US Air Force awards $13 billion Doomsday plane contract to Sierra Nevada

The US Air Force's "Doomsday plane" is undergoing maintenance and upgrades, according to Defense One. The Boeing E-4B "Nightwatch" and the Navy's E-6B "Mercury" planes are built to allow the president to direct US for.....»»

Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded a $7 billion modification to a contract providing for 114 F-35 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, and the governments of Norway, Australia and Italy, the Pentagon said on Monday......»»

Microsoft shares rise 3.4% to $145.50 premarket, after company wins the Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract......»»

Known as JEDI, the military's cloud computing contract goes to Microsoft after Trump expresses opposition to giving it to Amazon. The award had been held up for years in a bitter dispute between some of the the country's biggest tech firms......»»

Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) secured a pair of contracts worth $1.88 billion Friday to modernize GPS systems and several surveillance aircraft for the Air Force.  The Department of Defense disclosed the awards for the Falls Church defense contr.....»»

Canada on Friday announced a multi-billion dollar contract with General Dynamics Corp for equipment that will be manufactured in a region where the ruling Liberals need to do well in an October election......»»

Sierra Nevada Corp, a privately owned defense contractor with spaceflight ambitions, said on Wednesday it picked United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket to launch its Dream Chaser space plane on cargo missions to the International Space Station......»»

Defense Secretary Mark Esper will undertake a review of a massive cloud-computing contract before the Pentagon awards it, creating a new potential obstacle for the lucrative deal expected to be valued at up to $10 billion over a decade......»»

Boeing's decision to drop out of the bidding for a next-generation missile contract it believes is weighted in a rival's favor may force the Pentagon to reconfigure the $85 billion weapons project......»»

Boeing's decision to drop out of the bidding for a next-generation missile contract it believes is weighted in a rival's favor may force the Pentagon to reconfigure the $85 billion weapons project......»»

The 100-plane contract is worth $11 billion at list prices. Airbus SE won its first order for a new longer range model, the A321XLR, and pressed its advantage over rival Boeing Co., which is still trying.....»»

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $1.47 billion contract to a Mississippi shipyard to build a new amphibious warship, following through on a plan announced last year......»»

The $928 million contract follows a warning that Russia and China have developed a missile that could punch through U.S. defenses......»»

The $928 million contract follows repeated Defense Department warnings that Russia and China have developed a hypersonic missile that could punch through U.S. defenses......»»

It’s not getting as much notice as the nearly $4 billion program to develop and produce a new Air Force Once, but the Pentagon needs a contractor to build a $250 million home for the new plane. A new hangar is needed because the current facility.....»»

Infrastructure company Aecom said its JT4 Limited Liability Co. unit has been awarded a 15-year, $3.1 billion contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with range support services. Los Angeles-based Aecom (NYSE: ACM) said it expects the cost-plus-awa.....»»

The Australian government says British defense company BAE Systems has won a 35 billion Australian dollar ($26 billion) contract to build Australia's fleet of new navy frigates......»»

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation awarded a $25.9M construction contract for the first phase of its Kamehameha Highway resurfacing project to Road and Highway Builders LLC. HART, which oversees the $8 billion elevated rail project, said th.....»»

Boeing Co has received a $3.9 billion contract to build two 747-8 aircraft for use as Air Force One by the U.S. president, due to be delivered by December 2024 and painted red, white and blue, officials said on Tuesday......»»

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