BAE to Deliver Gunnery Systems for UK Combat Ships Under $245M Deal
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 29, 2016 — BAE Systems will supply and integrate a gunnery system to the U.K. fleet of global combat ships under a $245 million contract, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. The company said Thursday the contract covers three Maritime Indirect Fires Systems with 62-caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun systems for the U.K.'s Type 26 global combat ships. About Executive Mosaic: Founded...
Raytheon Secures $132M Contract Modification for Missile Defense System Support
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 28, 2016 — The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a $132.4 million contract modification to Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) for continued software maintenance, engineering and other support services for the Ballistic Missile Defense System's X-band radars, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification brings the total value of the contract to...
Navy Picks 9 Companies for $1.75B Training Systems Support Contract
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2016 — The U.S. Navy has selected nine companies to provide training systems support services to the Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and foreign military customers under a potential $1.75 billion contract, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The Defense Department said Monday the companies will bid on task orders for services such as training device operation, maintenance and...
SAP Names New Chief Innovation Officer
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2016 — SAP (NYSE: SAP) has appointed Juergen Mueller, a former co-representative of Professor Hasso Plattner’s research chair at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany, as chief innovation officer, GovCon Wire reported Monday. The company said Friday Mueller will head the SAP Innovation Center Network and serve as managing director of SAP Labs in Berlin as part of...
ASRC Federal Subsidiary to Support NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service; Mark Gray Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 25, 2016 — A subsidiary of ASRC Federal will provide mission operations and engineering support to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under a $42 million contract, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday ASTS will support NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, which manages satellites that are part of the...
Orbital ATK to Support MDA's Medium-Range Ballistic Missile Under $182M Contract
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 22, 2016 — Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) will provide production equipment, systems engineering support and associated services and equipment for the Missile Defense Agency's Medium-Range Ballistic Missile Type 3 Configuration 2 target system, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. The Defense Department said Wednesday the $182.1 million contract also covers logistics, analysis and...
Raytheon's Tom Vecchiolla to Speak at Aug. 3 Executive Mosaic POC Forum
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 21, 2016 — Tom Vecchiolla, president of Raytheon's (NYSE: RTN) international sales and marketing business, will be a speaker at an Aug. 3 breakfast forum hosted by Executive Mosaic’s Potomac Officers Club, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The report said Vecchiolla, who is also an inductee into Executive Mosaic's Wash100 for 2016, will discuss the currently in-demand goods...
Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop, Orbital ATK, SSL Selected for NASA Mars Orbiter Concept Studies
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2016 — Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) and Space Systems Loral have received separate contracts from NASA to study concepts relevant to a potential Mars orbiter mission, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday the four-month concept studies will focus on...
Boeing Lands $127M Award for Risk Reduction Measures on Presidential Aircraft Recap Program
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2016 — Boeing (NYSE: BA) will continue to provide risk reduction measures for the U.S. Air Force's Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program under a $127.3 million contract modification, GovCon Wire reported Monday. The Air Force said Friday the award works to determine approaches for the procurement, manufacture, modification and testing of the Boeing 747-8 as...
Lockheed, Battelle Land Contracts From USSOCOM
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 18, 2016 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Battelle have received separate contracts from U.S. Special Operations Command to respectively provide a dry combat submersible system and nonstandard commercial vehicles, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. The Defense Department said Wednesday Lockheed's contract is worth $166 million while Battelle's is valued at $170 million....
Lockheed-Northrop JV to Update Army Apache Fire Control Radars for $90M
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 15, 2016 — A joint venture of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will update the fire control radar systems on several Apache helicopters under an $89.8 million contract from the U.S. Army, GovCon Wire reported Thursday. Lockheed said Wednesday their Longbow JV will provide software updates and 84 radar electronic units for the FCR systems on the...
BAE, UK Gov't to Sign Agreement on Consolidated Support for Typhoon Fleet
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 14, 2016 — BAE Systems will partner with Leonardo-Finmeccanica as it anticipates a potential 10-year, $2.8 billion agreement with the U.K. government to provide support for the country's fleet of Typhoon aircraft, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The upcoming Typhoon Total Availability Enterprise agreement seeks to consolidate existing contracts with other European...