A guided missile interceptor developed by Raytheon’s missile systems business and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as well as supported by Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has been approved by the Department of Defense to undergo initial production efforts.
Read More »Kratos-Corvid Team to Design, Produce Ballistic Missile Defense System Targets Under Navy Contract
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions will collaborate with Corvid Technologies to help the U.S. Navy build test targets for the Ballistic Missile Defense System under a potential five-year, $223M contract.
Read More »Dave Wajsgras, President of Raytheon’s IIS Business, Inducted Into 2019 Wash100 for Leading ‘Organic’ R&D, Securing Several Major Contracts
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon's intelligence, information and services segment, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for leading the development of “organic” R&D and securing major contracts from several federal agencies. This marks the fifth consecutive Wash100 award for Wajsgras.
Read More »John Harris, VP of Business Development and International CEO of Raytheon, Selected to 2019 Wash100 for Major Contract Deals, Defense Project Support
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce John Harris, vice president of business development at Raytheon and CEO of the company’s international business, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for leading the company to several major contracts and supporting projects in defense, civil government and cybersecurity. This marks the second consecutive Wash100 award for Harris.
Read More »MDA Plans Ballistic Missile System Engineering Contract Award to Boeing-Led Industry Team
The Missile Defense Agency intends to award a contract to an industry team led by Boeing to help MDA engineer and integrate the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Boeing will lead five defense contractors, known collectively as National Team-Engineering, to continue the group’s BMDS engineering support work that covers system guidance, integration, development and data …
Read More »Robert Smith: Booz Allen to Help Safeguard US Ballistic Missile Defense System Through Cybersecurity Methods
Booz Allen Hamilton is working with the Missile Defense Agency to strengthen the cybersecurity of U.S. ballistic missile defense system as part of a potential five-year, $91.5 million contract awarded in August 2017. Robert Smith, a senior vice president at Booz Allen, said in a statement published Tuesday the company aims …
Read More »PeopleTec Wins MDA Engineering Advisory, Assistance Services Contract
PeopleTec has won a potential five year, $33.6 million contract to advise and assist the Missile Defense Agency on engineering, technical and management of MDA’s international programs. The Defense Department said Tuesday that PeopleTec will also support systems engineering efforts for the Ballistic Missile Defense System designed to help protect U.S. forces and allies …
Read More »Lockheed, MDA Conclude Critical Long-Range Radar Design Review
Lockheed Martin and the Missile Defense Agency have completed a critical design review of a radar system designed to protect the U.S. from ballistic missile threats. The conclusion of CDR on Sept. 28 will pave the way for the Long Range Discrimination Radar to enter the fabrication, test and demonstration phase, Lockheed said …
Read More »Torch Technologies Wins $86M MDA Contract to Produce Digital Missile Target Models
Torch Technologies has won a potential five-year, $86.2 million contract to create digital representations of adversary missiles and flight test targets for the Missile Defense Agency. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will model various targets that are common across Ballistic Missile Defense System programs to aid development, testing and assessment …
Read More »General Atomics Lands MDA Reaper UAV Demo Contract
A business unit of General Atomics has received a one-year, $30.3 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to demonstrate passive configured MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. The Defense Department said Tuesday that General Atomics’ electromagnetic systems group will showcase the capacities of Reaper drone at two Ballistic Missile Defense System and …
Read More »SAIC to Help MDA Update Analysis Tech for Ballistic Missile Defense System Modeling
Science Applications International Corp. has secured a $34.6 million contract to help the Missile Defense Agency further develop an analysis technology to support modeling of the Ballistic Missile Defense System‘s expected performance. The Defense Department said Monday SAIC will support analysis efforts by the MDA director for engineering’s quick reaction team and the …
Read More »Report: Japan Asks US to Equip Aegis BMD System With New Radar Amid North Korean Missile Threat
Japan has asked the U.S. government to use a new radar for integration with a ground-based version of the Aegis ballistic missile defense platform the East Asian country plans to launch by 2023 in an effort to counter threats posed by North Korea, Reuters reported Wednesday. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters …
Read More »KBR Unit to Support DoD Missile Defense Systems Under Army Follow-On Task Order
KBR‘s government services arm has received a three-year, $48 million task order from the U.S. Army to provide support services for the Defense Department‘s missile defense systems. The company said Thursday its KBRwyle business will provide program management, foreign military sales case support, system engineering, diagnostics and testing support to the Lower Tier …
Read More »Gryphon to Support MDA’s Sea-Based Radar Mission Under $58M Contract
Gryphon Technologies has won a potential seven-year, $57.7 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to support integration work on the Sea-Based X-Band Radar mission. The Defense Department said Thursday that Gryphon will provide communication operations and support services to MDA’s SBX strategic mission under the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. SBX Radar is built as part of the country’s Ballistic …
Read More »MDA Demos Boeing-Built Ground Midcourse Defense System Against ICBM Target
The Missile Defense Agency performed Tuesday a live-fire test of the Boeing-built Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system element of the U.S. ballistic missile defense platform. During the test, the GMD system helped guide a ground-based interceptor that launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to zero in on an intercontinental ballistic missile …
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