The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected a Boeing (NYSE: BA) subsidiary to develop flight systems for an X-plane demonstrator aircraft designed to operate without the use of external mechanical controls. Manassas, Virginia-based Aurora Flight Sciences will aim to complete detailed design, development and critical design review proc...
Leanne Caret, former CEO of the defense, space and security unit at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been elected to the board of directors at Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). “With a focus on rapid deployment of highly complex systems, she has driven development of groundbreaking technology solutions throughout her tenure,” Greg Hayes, CEO and chairman...
The Department of Defense plans to add requirements to National Security Space Launch program contracts in a move to address Chinese and Russian interference, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. In a briefing to potential vendors of the upcoming contracting round, DOD said the next generation of rockets designed for launching spy satellites sh...
SpaceX aims to complete up to 100 orbital flights in 2023 as several rocket companies move to bring new launch vehicles into the government and commercial space markets, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. A report from astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell says the figure would reflect a 64 percent increase from SpaceX’s 61 launch missions in...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will manufacture a dozen CH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Egyptian air force under a $426 million contract from the U.S. Army to address a foreign military sale requirement. Deliveries of the F-model cargo aircraft are projected to commence sometime in 2026, the planemaker said Tuesday. The award comes less than one year...
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office asking GAO to assess the U.S. Army’s decision to award the potential $1.3 billion Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft development contract to Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary. “The data and discussions lead us to believe the pr...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will deliver CH-47F advanced multi-mission helicopters to the U.S. Army under a three-year, $497 million contract. Army Contracting Command received one bid via the internet and will determine work locations and funding with each order of the firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. The service branch...
Leanne Caret, former CEO of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, will provide recruitment-related consulting support to the Chicago-based aerospace and defense contractor through her consulting firm GCubed Group, the Wichita Business Journal reported Tuesday. Caret, a five-time Wash100 awardee, transitioned to the role of exec...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will help the U.S. Air Force sustain radio technology for search-and-rescue communications as part of a five-year, $99 million contractor logistics support contract. The company will engineer systems, maintain and secure software, manage technical orders and address contract data requirements for the Combat Survivor Evader Locator&...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has landed a five-year, $2.02 billion contract to update systems of the Hornet and Growler aircraft platforms for the U.S. Navy. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which includes foreign military sales, calls for the company to support configuration set requirements for the implementation of new F/A-18 and EA-18G...
