Tag Archives: EMD

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force completed the integrated baseline review for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile program under an engineering and manufacturing development contract awarded in September. The review involves the establishment of schedule and cost baseline, risk identification and development of mitigation plans within the first 180 days of contract award.

Northrop Grumman completed an engineering and manufacturing development baseline review for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program in November 2020. More than 100 people participated in the three-day virtual EMD baseline assessment of GBSD, which included a review of user requirements, configuration elements and program data.

The U.S. Air Force conducted in late April a three-day preliminary design review of Northrop Grumman's proposed system for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile program, the service branch reported Friday.

Saab has begun assembly production efforts for the aft fuselage component of a trainer aircraft system to be used by the U.S. Air Force.

BAE Systems has received a three-year, $67M contract modification from the U.S. Marine Corps to draft engineering drawings for amphibious combat vehicles, mission role variants and a medium caliber cannon.

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing's defense, space and security business, as an inductee into the 2019 edition of the Wash100 “” Executive Mosaic's annual selection of influential leaders in the government contracting arena “” for her leadership in expanding the company's portfolio of defense contracts and space platforms. This latest honor marks the third consecutive Wash100 Award for Caret.

Randy Deidrick, ground-based training systems lead for the T-X program at Boeing, has said the company intends to achieve full operational capability for the T-X trainer aircraft in 2034, National Defense reported Wednesday. “Part of what we've been doing in these two months is familiarizing our customer with what we've …

Lockheed Martin is set to commence low-rate initial production of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile after the Defense Department granted a “milestone C” decision on the system. DoD’s defense acquisition board announced through a memorandum the LRIP approval for the JAGM program after months of flight tests that evaluated the missile technology against performance envelope and …

Lockheed Martin has announced three industry partners for its proposed offering for the U.S. Navy's MQ-25 carrier-based aerial tanker drone program, Defense News reported Monday. Lockheed officials announced Monday that General Electric and United Technologies Corp. will respectively supply the F404 turbofan engine and the F-35C landing gear, while Triumph Aerostructures will produce …

The U.S. Air Force plans to put an end to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft recapitalization program in its budget request for fiscal 2019, Defense News reported Saturday. Sources told the publication the service will instead advance a “system-of-systems approach“ that seeks to combine existing platforms to …

A U.S. Air Force official has said the service branch has postponed the release of a request for proposals for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program as the service works to resolve a provision in the defense authorization bill with Congress, Defense News reported Wednesday. Air Force …

The U.S. Air Force has asked Boeing to submit a proposal on the engineering and manufacturing development phase for the service branch's Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program. The military branch said Monday it issued the request for proposal for the PAR program's EMD phase after it received authorization from Frank Kendall, …

Northrop Grumman has completed a critical design review of the electronic subsystem of the U.S. Navy's AN/SLQ-32(V)7 electronic warfare platform. The company said Monday the CDR is part of the service branch's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 development. The AN/SLQ-32(V)7 system works to detect and counter anti-ship missiles and …

Science Applications International Corp. and its partner ST Kinetics will start the development of 13 prototypes for the engineering, manufacturing and development phase of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle Increment 1 program. Under a $121.5 million contract previously awarded by the U.S. Marine Corps, SAIC and ST will build the eight-by-eight wheeled, armored ACV called TERREX 2, …

Sikorsky Aircraft has completed the preliminary design review and mission communication system integration on the first S-92A helicopter under a potential $1.2 billion contract awarded by the U.S. Navy for a new presidential helicopter fleet. The Lockheed Martin-owned business said Wednesday it finished the PDR phase and MCS testing for the first …