Processing....
Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Boeing will exhibit a range of aircraft platforms and an ocean surface robot during a six-day aerospace and defense show in Singapore. The company said Monday it will participate in this year’s Singapore Airshow to highlight the firm’s efforts to increase growth prospects and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region for its defense, commercial and service businesses. “Singapore is […] More
The U.S. Coast Guard plans to issue a request for proposals on small unmanned aerial systems to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions onboard national security cutters, Defense News reported Saturday. Lt. Emma Lutton, a spokeswoman for the Coast Guard, told Defense News the service branch aims to release the RFP notice for a potential […] More
A new Research and Markets report predicts that U.S. spending on defense programs will grow 5.7 percent year-over-year to reach nearly $798 billion by 2022. The U.S. spent about $586.7 billion on defense during 2017 and is projected to have the largest defense expenditure in the world over the next four years, Research and Markets said Wednesday. The report also […] More
Boeing has received a $12.6 million order from the U.S. Navy to deliver 39 T-45 Goshawk retrofit kits, support equipment and special tools for the trainer aircraft’s service life extension program. The Defense Department said Wednesday the order also includes retrofit engineering and logistics services meant to address associated government technical directives. Eighty-six percent of work will occur in Missouri […] More
Qatar’s defense minister Khalid Bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah has said the country’s government looks to purchase nine BAE Systems-built Hawk trainer aircraft units, Dow Jones Newswires reported Wednesday. The report noted Qatar had planned to buy only six Hawk jet trainers. BAE closed on a potential $6.7 billion contract last month to supply 24 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Qatar’s air force beginning […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne supplied equipment to support the deployment of a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite which flew onboard a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV rocket. The NROL-47 national defense mission satellite was launched with the help of an Aerojet Rocketdyne-developed RS-68A booster engine, RL10B-2 upper stage engine, 14 helium pressurization tanks and a dozen MR-106H 9 lbf […] More
Orbital ATK supplied composite structures, motors and other components for a Delta IV rocket that United Launch Alliance launched Friday to bring a National Reconnaissance Office payload into space. Orbital ATK said Friday the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s Delta IV rocket that took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as part of the NROL-47 national defense mission has […] More
A National Reconnaissance Office payload lifted off Friday at 2:11 p.m. Pacific time aboard a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV rocket as part of the NROL-47 national defense mission. Will Crawford, NRO program manager at ULA, said in a statement published Friday the payload’s launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California marks the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture’s 27th NRO mission in partnership with the […] More
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has said the country intends to buy additional F-35 jets from Lockheed Martin and P-8 maritime surveillance planes from Boeing, FOX Business reported Wednesday. The first three of the 52 ordered F-35 units were delivered in November 2017. A Lockheed representative said to FOX that Norway has supported the F-35 effort since developmental phases. Prime Minister […] More
Boeing has revealed a new electric unmanned aerial vehicle prototype developed to serve as a test bed for the company’s future autonomous and electric propulsion technologies. The company said Wednesday it designed the vertical-takeoff-and-landing, multi-copter UAV platform to accommodate logistics and cargo payload of up to 500 pounds. The 747-pound unmanned cargo air vehicle is equipped […] More
Boeing has provided a $10 million donation to support programs and services of the Military Service Initiative of the George W. Bush Institute. The company said Wednesday it donated the money as part of a multiyear, $30 million investment geared toward veteran recovery and rehabilitation and military transition services. “Through our support of the Military Service Initiative, […] More
Research and Markets has projected that technological advancements in the production of military and commercial drones will help fuel the worldwide drone market’s growth to $16.7 billion in value by 2022. The company said Wednesday that efforts by the Federal Aviation Administration and other regulatory agencies to formulate policies that support use of military unmanned aerial […] More
Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password.
To use social login you have to agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website.
Accept