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Boeing has received a $42.8M modification on a delivery order covering the production of four MH-47G helicopters to U.S. Special Operations Command. SOCOM issued the cost-plus-fixed fee modification to meet an “urgent” aircraft sustainment requirement for heavy-assault, rotary-wing aircraft units, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD noted the U.S. Army’s fiscal 2018 procurement and aircraft procurement funds are being used […] More

Executives from Lockheed Martin and Boeing have discussed how their companies could help the Defense Department increase readiness of fighter jets, Defense News reported Wednesday. Defense Secretary James Mattis issued in October a memo that directs the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy to boost the mission capability rate to up to 80 percent […] More

PAE has won a potential 11-year, $35M contract to secure F-35 aircraft facility construction and renovation sites in Lakenheath, England. The 48th Civil Engineering Squadron at Royal Air Force Lakenheath awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that covers protection, information monitoring and support for sensitive U.S. government projects, PAE said Wednesday. PAE CEO John Heller said the company has developed […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries has selected Triumph Group to manufacture remote valve actuation systems required for the modernization of a U.S. Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Triumph said Wednesday its integrated systems business will supply 165 actuators from the company’s mechanical solutions facility in Shelbyville, Ind., for installation on the USS George Washington, or CVN-73. HII will modernize […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne has received its remaining order of RS-25 engine flight controllers for the first four flights of the Space Launch System from Honeywell. Aerojet said Wednesday it now has 18 flight controllers in its inventory at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. The controllers allows rocket communication while moderating engine thrust intensity and and monitoring overall health […] More

Northrop Grumman has provided its live, virtual and constructive training systems and services for U.S. Air Force pilots from Misawa AF Base in Japan during four live RED FLAG-Alaska military exercises that took place in August and October. The company said Tuesday its LVC Experimentation, Integration and Operations Suite helped the military branch’s crew members operate virtual […] More

Altamira Technologies has received a multiyear, $6M contract from the U.S. Navy to support the maintenance and sustainment of geospatial intelligence systems being used by Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast. The company said Tuesday it will provide on-site technical support for the Geographic Information System and GeoReadiness Explorer platforms. NAVFAC uses the systems in efforts to manage facilities […] More

Data Systems Analysts has won a spot on a potential nine-year, $12.1B contract vehicle to support the U.S. Army‘s enterprise infrastructure and information systems worldwide. The Information Technology Enterprise Solutions Services contract covers command, control, communications, computers and information management services as well as efforts to maintain and manage IT legacy platforms and equipment, DSA said. DSA is among […] More

David Brown, a 35-year nuclear operations veteran, has been appointed president of a joint venture between BWX Technologies‘ technical services group and Aptim‘s federal services unit. He will lead the BWSR business that currently supports decommissioning, demolition and operations at multiple Naval Nuclear Laboratory sites through a contract with Fluor, BWXT said Tuesday. Brown previously served as director of […] More