Boeing (NYSE: BA) and the U.S. Air Force have achieved preliminary design review closure for the KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tanker’s remote vision system design after both parties reached an agreement to include upgrades to the aircraft’s panoramic camera system, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. “The panoramic sensors will be upgraded wi...
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing (NYSE: BA) have added six technology suppliers to an industry team that is working on a proposed helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program. The companies that will supply components for the Defiant X helicopter are ATI Forged Products, Collins Aerospace,...
Ted Colbert, a 13-year Boeing (NYSE: BA) veteran, will assume the roles of president and CEO of the company’s defense, space and security business on April 1. He will succeed Leanne Caret, who will retire later this year after a nearly 35-year career with the Chicago-based aerospace and defense contractor, Boeing said Monday. Caret, a...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a $122.7 million contract to procure horizontal stabilizers for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 aerial refueling and airlift platform. The firm-fixed-price, fixed-quantity contract has a performance period of six years and two months, the Department of Defense said Monday. DLA’s avia...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a five-year, $111 million contract to modernize and sustain U.S. Navy aircraft that functions as the service branch’s communications relay and airborne command post. The company said Wednesday it will set up a production line at its Aircraft Maintenance and Fabrication Center in Lake Charles, Lou...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will deliver six additional MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters to the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Aviation Command under a $195 million contract. The company said Thursday it will perform production work primarily at a facility in Philadelphia and expects to start its delivery of the upgraded rotary-wing military aircraft to ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will produce Harpoon anti-ship system equipment for Taiwan to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement under a $498.3 million order from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command. The firm-fixed-price order calls for the delivery of 100 launcher transporter units, 25 radars and training platforms to the Taiwanese government by Decembe...
SpaceX will carry out an additional three post-certification missions for NASA to transport U.S. astronauts to and from the International Space Station under an approximately $900 million contract modification. The agency said Tuesday its order for additional flights will bring the ceiling value of the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contr...
A new McAleese & Associates report says most defense prime contractors recorded a 2 percent to 3 percent increase in sales during 2021. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, presented an analysis of the fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 financial performance of Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NY...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business has secured a potential 10-year, $99.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform sustaining engineering work on avionics of the E-3 airborne early warning and control system. Collins Aerospace will support recurring and non-recurring AWACS avionics maintenance requirements...
