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U.S. Army

Feb 18, 2025

Northrop Grumman receives two contracts totaling $1.4B

Northrop Grumman has received two air and missile defense contracts worth a combined $1.4 billion, the Falls Church-based Fortune 500 government contractor announced last week. The contractor received two contracts from the U.S. Army and Poland. Under the $481 million, five-year contract from the Army‘s Aviation Missile Technology Consortium, Northrop Grumman will expand software development[...]

Dec 27, 2024

U.S. Army awards RTX’s Raytheon $946M contract modification

The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon, a subsidiary of Arlington County Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor RTX, a contract modification worth about $946.47 million for production hardware, software and services related to the Patriot air defense system, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, located at Redstone Arsenal in […]

An aerial shot of Huntsville, Alabama.
Dec 12, 2024

McLean’s QinetiQ US expands to Huntsville, Alabama

QinetiQ US, a McLean security and defense contractor, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday to celebrate its expansion into Huntsville, Alabama. Known as “The Rocket City” for its role in the country’s development of space exploration, Huntsville is home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, which is located at the Redstone Arsenal. Originally established to make [&helli[...]

Soldiers stand next to a tank.
Nov 1, 2024

Army awards $676M contracts for weapon system

The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon a $676 million contract to continue manufacturing the TOW weapon system, which provides heavy anti-tank guided missile capability, RTX, the Arlington County parent company of Raytheon, a defense contractor, announced Wednesday.  Two separate awards consist of a $430 million contract for FY 2023 and an additional $246 million contract […]

Oct 21, 2024

Leidos wins $331M Army IT contract

The U.S. Army has awarded a $331 million IT contract to Leidos to modernize its network, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Monday. The Army Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications and Network (PEO C3N), formerly known as the PEO C3T, awarded the contract, which has a one-year base period of performance with […]

Green M109A7 self-propelled howitzer on a gravel road at dusk.
Aug 2, 2024

BAE Systems receives $493M Army contract

Falls Church-based BAE Systems Inc. has received a $493 million U.S. Army contract to produce M109A7 self-propelled howitzers and M992A3 ammunition carriers, the U.S. arm of British defense giant BAE Systems plc announced Aug. 2. The contract’s production and deliveries are scheduled between August 2025 and July 2026. The M109A7 will be used by the […]

May 7, 2024

Leidos wins $631M Army contract

Leidos has received a $631 million U.S. Army contract for life-cycle support of aerial sensors, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Tuesday. Under the Development, Integration, Acquisitions, Bridging to Logistics and Operations (DIABLO) contract, the company will provide equipment for the next 10 years. Leidos will develop, acquire, field and provide life-cycle support to aerial [&he[...]

Mar 22, 2024

RTX subsidiary lands $118M Army contract

The U.S. Army has finalized a contract potentially worth $118 million with Arlington County-based Raytheon, a subsidiary of RTX, to produce common sensor payloads, which will serve as “eyes” for an uncrewed aircraft system, the government announced Tuesday.  The common sensor payloads, which will be used on California-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ MQ-1C Gray Eagle[...]

CIV, seen here on a M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, is an electro-optical/infrared sight system. Photo courtesy RTX
Jan 29, 2024

RTX subsidiary lands $154M Army contract

Raytheon, a subsidiary of Arlington County-based RTX, received a $154 million contract to deliver independent viewer systems to the U.S. Army, the Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor announced Wednesday. Under the contract, Raytheon, which, like its parent company, is also based in Arlington, will deliver Commander’s Independent Viewer (CIV) systems for the Army’s Bradley [&he[...]

A C-12 Huron airplane assigned to Detachment 1, Company B, 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, U.S. Army Reserve, Fort Novosel, Alabama, parked at Cairns Army Airfield Jan. 31, 2024. U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Andy Thaggard
Jan 19, 2024

Amentum lands $946M Army contract

Chantilly-based federal contractor Amentum Services won a $946 million contract for maintenance of a U.S. Army aircraft fleet, the company announced Monday. Under the hybrid firm-fixed price contract, Amentum will complete system maintenance and modernization for the Army‘s fixed-wing transport aircraft fleet, providing life-cycle services like sustainment and logistics for a combined fleet [...]

Jan 4, 2024

V2X awarded $190M Army contract

The U.S. Army has awarded McLean-based aerospace and defense contractor V2X a contract worth $190 million to provide training support and instruction in Kuwait and other locations. The fixed-price contract will span five years, according to V2X’s Thursday announcement, and is part of the U.S. Army Central Command Training and Range Operations Maintenance Services contract […]

Oct 17, 2023

Amentum wins $327M Army contract

Chantilly-based federal contractor Amentum Services has won a U.S. Army contract worth up to $326.9 million, the company announced Monday. Under the five-year contract, Amentum will engineer, integrate and test prototype technologies for the Army‘s command, control, communication, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems. The contractor will provide tec[...]

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