Saab‘s U.S. business arm has booked a $104 million order to supply the Department of Defense with AT4 anti-tank weapon systems and Carl-Gustaf ammunition between 2024 and 2026. The contract extends an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity framework agreement signed by DOD and Saab in 2019, which could increase in value by $422 million, the c...
Long Wave, an Oklahoma City-headquartered engineering and services company, has won a seven-year, $112.6 million indefinite-delivery/definite-quantity contract to perform program depot maintenance and installation activities in support of the U.S. Air Force’s antennas. Under the High Frequency Global Communications System – Antenna Program S...
United States military officials say the People’s Republic of China has built up its power by observing the economic and governmental behaviors of the U.S. for the last 30 years and taking rigorous notes, adapting and integrating what they’ve found into their own agenda. In recent times, the Chinese government has taken a particular interest...
Logistics are a crucial part of ensuring military readiness, and in an era of increasing competition, attacks on these operations can have heavy consequences. Today, many threats to logistics success are digital, and the U.S. Department of Defense is embracing data to properly address these challenges. According to Maj. Gen. David Sanford,...
Leonid Capital Partners has received a credit facility worth $200 million from Chicago-based global alternative investment firm Victory Park Capital and will use it to support its inaugural institutional fund and a portfolio of loans to defense contractors. LCP is a Huntington Beach, California-based specialty credit fund founded in 2019 and is focu...
Digital twins – virtual models of real-world objects or other physical subjects – have significant potential to transform the future of warfighting, and the Department of Defense has taken notice. This technology allows users to “accelerate, model and put data in that model to see what will happen,” John Ustica, president and...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business has secured a potential $226.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to produce components of the global aircrew strategic network terminal system for the U.S. Air Force. GDMS will manufacture high-altitude electromagnetic pulse and radiation-hardened general area alertin...
Lite Coms has won a potential five-year, $500 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide wideband satellite communications systems and related equipment and support for the U.S. Marine Corps. Marine Corps Systems Command is the contracting activity and received six offers for the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract...
An RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary has secured a $221 million contract from the U.S. Navy to help maintain and sustain F135 propulsion systems used by the U.S. military and foreign military sales customers. Pratt & Whitney will provide material and support equipment, supplies, unit-level support equipment, labor and planning for depot-level F135 main...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a potential $70.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform work under the second phase of the Glide Breaker program. DARPA launched a competitive acquisition for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in accordance with the original broad agency announcement and is obligating $8.2 million...
