DRS Technologies Inc. has received a one-year option to provide logistical support for the Navy’s E-6B fleet, the company announced Tuesday. DRS said the option is potentially worth $48.4 million. DRS said it will manage government-owned inventory and provide material support for E-6B aircraft. The E-6 is an airborne command post and communications relay based [...]
Boeing subsidiary Argon ST has won a $14.8 million follow-on award to continue work on the Navy‘s surface ship torpedo defense program, Boeing announced Monday. The Pentagon said Argon ST will continue producing and delivering new SSTD systems. The contract holds a five-year option for cost-plus-fixed-fee enhancements to existing SSTD systems. The company said the original [...]
Boeing Co. has won a $19,776,811 contract modification to provide electronic classrooms and a weapons tactics trainer in support of the low-rate initial production of P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft, the Pentagon announced Monday. The P-8A Poseidon is a long-range anti-submarine and anti-surface aircraft equipped with intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance sensors. The company will provide [...]
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced today its subsidiary Herley Industries, Inc. has been awarded a subcontract worth approximately $1 million to produce integrated microwave assemblies for the U.S. Navy’s P-8A aircraft. The P-8A is a modified Boeing 737-800ERX and is the Navy’s newest maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft. It specializes in long-range anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare. According to Herley’s website, [...]
The Boeing Company has won a $2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for the reusable booster system flight and ground experiments program. The company will define requirements and design concepts for the program. “Boeing looks forward to sharing our extensive background in the development of launch systems and reusable space vehicles with the [...]
Boeing has reached a tentative agreement on a four-year extension of its contract with the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers that is set to expire in September 2012, the company announced Wednesday. The contract still needs to be ratified by IAM members in the states of Kansas, Washington and Oregon. In conjunction with that announcement, Boeing also [...]
Boeing has been awarded a patent for an aircraft configuration that utilizes exhaust flow, fuselage, wing and empennage devices, according to a document released by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The configuration was developed by 10 co-inventors based out of California and the state of Washington. The patent application was first filed in March 2009. For [...]
