The Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a not-to-exceed $605 million firm-fixed price contract modification to build one additional Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, according to an April 19 announcement. The new system would be the 11th WGS satellite in the constellation. Congress appropriated ...
Open Skies RFP. The Air Force expects to release a final RFP for the OC-135 Open Skies recap program in late June, according to an April 18 notice on FedBizOpps. The program includes two new commercially derived aircraft to replace the service’s current OC-135B planes, with a contract award ...
The Army on Friday released a list of communications and electromagnetic spectrum projects the service will go after through the rest of 2019 under its new partnership with the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC). The NSC signed a five-year prototype cooperation agreement with the Army in October, ...
The Defense Department has ended its role in the search-and-rescue efforts following the disappearance of a Japanese F-35A Joint Strike Fighter last week, but continues to work with its Japanese counterparts to assist as needed, officials said this week. Acting Pentagon Spokesman Charles Summers ...
Mercury Systems [MRCY] on April 18 said it has acquired two small developers and manufactures of defense electronics capabilities that will strengthen the company’s technology portfolio and boost the size of its potential market opportunities. Mercury said it paid $46 million combined for The ...
This week the U.S. Navy finished three international naval exercises with allies and partners in the 5th Fleet and 7th Fleet area of operations. On Thursday, the U.S. Navy, United Kingdom Royal Navy, and France Marine Nationale finished the Artemis Trident 19 5th Fleet mine countermeasures exercise ...
The Air Force is funding the construction of new wind tunnels for hypersonic testing, with new sites in development at two Indiana universities and an additional tunnel being built at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told the House Armed Services Committee April 2 ...
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received a two-year, $24 million deal to deliver cyber enterprise capabilities for the new joint warfighting platform its currently building for U.S. Cyber Command, the company announced Thursday. The Air Force, working as the acquisition lead, selected Northrop Grumman ...
