Products & Service

General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has awarded BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm a contract to produce payload module tubes for integration with the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class Block V (SSN 774) submarines. The Virginia Payload Module tube is part of the submarine’s mid-body section and is designed to store and launch up to seven Tomahawk cruise missiles, BAE said […] More

BAE Systems has selected Magellan Aerospace to supply horizontal tail assemblies for the conventional takeoff-and-landing variant of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft under a two-year, $52 million contract. Magellan said Thursday it aims to manufacture more than 1,000 ship sets of horizontal tail assemblies over the fighter program’s life cycle. “Magellan will be producing approximately half of the CTOL horizontal tails […] More

Southwest Research Institute has received potential five-year, $39 million contract to help the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division build tactical and non-tactical systems. SwRI said Tuesday it will provide research, development, testing and support services intended to help NSWCDD address technical challenges. The nonprofit aims to help fulfill the center’s system requirements for homeland security, counterterrorism, mission assurance, force protection, unmanned systems […] More

Aware will provide web-based biometric products for the Defense Department‘s efforts to gather and store fingerprints as part of DoD’s new SWFT Plus Enrollment applicant screening system. The company said Tuesday its WebEnroll, BioComponents and BioSP tools are designed to collect fingerprints through a web-based biometric enrollment application in an effort to relay, sustain and secure data across the department’s divisions, […] More

The Defense Department has awarded Ansera Analytics a two-year, $1.04 million grant under the Phase II Small Business Innovation Research program to study, develop and verify the Army’s sampling kits for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives reconnaissance functions. The Olathe, Kansas-based company said it will work on TacDOGS integration for data and sample analyses, a quality assurance/training program and sample collection, […] More

A joint venture of Boeing and Bell Helicopter has awarded a contract to Cobham to build an aerial refueling system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Cobham said Tuesday the V-22 Aerial Refueling System will be based on the company’s FR300 Hose Drum Unit and will support Osprey’s capacity to refuel F-35B Lightning II and F/A-18 […] More

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection has awarded AECOM a potential five-year, $41.5 million contract to provide construction and program management services in support of the city’s Wastewater Resiliency Program. AECOM said Wednesday it will provide such services to facilitate upgrades to 14 wastewater treatment plants and over 50 pumping stations across the […] More

Thales Alenia Space will supply a satellite navigation system to the South Korea’s national space agency in an effort to help enhance the country’s positioning system. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute will use the KASS system built based on Thales Alenia Space’s European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System to provide aeronautical applications and extend its use to maritime, […] More

The U.S. Army has awarded Cray and Silicon Graphics International‘s federal business contract modifications worth $26.6 million each to support the Defense Department‘s high-performance computing modernization program. DoD said Wednesday Cray and SGI Federal will provide HPC systems as well as administration and maintenance services. Work will occur through Apr. 24, 2021 in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland for SGI Federal […] More

BAE Systems’ U.S. arm has received a potential 14-month, $8.1 million contract option to supply additional data loads to the U.S. Air Force in support of the Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages program. The exercised option on a previously awarded contract also covers maintenance support for previous data loads, as well as determination of lifecycle procurement, […] More

G-W Management Services has been awarded a potential $9.7 million contract by the U.S. Navy to design and build an ammunition supply point facility at the Marine Corps Base Quantico. The company will construct a new ammunition issue and segregation building as well as provide associated site work under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DoD […] More

Harris has launched a new night vision binocular the company designed to boost warfighters’ capacity to perform missions at night or under low-light conditions. The F5032 night vision goggle consists of fixed and adjustable diopter lenses that will work to help military users adjust lenses to minimize eye fatigue during a mission, Harris said Wednesday. Erik Fox, vice […] More