Northrop Grumman Wins DoD Deals Worth $275 Million Total
According to the Department of Defense, “Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) was awarded a $140,173,508 contract modification which will design, fabricate and modify production of two complete test sets under the intercontinental ballistic missile re-entry field support equipment engineering, management and development program. At this time, $8,974,611 has been obligated. 526 ICBMSW/PKE, Hill Air Force Base, [...]
Northrop Grumman, BAE, Raytheon Win DoD Contracts
According to the Department of Defense, “Northrop Grumman was awarded a $33,344,592 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Global Hawk autonomous aerial refueling demonstration program will accomplish the first-ever fully autonomous rendezvous, rejoin, station keeping, aerial refueling, and formation separation of two unmanned aircraft. The demonstration will employ precise and robust antonymous operations [...]
General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Ink Defense Contracts
According to the Department of Defense, “General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) was awarded an $11,027,351 basic order agreement with firm-fixed-price delivery orders. This award is made under the terms of the existing basic ordering agreement for the small caliber ammunition second source prime contractor for the production of 5.56mm ammunition used in M4 carbines, M16A2 rifles, [...]
Kyle Rhodes Promoted to Vice President at NJVC
NJVC has promoted Kyle Rhodes to the position of vice president, systems engineering. NJVC is a large IT solutions provider for the Department of Defense (DoD). Rhodes has over 25 years of experience in the intelligence and defense communities and has held positions with NJVC since 2002. During his time in government service, Rhodes served [...]
U.S. Department of Defense Uses Harris Corp Radios in MRAP Vehicles
Harris Corporation received $228 million from the U.S. Marine Corps to provide Falcon II AN?VRC -104 high frequency radio systems to be used in Department of Defense All Terrain Vehicles. “The Department of Defense will use the AN/VRC-104 radio system to provide reliable, secure beyond line-of-sight terrestrial communications for this new class of armored vehicle,” [...]
Eric Edelman and Jim Talent Selected to assess DoD Quadrennial Defense Review
Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, announced earlier this week the selection of former Senator Jim Talent and Ambassador Eric Edelman for the Independent Panel to assess the DoD’s Quadrennial Defense Review. McKeon said “Ambassador Edelman and Senator Talent are perfectly suited to serve on this panel and examine [...]
What the surge in Afghanistan means for Contractors
According to a study by the Congressional Research Service, the surge of 30,000 troops in Afghanistan recently announced by President Obama will mean a likely surge in the number of contractors as well. The contractor surge is expected to include between 20,000 to 56,000 more contractors on the ground in Afghanistan according to the memo [...]
Early forecasts of reduced DoD spending may have been exaggerated
In a recent article, Dr. Loren B. Thompson of the Lexington Institute brought the idea of a drop in DoD spending into question. When the Obama Administration first took office, it appeared to many in the government contracting community that the government spending spree would be coming to a halt. Recently, President Obama said “the [...]
Contract Award- General Dynamics – $15.6 Million – DoD
The Department of Defense has awarded General Dynamics a contract to provide support for the Defense Acquisition University. The contract is a five year contract worth $15.6 million and will allow General Dynamics to support the learning asset program. Under the contract, General Dynamics will provide support for the learning asset program at DAU, which [...]
Contract Award- Alion – $2.8 Million – DoD
The Department of Defense has awarded Alion Science and Technology a $2.8 million task order to provide support for an automated and secured system developed by Alion and used by the DoD’s Operations Security personnel. The system is used to analyze, collect and collaborate on threats, critical information and vulnerabilities. Under the contract, Alion will [...]
