BAE Systems has received a three-year $34.1 million sole-source contract from the U.S. Air Force for maintenance activities in support of a system the service branch’s air operators uses to create optimized, fuel-efficient flight plans. BAE Systems will perform continued Level III software maintenance of the Air Force’s fielded Mobility Air Forces Automated Flight Planning […] More
BAE Systems announced on Tuesday that it has secured a potential $325.5 million Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract for advanced Military Code (M-Code) Global Positioning System (GPS) modules. The modules are meant to provide reliable and secure positioning, navigation and timing data with anti-jamming and anti-spoofing capabilities, and to assist warfighters operating in contested electronic […] More
Alan Khalili, formerl chief financial officer of Aireon, was appointed to take up the same role at SpaceLink, while Jim Schwenke, former Leidos executive, and satellite industry professional Erik Levine were tapped to assume vice president roles at the satellite commu nications company.
South Korea-based armored troop carrier developer Hanwha and Oshkosh, a maker of military trucks, have partnered to pursue the U.S. Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program that seeks to replace the service's M2 Bradley infantry vehicles, Breaking Defense reported Monday. The Oshkosh-Hanwha team joins the other four confirmed industry groups that have submitted bids for the Army’s OMFV program.
Industry teams led by BAE Systems and General Dynamics have submitted bids to the U.S. Army for a competitive program to replace the branch's Bradley infantry fighting vehicle platform. The two companies separately confirmed plans to join the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle competition nearly six months after Rheinmetall's U.S. subsidiary unveiled its own team that will pursue the OMFV program.
The U.S. Navy has demonstrated the airworthiness of a BAE Systems-made prototype of a technology meant to provide the P-8A Poseidon aircraft with radio frequency defense. The pod-mounted radiofrequency countermeasure passed its airworthiness test while installed on the P-8A platform operated by Air Test and Evaluation Squadron or VX 20, Naval Air Systems Command said Friday.
KBS Maritime, a joint venture between KBR and BAE Systems, announced Monday will provide facilities management and dockside services at HM Naval Base Portsmouth in the U.K. under a five-year $470 million contract. The award is expected to expand KBR’s presence in the U.K. naval defense sector.
The accreditation body of the Department of Defense's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification has formed the Industry Advisory Council that will be responsible for providing CMMC-AB and DOD with CMMC implementation feedback, input and recommendations on behalf of organizations seeking certification (OSCs).
The U.S. Army has awarded separate contracts to BAE Systems and an Oshkosh Defense–ST Engineering partnership to develop prototypes of the branch's Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle. The Army set a June 14 deadline for the companies to deliver their CATV prototypes.
BAE Systems has flown an electronic warfare aircraft equipped with its Small Adaptive Bank of Electronic Resources system to test SABER's potential to provide software updates to the EC-37B Compass Call platform. The company said Monday it worked with the U.S. Air Force to test the technology over 11 EC-130H EW aircraft flights at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.
