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  • Lockheed Martin Continues Mentorship of Accurate Machine and Tool Under DoD Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Continues Mentorship of Accurate Machine and Tool Under DoD Program

    Lockheed Martin continues to work with Accurate Machine and Tool in efforts to boost the latter’s capacity to serve more potential customers as well as create opportunities for government work as part of the Defense Department‘s Mentor-Protege Program. Lockheed said Wednesday it secured a three-year deal with the Missile Defense Agency to help update AMT’s manufacturing and management processes and provide […] More

  • Former MDA Official John Warden Named Qualis Senior Technical Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former MDA Official John Warden Named Qualis Senior Technical Director

    John Warden, former director of assured design and processes at the Missile Defense Agency, has joined Huntsville, Alabama-based government services contractor Qualis as senior technical director. He will provide technical leadership on all engineering disciplines in support of Qualis’ customers in his new position, the company said Nov. 15. Qualis Chief Operating Officer Carlos Kingston said that Warden holds 25 […] More

  • Allied Associates International Wins MDA Advisory & Assistance Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Allied Associates International Wins MDA Advisory & Assistance Services Contract

    Allied Associates International has secured a $23.4 million contract to advise and assist the Missile Defense Agency on the technical, engineering, advisory and management aspects of MDA’s international affairs and foreign military sales. The Defense Department said Tuesday the contract covers studies, analyses, evaluations, management and professional services to support the Aegis, Sensors and Terminal High Altitude ballistic missile defense […] More

  • MDA Taps Raytheon to Develop Gallium Nitride Component Transition Process for Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Taps Raytheon to Develop Gallium Nitride Component Transition Process for Radars

    Raytheon has received a contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to develop a transition-to-production process that will incorporate Gallium Nitride components onto existing and future AN/TPY-2 radars. The company said Friday the initial effort will also support efforts to modernize ballistic missile defense radars through the transition from Gallium Arsenide to GaN technology which will work to boost […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Hands THAAD Missile Booster Motor, Control System to MDA; Eileen Drake Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Hands THAAD Missile Booster Motor, Control System to MDA; Eileen Drake Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has transported a new batch of booster motors and Divert and Attitude Control Systems to the Missile Defense Agency for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. The company said Thursday it delivered the 300th booster motor and the DACS propulsion system to MDA through THAAD builder Lockheed Martin. The booster motor technology works to power the THAAD […] More

  • MDA Tests Aegis BMD System, Assets Against 2 Ballistic Missile Targets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Tests Aegis BMD System, Assets Against 2 Ballistic Missile Targets

    The Missile Defense Agency has performed an operational flight test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system and related assets in an effort to evaluate BMDS’ capability to detect and intercept ballistic missile threats. MDA said Sunday the test’s assets included Lockheed Martin-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon platforms, two Raytheon-made AN/TPY-2 radars and a Lockheed-developed Command, […] More