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Lockheed Martin‘s Derco subsidiary will serve as an exclusive repair services provider for C-130 and F-16 aircraft components that Arkwin Industries produces. The contract supplements Derco’s exclusive distribution agreement and extends its partnership with Arkwin that commenced in 2017, Lockheed said Thursday. Derco’s 80,000 square-foot repair center will provide expanded in-house services and support for […] More

Textron‘s Bell subsidiary has received a three-year, five-month delivery order worth up to $37.4 million from the Defense Logistics Agency for the supply of a helicopter gearbox. The company will provide main rotor gearbox assemblies for the U.S. Navy under the delivery order against a five-year basic ordering agreement, the Defense Department said Thursday. The […] More

The Safariland Group‘s Med-Eng business has secured a potential five-year, $15 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide equipment designed to help protect the lives of explosive ordnance disposal personnel. USAF chose the Med-Eng EOD 10 offering after the brand met a National Institute of Justice standard for public safety bomb gear, Safariland said Thursday. The service branch […] More

CAE‘s healthcare business has selected WorldPoint for the distribution of a medical simulation product to U.S. training centers. The clinical skills manikin and related simulation-based curriculum of CAE Healthcare‘s CAE Juno will be offered by WorldPoint through a distribution agreement, CAE said Wednesday. WorldPoint operates distribution centers in North America, Latin America and Dubai and […] More

NASA will help mature six space technologies through the agency’s Flight Opportunities program that will facilitate low-gravity simulation tests onboard aircraft and suborbital rockets. The space agency said Thursday it will award funds to cover the integration and flight, and limited payload development costs for the selected demonstrations that will validate the technology’s feasibility to reduce technical risks. […] More

A shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed the inactivation of a legacy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the U.S. Navy decommissioned on Feb. 3, 2017. Newport News Shipbuilding completed the inactivation base work for the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in December 2017 and the government contracting office has recently finalized the review and certification of the […] More

AeroVironment conducted a maritime demonstration of its sensor-to-shooter system from a coastal riverine craft of the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday its S2S is an integration of its RQ-20B Puma Block 2 – All Environment small unmanned aircraft system with its Switchblade lethal loitering missile for rapid surveillance and response to land and sea […] More

DLT Solutions has received a five-year contract from the Defense Department for the extended supply of Red Hat subscriptions and services. DLT said Tuesday it will provide Red Hat’s enterprise-grade products in support of the DoD’s Enterprise Software Initiative a government reseller. Red Hat products are meant to provide efficiencies, eliminate vendor lock-in, address mission-critical information technology […] More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded multiple repair contracts with a potential five-year performance period and $27 million value to Rockwell Collins in support of a tanker fleet’s air traffic management system. Rockwell Collins said Tuesday it will support the global air traffic management components of the Air Force’s KC-135 tanker fleet to facilitate the platform’s […] More

Boeing will restart the production line of a stand-off land attack missile for expanded response in support of Saudi Arabia under a one-year, $64.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The contract also includes the redesign of complete and nearly obsolete and uneconomical parts for enhanced production and sustainment, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work will […] More

A Trevet–Bay West joint venture has won a potential five-year, $75 million contract to provide support services necessary to implement the U.S. Navy‘s environmental restoration program and media requirements for other environmental programs. The JV will conduct resource conservation and underground storage tank studies, risk assessments and multiple projects to demonstrate technology platforms for monitoring and managing […] More