Kacey Roberts

General Dynamics' mission systems business has received a firm-fixed-price other transaction authority contract from the U.S. Air Force for the prototyping of search and rescue radios. The company said Tuesday it will deliver 50 prototype radios within a two-year timeframe in support of the service branch’s Next Generation Survivor Radio program.

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General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has secured a one-year, $43.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee order from the U.S. Navy under a previously issued basic ordering agreement to deliver a range of MQ-9A drone support services for the Marine Corps. The Department of Defense said Thursday GA-ASI will provide engineering, logistics support, capability development and sustainment services in support of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Unmanned Aircraft System Expeditionary/Medium Altitude Long Endurance MQ-9A.

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Ellwood National Forge has secured a five-year, $49.7 million contract from the U.S. Army to assemble BLU-109 A(D-1)/B penetrator bomb bodies and MHU-212 B/E bomb pallets. The Department of Defense said Thursday the Pennsylvania-based steel company will manufacture the components until Feb. 15, 2029, for the U.S., its outlying areas, or Canada.

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Serco Inc. has secured a potential five-year, $525 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to sustain its support for the public assistance efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency during presidentially declared disasters and emergencies. The company will maintain its responsibility for recruiting and deploying staff, providing advisory and assistance services, conducting technical assessments and cost analysis as well as managing projects.

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A Thales subsidiary has received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit to prototype a family of advanced standard batteries designed to simplify logistical and network operations. Under the contract, Thales Defense & Security Inc. will utilize processes already employed to support the AN/PRC-148 radio family of batteries to manufacture hundreds of prototypes of the Small Tactical Universal Batteries by 2025, the company said Wednesday.

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