inspection services under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Avitas, IBA, ICF and McLarens are the awardees for the multiple-award contract, the export credit agency said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday. The IDIQ contains a minimum guaranteed amount of $1K and a ceiling […] More

Jeff Babione, general manager for Lockheed Martin‘s Skunk Works business, has said the company plans to recruit new employees in response to the increase in defense and aerospace work, Inside Defense reported Tuesday. He said Skunk Works intends to extend job offers in universities and employ 50 to 60 engineers each month as part of […] More

General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary will continue to help the U.S. Navy repair non-nuclear submarines under a one-year, $46.2M contract modification. Work will take place in New London, Conn., and covers overhaul, corrective and preventive maintenance, field changes, interim modification and upgrades, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The company will also provide ancillary services and/or supplies […] More

The U.S. Air Force has chosen Ball Aerospace to develop an open-source framework for the Space and Missile Systems Center to process satellite-based intelligence data about foreign missile threats. Ball Aerospace said Tuesday USAF plans to use the Mission Data Processing Application Framework as a data collection testbed under the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution initiative, […] More