RTX business Raytheon has secured a $52.2 million firm-fixed-price delivery order from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to deliver 18 forward-looking infrared high-definition turret assembly spares for several foreign government-owned MH-60 aircraft. The Sikorsky MH-60 Seahawk is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission helicopter derived from the UH-60 Black Hawk. The Foreign Military Sale transaction...
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UK Taps Leidos for Geospatial Intelligence Support
Leidos has secured a seven-year contract from the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence to provide meteorological and oceanographic data information and services to support the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence. The award covers the delivery of THOR, a scalable data and services capability that would provide the MoD with enhanced environmental insights. THOR will succeed...
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Valero Secures $200M DLA Contract to Deliver Diesel, Jet Fuel to Israel
Valero Marketing and Supply, a subsidiary of Texas-based petroleum refiner Valero Energy, has secured a potential $200 million contract from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency to deliver EN590 diesel and JP8 jet fuel to Israel. The Israeli military uses EN590 diesel fuel in its trucks and other equipment while the kerosene-based jet propulsion fuel JP-8...
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Collins Aerospace Division Secures Navy’s $65M E-2D Training Platform for France
Rockwell Collins Simulation and Training Solutions, a Collins Aerospace division, has received a $65 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division to deliver a weapons system training platform for France’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft fleet. The sole-source award, a foreign military sale to France, also covers related technical data and...
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Amazon Web Services Signs News Deal With Australia, Accelerates Access to Cloud
Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency and Amazon Web Services Australia have signed a three-year whole-of-government arrangement that builds on the success of a previous deal from 2019, which aimed to accelerate access to cloud computing services. The initial agreement promised a faster way to procure AWS services. The reduction in time, resources and effort is made...
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Northrop Grumman to Integrate NATO Radio System Into Japan’s E-2D Fleet
Northrop Grumman has received a $57.4 million modification to previously awarded U.S. Naval Air Systems Command contract, exercising an option to integrate the SATURN radio system into Japan’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft fleet. The contract modification, awarded under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, also covers the delivery of a systems integration laboratory to support...
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IBM, Telefonica to Explore Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computing Issues
IBM has signed a collaboration agreement with Telefonica Tech, Spanish telecommunication company Telefonica’s digital unit, to develop solutions that would address future cryptographically relevant quantum computer-related problems. The deal will see IBM extend its quantum technology portfolio while Telefonica Tech will provide managed and professional cybersecurity services. IBM has been working on a wide range...
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Leidos to Support NHS Supply Chain’s Cybersecurity Upgrade Efforts
Leidos has announced a contract from NHS Supply Chain to deliver cybersecurity support services to improve the agency’s cyber posture and ensure timely procurement and delivery of healthcare products across National Health Service locations in England and Wales. The award will see the U.S. IT services company deliver 24/7 cyberthreat monitoring while helping the NHS...
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CGI Agrees to Acquire BJSS; Merger to Close in February
IT and business consulting firm CGI is set to acquire BJSS after signing a share purchase agreement with the U.K.-based technology and engineering consultancy. Pending regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions in February, the acquisition will add BJSS’s workforce of more than 2,400, including experts in health, government and financial services, to CGI’s global...
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Australia Invests in Air Force Capability With New Batch of Long-Range Anti-Radiation Missiles
Australia has issued a $650 million order for additional Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range missiles to improve its air force’s capability to detect, attack and destroy foreign adversarial systems. The procurement, falling under the United States’ Foreign Military Sales program, enables the Royal Australian Air Force to improve the capabilities of several aircraft, including the...