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Black Hills Ammunition has won a potential five-year, $49.9 million contract from to supply the U.S. Navy with 5.56mm special ball, long range ammunition rounds. The Defense Department said Friday the Navy will deploy the weapons to support various operations of U.S. forces overseas. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also includes foreign military sales to the government of Jordan. […] More

An Elbit Systems subsidiary has received a $31.5 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply spares and components for the U.S. Army‘s night vision imaging and heads up display systems. EFW is scheduled to complete deliveries by Nov. 20, 2019, the Defense Department said Friday. DLA’s land and maritime unit is the contracting activity and […] More

Kacific has chosen SpaceX to launch a broadband satellite designed to provide internet service coverage for customers in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Kacific-1 satellite is scheduled to lift off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sometime in 2019, Kacific said Tuesday. Boeing will manufacture the condominium satellite for Kacific and SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. based on the 702 spacecraft platform under a […] More

Leidos has won a potential $49.5 million contract to help the U.S. Army conduct toxic radioactive waste investigations. The Defense Department said Friday Leidos will support the military branch’s Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program through Feb. 28, 2023 under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The Army established FUSRAP in 1974 as part of efforts to identify, investigate and clean […] More

A Technavio report forecasts the compound annual growth rate for the global military submarine photonics mast and antenna market will reach nearly 6 percent by 2021 due to a demand for multifunctional antennas and submarine modernization efforts in the defense sector. The research company said Thursday the cost of modular optronics mast, use of short wave infrared technology and […] More

Bohemia Interactive Simulations has landed a five-year contract from the U.S. Army to provide perpetual licenses of the company’s Virtual Battlespace 3 desktop training platform. BISim said Tuesday it will also deliver upgraded versions of VBS3; provide online training course support; develop additional features; and update existing VBS3 functions under the contract. VBS3 is based on […] More

Curtiss-Wright has received a $49 million contract to manufacture propulsion plant valves for the U.S. Navy‘s Ford-class aircraft carriers and Virginia-class attack submarines. The contract with Bechtel Plant Machinery covers fiscal 2017 orders for propulsion plant valves and supports construction of both submarine and aircraft carrier classes, Curtiss-Wright said Thursday. Work will be performed in New York and is […] More

FLIR Systems has announced that it will consolidate its business operations across the government and defense, industrial and commercial components in efforts to simplify the company’s business processes. The company announced Wednesday the restructuring also aims to foster operating synergies and establish management priorities. Jim Cannon, president and CEO at FLIR, noted that the streamlining […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne will offer propulsion system support to help Boeing conduct technology maturation and risk reduction work for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent acquisition program. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday that the GBSD program looks to create a replacement for the U.S. military’s current Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile units. Boeing received a potential three-year, $349.1 million contract […] More

Sevatec has received a task order from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to support transformation, integration and configuration of an electronic platform the agency uses to process immigration and citizenship applications. The company said Thursday it will provide automation tools designed to help developers integrate and configure information technology codes for the USCIS Agency and Transformation initiative. […] More

An alliance between Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine has helped the U.S. Navy Board of Inspection and Survey perform acceptance trials on the service branch’s future Freedom-variant littoral combat ship. Lockheed said Thursday that USS Little Rock, the Navy’s fifth Freedom-class LCS, completed the five-day trials in port and at sea to demonstrate its […] More