The U.S. Navy is exercising an option in a previously awarded contract to United Technologies Corp. subsidiary Pratt and Whitney Engines. The $320M modification is for the production and delivery of F135-PW-100 propulsion systems to the Navy, U.S. Air Force and the government of Japan. Work on the firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-reimbursable contract will be […]
CACI has landed a $249M task order to provide operations, planning and training support to the U.S. Africa Command. Under the six-year single-award task order, CACI experts based in Germany and Africa will help plan and execute peacetime, crisis and contingency operations, CACI said Monday. The company will help AFRICOM by improving mission execution, reducing costs, minimizing operational […]
The Department of Defense and U.S. Air Force has awarded artificial intelligence developer Clarifai an AFWERX Phase I SBIR grant for predictive maintenance. Clarifai intends to use the grant to explore the ability of computer vision and machine learning algorithms to accelerate identifying and addressing potential aircraft defects and anomalies. Citing the DoD’s $78B maintenance […]
The Department of Defense has asked the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for 120 days to reconsider and reevaluate its decision to award the $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract to Microsoft over Amazon. According to court documents filed by the Pentagon last week, DoD wants to reassess the technical details around its original evaluation, […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded Virginia-based Fluor Marine Propulsion a $1.77B contract modification for naval nuclear propulsion work at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory. The bulk of the work will be performed in Schenectady, New York, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. About $291M in fiscal 2019 and 2020 Navy funding will be obligated at time of award, the […]
Alliant Techsystems Operations has landed a $165M contract modification for Lot Nine, full-rate production of Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles in support of the Navy. Under the firm-fixed-price contract, Alliant shall provide two captive air training missiles to the government of Germany in addition. Eighty percent of the work will be done in Northridge, California, the […]
Raytheon will continue work on a U.S. Navy contract for MK 15 Close-In Weapon System upgrades and conversions, system overhauls and associated hardware under a $110M firm-fixed-price modification. The company will perform work in various locations and is expected to finish by October 2023. Fiscal 2020 operations and maintenance, shipbuilding and conversion, and weapons procurement […]
Perspecta Enterprise Solutions has filed a pre-award bid protest over the Department of Defense’s $7.6B Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract. The move marks the second time Perspecta raised concerns over the DEOS contract as it filed a post-award protest in 2019 against the awarding of the contract to General Dynamics Information Technology. The General Services […]
L3 Harris Technologies will deliver radio systems with National Security Agency certified Type 1 encryption, radio ancillaries, provisioning kits and required documentation to the U.S. Navy under a $383M firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract supporting procured high-frequency radio systems. Work on the effort will be performed in Rochester, New York, and is expected to be completed by […]
The U.S. Army will exercise an option in an ongoing contract with Sikorsky Aircraft for the procurement of two UH-60M FMS green aircraft. Work on the $525M contract modification will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, and is estimated to be completed on June 30, 2022. Only Sikorsky submitted a bid for the effort, the Department […]
