Contract Awards

The munitions business of Day & Zimmermann has secured a firm-fixed-price contract valued about $30.9 million to supply the U.S. Army with percussion primers for M82A1 semi-automatic rifles. The company said Monday that its Day & Zimmermann Lone Star subsidiary received the contract from the Army Contracting Command at Rock Island Arsenal after a competitive […] More

Whiting-Turner Contracting and five other companies will compete for task orders in a $245 million U.S. Army multiple task order contract for general repair and construction primarily in the north region of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Mobile District in Alabama. Funding and work sites will be determined per task order, with completion expected by […] More

SES Space & Defense will provide commercial satellite communications services to the U.S. Army under a five-year, $89.6 million sustainment tactical network, or STN, contract. David Broadbent, company president and CEO, noted in the Monday announcement of the contract that the COMSATCOM provides “a decisive information advantage” to the Army. “This award is a significant […] More

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, has received a modification valued up to $115 million to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive-fee and fixed-price incentive Lot 19 contract to purchase long-lead time materials for the production and delivery of F135 engine parts. Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Navy Summit on Aug. 26 to listen to […] More

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works will build an additional DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for the U.S. Navy. The new vessel order exercises an option in a multi-year contract that the service branch awarded the company in 2023, General Dynamics said Thursday. Charles Krugh, Bath Iron Works president, conveyed the company’s pride in its selection […] More

IMT Defense has secured a modification valued about $358 million to a previously awarded contract for the delivery of metal part assemblies for 155-millimeter M795 artillery projectiles to the U.S. Army. The modification brings the contract’s total cumulative value to approximately $749.8 million, the Department of Defense said Friday. Work Location Assigned Per Task Order […] More

MITRE has secured a $583.9 million sole-source contract to keep supporting the Air Force as the administrator of the National Security Engineering Center, or NSEC. Air Force Contract Details The cost-reimbursement continuation contract also supports foreign military sales to various countries, the Department of Defense said Friday. Work will be carried out in Bedford, Massachusetts; […] More

The U.S. Army has cleared Northrop Grumman to advance to Phase II of their other transaction agreement for developing an Improved Threat Detection System, or ITDS, a missile warning platform. Under Phase II, Northrop Grumman will focus on delivering initial ITDS prototypes, the Army said Thursday. Its efforts will involve maturing design and architecture concepts, […] More

Raytheon has secured a U.S. Air Force contract valued a maximum of $3.5 billion for Production Lots 39 and 40 of Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAM. The contract includes foreign military sales to 19 U.S. allies, the Department of Defense said Thursday.  Besides missile production, the firm-fixed-price incentive, undefinitized contract action also covers […] More