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Saab Completes Indiana Facility for T-7A Trainer’s Aft Fuselage Work

Saab has finished building a new site in West Lafayette, Indiana, that will accommodate aft fuselage production work for the T-7A Red Hawk jet trainer the company is developing with Boeing. The Boeing-Saab team designed the Red Hawk trainer platform for the U.S. Air Force and won a $9.2 billion contract in September 2018 to manufacture the aircraft as replacement to the service’s fleet of T-38 trainers.

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by Jane Edwards April 26, 2021, 4:39 am
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Northrop, Air Force Conclude Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Integrated Baseline Review

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.

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by Jane Edwards April 8, 2021, 3:40 am
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Northrop Completes Ground Based Strategic Deterrent EMD Baseline Review; Steve Lunny Quoted
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Air Force Concludes Initial Review of Northrop’s GBSD System Design

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.

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by Jane Edwards May 18, 2020, 3:58 am
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Saab Begins Production of T-7A Aircraft Component

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.

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by Matthew Nelson January 22, 2020, 6:53 am
in Contract Awards, News

BAE Gets $67M USMC Contract Modification for Combat Vehicle Engineering Drafts, Development

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.

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by Matthew Nelson June 21, 2019, 1:37 am
in News, Wash100

Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, Inducted Into 2019 Wash100 for Business and Contract Portfolio Expansion Leadership

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.

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by Jane Edwards March 8, 2019, 11:53 am
in Industry News, News

Randy Deidrick: Boeing Eyes T-X Trainer Full Operational Capability in 2034

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 already developed, what we already […] More

by Jane Edwards November 29, 2018, 4:15 am
in Industry News, News

DoD OKs Production of Lockheed Air-to-Ground Missile System With Milestone C Decision
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Report: Lockheed names 3 industry partners for Navy's MQ-25 tanker drone program

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 drone's internal structure. Lockheed's Skunk […] More

by Jane Edwards April 10, 2018, 4:56 am
in Industry News, News

Report: Air Force Mulls JSTARS Recap Program Cancellation

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 carry out command-and-control functions and […] More

by Jane Edwards February 12, 2018, 5:40 am
in Industry News, News

Darlene Costello: Air Force Delays JSTARS Recap RFP Due to Fixed-Price Contract Language in Defense Authorization Bill

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 acquisition chief Darlene Costello told the […] More

by Jane Edwards September 23, 2016, 11:03 am