Business/Financial
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Air Force
Obering: Next Budget May Bolster Sea-Based, Land-Mobile Missile Interceptors
By Dave Ahearn The next Missile Defense Agency budget may switch from a focus on items such as providing more Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptors to "robust" other systems such […]
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Business/Financial
Northrop Grumman Awards Bath Iron Works Construction Work On LPD-24
By Geoff Fein Northrop Grumman [NOC] is outsourcing construction of modules for the USS Arlington (LPD-24) to General Dynamics‘ [GD] Bath Iron Works to meet shipbuilding schedule commitments and help […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon Sees Its STUAS Bid As ‘Killer’ Solution, Draft RFP Expected This Month
By Geoff Fein In the coming weeks, the Navy is expected to issue a draft request for proposal (RFP) for its Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS) to fill a […]
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Business/Financial
Key Meeting On BAMS Expected Next Week, Followed By Contract Award This Month
By Emelie Rutherford The Navy is expected to award a contract for a system of persistent unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft in the coming weeks, and the program manager predicted a […]
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Business/Financial
Northrop Ends Test Of Missile-Thwarting System On Civilian Planes, As Guardian Pod Is Removed
Counter-Manpads Asset Seen Able To Protect Each Passenger For $1 — Price Of Pop And Peanuts Northrop Hopes Airlines Install Guardian System On Planes For Far Less Than $4 Billion […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing To Gain New Sole Source Ground-based Midcourse Defense Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will negotiate a sole-source contract for The Boeing Co. [BA] to continue leading the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program, according to an MDA notice and Boeing […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
Boeing Submits GOES R Proposal To NASA For Two Satellites The Boeing Co. [BA] submitted a proposal to NASA to produce two next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, known as the […]
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Business/Financial
Navy Could Lower DDG-1000 Cost Even Further By Building Two A Year, Official Says
By Geoff Fein Although the current plan for seven DDG-1000 class combat ships will see the construction price drop to almost $2.3 billion by the fifth ship, a Navy official […]
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Business/Financial
Obering: Next Budget May Bolster Sea-Based, Land-Mobile Missile Interceptors
The next Missile Defense Agency budget may switch from a focus on items such as providing more Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptors to "robust" other systems such as sea-based missile […]