Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics company has won a $7,193,322 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help address manufacturing of materials, the Defense Department announced Friday. The agency’s Open Manufacturing Program aims to reduce barriers to manufacturing innovation, speed and affordability of materials, components and structures, according to the Pentagon. A majority of the work will occur [...]
Battelle announced Thursday it has completed the preliminary design phase of its objective helicopter icing spray system OHISS. The Colombus Ohio,-based firm won a $13 million contract in June 2011 to develop a new system that tests how well aircraft operate in icy conditions. The current test system is more than 30 years old. Battelle [...]
Boeing is developing a new plane for the Air Force that operates in manned and unmanned missions and is based off the F-16 fighter jet, the company announced Thursday. The company received a multi-year contract in March 2010 for initial engineering, manufacturing and development of the QF-16, with options to buy up to 126 jets. [...]
ITT Exelis has received a $7.7 million Air Force delivery order for aircraft avionics system support and engineering services, the company announced Friday. The order falls under a previously awarded contract for continuous maintenance of the Air Force’s B-1B aircraft’s integrated defensive avionics system, the ALQ-161A. Maintenance teams have focused on preparing the B-1 to [...]
The Air Force awarded Boeing Co.‘s Satellite Systems, Inc. a $21 million for Wideband Global SATCOM 7 & Beyond SV10 spare parts, the Defense Department announced Thursday. Work will be performed in Palm Bay, Fla., and El Segundo, Calif. The Pentagon expects the Chicago, Ill.-based firm to finish by June 2012. HQ SMC/PKJW, El Segundo, [...]
ITT Exelis has received a $20 million U.S. Navy contract to extend work for the Next Generation Jammer program’s technology maturation phase, the company announced Thursday. Exelis will continue to develop next-generation technology as part of the standoff jamming initiative. NGJ will enable U.S. forces to disrupt and disable an enemy’s ground-based communications and electronic [...]
Boeing Co. won a total of $35,280,627 for two Air Force contracts to provide space vehicle parts and support, the Defense Department announced Thursday. Boeing’s Satellite Systems Inc. received $21 million to supply Space Vehicle-10 parts as part of the Wideband Global SATCOM 7 Satellite & Beyond program. The business unit will perform work in [...]
