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Northrop Grumman Systems‘ military aircraft business has received a $153.2 million U.S. Navy-issued foreign military sales contract modification for one E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft to be delivered to Japan. The service branch obligates the entire modification amount upon awarding, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The company will perform work at locations in Florida, New York, Indiana, California, Illinois, other U.S. areas […] More

BAE Systems has received a contract to produce eight payload tubes designed to help increase firepower on two of the U.S. Navy’s Block V Virginia-class attack submarines. The company said Tuesday it will supply Virginia Payload Module tubes for integration into the SSN 804 and SSN 805 underwater vessels under the contract from General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary. Each VPM tube is […] More

Boeing has commenced new workforce development efforts valued at $100 million and funded by savings the company said it generated due to U.S. tax reform. The new programs are part of a $300 million planned investment in its employees, infrastructure and local communities and were derived from an online survey of over 40,000 ideas from across the […] More

QinetiQ‘s North American segment has completed negotiations under a contract that General Atomics awarded in 2017 for control hardware and software. The equipment will function to control the electromagnetic aircraft launch system and advanced arresting gear of CVN 80 or the future USS Enterprise, the third U.S. Navy Ford-class aircraft carrier, the company said Monday. The multi-year contract provides for the […] More