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  • Huntington Ingalls Gets Contract Modification for Navy ‘Enterprise’ Carrier Fabrication - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Gets Contract Modification for Navy ‘Enterprise’ Carrier Fabrication

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a $25.5 million contract modification to start the fabrication process on the U.S. Navy’s third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier. Mike Shawcross, vice president for the CVN 79 and CVN 80 construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, said in a statement issued Wednesday the award covers the production of structural components, […] More

  • Lockheed Gets Navy MH-60R Radar Kit Delivery Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Gets Navy MH-60R Radar Kit Delivery Order

    Lockheed Martin has received a $45.8 million delivery order to provide 29 automatic radar periscope detection and discrimination standard retrofit p-kits for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of MH-60R helicopters. The Defense Department said Monday Lockheed’s mission systems and training business will perform work in New York and Florida through September 2020. The Navy used fiscal 2017 aircraft procurement funds to cover the […] More

  • Raytheon Secures Lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II Production Funds From Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Secures Lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II Production Funds From Air Force

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a contract modification with an obligated value of $62.5 million for the low-rate initial production of 312 lot 3 Small Diameter Bomb II munitions. Raytheon’s missile systems business will also provide 24 SDB II weapon load crew and conventional munitions maintenance trainers and 413 single weapon containers to the Air Force, the Defense Department […] More

  • BAE Unit to Provide Logistics Support, Incidental Materials for Navy C4I Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Unit to Provide Logistics Support, Incidental Materials for Navy C4I Projects

    The U.S. Navy has awarded a one-year, $24.4 million contract modification to a business unit of BAE Systems to provide logistics services and incidental materials for the Naval Air Warfare Center‘s aircraft division. BAE’s technology solutions and services unit will perform 568,551 hours of support for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence projects of NAWCAD’s special communications mission solutions division […] More

  • Orbital ATK Subsidiary Secures Army 120-Millimeter Tank Ammo Contract Option - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Subsidiary Secures Army 120-Millimeter Tank Ammo Contract Option

    The U.S. Army has exercised a $45.6 million option on a previously awarded contract to an Orbital ATK subsidiary for the supply of 120-millimeter tank rounds with tracer cartridges. Orbital ATK’s Alliant Tech Systems Operations subsidiary will conduct work under the phase 2 engineering, manufacturing and development contract at multiple locations  through July 23, 2019, the Defense […] More

  • L3 Business Unit to Supply Army Hydromechanical Transmission Systems, Ancillary Hardware - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Business Unit to Supply Army Hydromechanical Transmission Systems, Ancillary Hardware

    A business unit of L3 Technologies has been awarded a $33.1 million contract modification to supply 96 hydro-mechanically propelled transmission systems to the U.S. Army. L3’s combat propulsion systems business will also provide 800-horsepower transmissions, associated ancillary hardware and operational reliability support under the modification, the Defense Department said Thursday Work will occur in Muskegon, Michigan, through Oct. 18, 2018. The […] More

  • L3 Gets Army FMS Contract Modification for M783 Mortar Fuzes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Gets Army FMS Contract Modification for M783 Mortar Fuzes

    The U.S. Army has awarded L3 Technologies a $32 million contract modification to supply M783 Point Detonating/Delay mortar fuzes to an international customer as part of a foreign military sales deal. L3 said Thursday its fuzing and ordnance systems unit will perform work under the modification through February 2018. Rich Hunter, L3 FOS president, said the company […] More

  • ManTech to Continue Navy Ship Maintenance & Logistics Info Systems Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech to Continue Navy Ship Maintenance & Logistics Info Systems Support

    ManTech International has secured an $11.2 million contract option to continue support work on the U.S. Navy‘s Ship Maintenance and Logistics Information Systems program. The exercised option covers engineering support in areas such as information technology life cycle planning, operations, sustainment, documentation, program management, application technical refresh, testing and training, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Work will occur […] More

  • Raytheon Gets Navy Airborne Targeting System Order Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets Navy Airborne Targeting System Order Modification

    Raytheon will provide seven multi-spectral targeting systems in D configuration to the U.S. Navy under a $19.2 million modification to a previously awarded job order. The Defense Department said Tuesday the MTS airborne sensor works to provide long-range surveillance, high altitude target acquisition, tracking, and range-finding capability to military users. The technology is designed to adapt to future updates and incorporates multiple fields […] More

  • Navy Eyes Modification for BAE Electromagnetic Railgun Pulsed Power Tech Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes Modification for BAE Electromagnetic Railgun Pulsed Power Tech Contract

    The U.S. Navy plans to award a contract modification to BAE Systems to continue development work on a pulsed power system for the service branch’s electromagnetic railgun, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes Naval Sea Systems Command officials said the sole-source contract to be awarded to BAE’s platforms and services business segment will also cover […] More

  • Lockheed to Continue Air Force F-22 Sustainment Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Continue Air Force F-22 Sustainment Support

    Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $61 million contract modification to continue to help the U.S. Air Force sustain the military branch’s F-22 air vehicles. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed’s aeronautics business will provide depot throughput, assess analytical conditions, repair inlet coating and support radar cross section Marietta turntable under the modification. Work will take […] More

  • Lockheed Martin to Maintain F-22 Training System for US Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin to Maintain F-22 Training System for US Air Force

    Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics business has received a $14.9 million contract modification to maintain the training system for the U.S. Air Force’s for F-22 aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed will modify system hardware and manage distributed mission operations as part of the F-22 sustainment trainer requirements. Lockheed will perform work at Langley Air […] More