Northrup Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems, Melbourne, Florida, is awarded a $24,655,366 modification (P00088) to a previously awarded fixed-priced-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost, contract (N0001918C1037). This modification adds scope to provide non-recurring engineering risk ...

Belgium FMS. The State Department on July 25 approved a potential $115 million foreign military sale with Belgium for RTX’s GBU-53B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) IIs, also known as “StormBreakers.” Under the deal, Belgium would receive up to 196 SDB-II all-up-rounds. The FMS case also includes ...

The pilot of the CV-22—Gundam 22 (G22)--that went down last Nov. 29 in an exercise off Japan radioed the pilot of a companion CV-22—G21--that “we’ve got chips” in the left-hand proprotor gear box (PRGB) before the fatal crash that killed 8 airmen, according to an Accident Investigation ...

GHD SA JV 1, San Francisco, California, is awarded a $25,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for multi-disciplinary architect-engineer (A-E) services at Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia. The work to be performed provides for the delivery of various A-E ...

The U.S. will explore expanding munitions co-production opportunities with Japan, to include manufacturing of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), officials confirmed on Sunday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin were in Tokyo for a meeting with ...

The Missile Defense Agency on Thursday awarded RTX [RTX] a $1.94 billion contract to manufacture and assemble Standard Missile-3 missiles for both the U.S. and Japan. This award specifically covers Standard Missile-3 Block IIA All-Up Rounds (AUR) for the U.S. and Japan Ministry of Defense via ...

NGAS AoA. Air Force Maj. Gen. David Tabor, the service's director of programs, says the Air Force plans to finish an Analysis of Alternatives this fall on the service's future Next Generation Aerial Refueling System (NGAS). The latter may incorporate stealth to allow the plane better survivability ...

Raytheon Technologies, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a sole-source, hybrid (fixed-price incentive and cost-plus-fixed-fee) contract for $1,944,082,765 to perform the manufacture and assembly of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA All-Up Rounds for the U.S. government and Japan Ministry of Defense ...

Greece became the 19th foreign nation to join the F-35 program, as the country signed a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) on July 25 to buy 20 of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighters through U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS), with an option for an additional 20. The signing of the LOA means that contract ...

Lockheed Martin [LMT] awarded purchase orders to several Spanish companies for components of the SPY-7 radar used on the Spanish Navy F-110 frigate. The company awarded contracts to Spain’s Indra, Escribano Mechanical and Engineering, and ICM (Integral de Conexión y Montajes, S.L.) for ...