TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 28, 2017 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) aims to update the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle in response to a Missile Defense Agency requirement for a drone with capacity to carry heavy loads including a laser weapon, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Flightglobal reported Thursday that MDA’s high-altitude, long-endurance drone effort calls for …
Northrop Plans Modified Global Hawk for MDA’s Laser-Carrying Drone Requirement
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Raytheon Gets $615M Contract Modification for MDA Standard Missile-3 Production
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a $614.5 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to produce 17 Standard Missile-3 weapons and provide support services. The Defense Department said Monday the modification covers SM-3 Block IIA missiles, containers, production support, engineering efforts, obsolescence monitoring, technical baseline engineering, quality assurance and audit support. Work will occur in Tucson, Arizona, through March …
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Executive Mosaic’s Weekly GovCon Round-up: This Week in Contracts
Weekly Roundup August 28 – September 1 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week we saw a number of contracts awarded across a variety of fields such as medicine, cybersecurity, vehicle improvement and modernization, missiles and more. Let’s take a quick look at some of …
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General Atomics to Demo MDA Configured Reaper UAVs
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 14, 2017 — A General Atomics business unit will demonstrate configured MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles for the Missile Defense Agency during test activities under a $30.3 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Defense Department said Tuesday General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will perform contract work as part of two ballistic missile defense system tests …
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Executive Mosaic’s Weekly GovCon Round-up: The Landscape of M&A in GovCon
Weekly Roundup September 11 – September 15 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson This week, let’s take a look at the current landscape of mergers and acquisitions in the GovCon sector. Notable M&A activity includes: CenturyLink adjusting the closing date of its purchase of Level 3 Communications L3 …
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Foreign Investment Committee Wraps Up MDA-DigitalGlobe Transaction Review
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has completed its review of the proposed $3.6 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) by Canada-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates. MDA said Thursday it secured clearance from the New York Stock Exchange to list and trade its common shares on NYSE under the ticker symbol “MDA” and expects to complete the …
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MDA Closes Estimated $3.6B DigitalGlobe Buy to Create ‘Maxar Technologies’
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has closed its approximately $3.6 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe to create a new company that will work to provide integrated satellite, imagery and geospatial services to the commercial and government markets. MDA said Thursday the newly combined entity will be renamed Maxar Technologies Ltd. and temporarily trade on the New York Stock Exchange as …
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MDA Unveils ‘Maxar’ Senior Leadership Team Post-DigitalGlobe Acquisition
Executives from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates and DigitalGlobe have been appointed to the senior leadership team at Maxar Technologies – the new company formed through MDA’s $3.6 billion acquisition of the Earth imagery services provider. William McCombe, senior vice president and chief financial officer at U.S.-based operating company SSL MDA Holdings that will now run as Maxar Technologies Holdings, will serve …
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Executive Mosaic’s Weekly GovCon Round-up: September’s Billion Dollar Contracts
Weekly Roundup October 2 – October 6 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Last month the GovCon community witnessed a number of highly valued contracts. September had eight contracts valued over a billion dollars awarded for a variety of services such as IT systems …
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Lockheed to Help MDA Test, Integrate Low-Power Laser on UAV
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 9, 2017 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will support a Missile Defense Agency project to test and integrate a low-power laser to an unmanned aerial vehicle under a $9.4 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract is part of the Low Power Laser Demonstrator phase 1 effort …
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Executive Mosaic’s Weekly GovCon Round-up: GovCon’s Shifting Landscape
Weekly Roundup October 9 – October 13 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson Top Five Systems Integration CEOs and Companies This past week the GovCon community experienced a number of high-profile occurrences, such as a significant merger and executive moves, that are sure to have a …
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MTSI to Help Develop Algorithms for MDA Interceptor & Sensor Systems
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 25, 2017 — Modern Technology Solutions Inc. will support the Missile Defense Agency‘s efforts to develop interceptor and sensor concepts under a $10 million contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Defense Department said Monday the award covers the creation of algorithms for interceptor and sensor on-board systems as well as simulation of methods to aggregate …
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Executive Mosaic’s Weekly GovCon Round-up: October’s M&A Activity
Weekly Roundup October 23 – October 27 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson With October coming to a close, let’s take a look at the most significant M&A activity that took place over the course of this month. Notable M&A activity includes: Serco Inc. agreeing to …
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Raytheon Gets $1.5B MDA Follow-On IDIQ to Continue Support for Ballistic Missile Radar Platforms
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential $1.5 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the Missile Defense Agency operate and maintain two kinds of ballistic missile radar technology. The Defense Department said Friday Raytheon’s integrated defense systems unit will continue to provide logistics support, transition and transfer, depot transition and sustaining engineering services for the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance …
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MTSI to Provide Engineering Support for MDA Ballistic Missile Defense System Under $89M Contract
Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has won a one-year, $88.7 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide specialty engineering advisory and assistance services for the Ballistic Missile Defense System. The Defense Department said Thursday MTSI will help MDA engineer sensor, directed energy and space systems as well as support BMDS training, operations engineering and concurrent …
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SSL’s Rob Zitz: Maxar Turns to ‘Persistent’ ISR With Eye Toward US Gov’t Customers
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 1, 2017 — Rob Zitz, chief strategy officer of Space Systems Loral‘s government systems unit, has said the new company that resulted from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates‘ acquisition of DigitalGlobe will leverage intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance offerings in its push toward the U.S. government market, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Via Satellite reported Oct. 25 that …
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Raytheon to Continue MDA Radar Tech R&D Support Under $371M Follow-On IDIQ
Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) integrated defense systems business has secured a potential $371.2 million follow-on contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide research and development support for two kinds of ballistic missile defense radar technology. The Defense Department said Wednesday the contractor will perform engineering, product improvement and cybersecurity support on the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Control …
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Boeing, MDA Load 44th Interceptor Onto Missile Defense System Silo in Alaska
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 10, 2017 — Boeing (NYSE: BA) has collaborated with the Missile Defense Agency to load the 44th interceptor onto the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system located at Fort Greely in Alaska, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the installation marks the completion of a Defense Department goal to increase the interceptor inventory …
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Lockheed Wins $81M MDA Ballistic Re-Entry Vehicle Production Contract
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a potential five-year, $80.6 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to develop modified ballistic re-entry vehicle and separation modules. The Defense Department said Tuesday Lockheed’s space systems business will also manufacture, store and monitor the delivered modules, as well as maintain software and hardware and transport end items. The fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract has …
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CH2M-Merrick JV to Support Design of MDA Missile Defense Facilities
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 7, 2017 — The CH2M and Merrick joint venture will work with the U.S. Army‘s Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to provide design and engineering services for Missile Defense Agency facilities, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The JV will perform studies and other activities on the design of tactical and tactical-support missile defense facilities across the U.S., …
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