Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $127.6M contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to obtain materials needed to consolidate and replace B61 bomb variants in the country’s nuclear stockpile. The modification would initiate an an undefinitized contract action for the first two lots of long lead items for the B61-12 Life Extension Program&nb...
A new report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says Boeing™s (NYSE: GD) defense, space and security business recorded $6.6B in sales for the first quarter of 2029, reflecting a 2 percent rise from the prior year period. Jim McAleese, founder and principal of McAleese & Associates and a 2019 Wash100 winner, wrote the BDS segm...
With only five days left to vote, the race for first place in the Wash100 rankings remains white-hot as the finish line approaches on April 30th. David Wajsgras of Raytheon took first place from Tiffanny Gates of Novetta, Steve Harris of Dell EMC Federal and Teresa Carlson of Amazon Web Services climbed the rankings and...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has landed a $89M contract to help the U.S. Navy install mission equipment and external stores on EA-18G and F/A-18E/F aircraft platforms. The military service will obligate $482,841 in fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds at the time of award, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Work under th...
The U.S. Army has awarded other transaction agreements to five contractors to provide initial designs of the service™s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft platform, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin™s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary, AVX Aircraft, Textron™s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary a...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) received a $605M U.S. Air Force contract modification to manufacture a global satellite communications satellite designed to facilitate broadband connectivity for military users. The military service will initially obligate $300M in fiscal 2018 procurement funds for the production of the Wideband Global SATCOM Space Vehicle 11, the...
After last week™s Wash100 voting rankings were reported, it appeared that Tiffanny Gates of Novetta established herself in first place, and the Wash100 rankings were beginning to settle down. However, the GovCon community submitted nearly 3,000 votes during the past week, and most GovCon executives changed positions in the top 10, which include...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential 10-year, $14.31B contract to modernize weapons systems used on the U.S. Air Force’s B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress bomber platforms. The company will also modify, engineer, test and sustain the aircraft weapons in an effort to increase system lethality, responsiveness, supportabilit...
Over 11,500 votes have been cast from the GovCon community to determine the top vote getter in the 2019 Wash100 voting. With the April 30th deadline approaching, voting remains strong with David Wajsgras and John Harris of Raytheon tallying the most votes and recording the biggest impact in the rankings for the week. Tiffanny...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a five-year, $93.6M delivery order to produce, test and install eight wideband satellite communication kits in the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft fleet. The company will also support the integration and qualification of the satcom kits under the cost-plus-fixed-fee order, the Department of Defense said Thursd...
