US Aerospace/Defense Companies & Contracts

WASHINGTON - Parsons Government Services Inc., Centreville, Virginia, has been awarded a $15.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Battlefield Lethal AI-Driven Electronic Warfare (BLADE). This contract provides for the design, development, and deployment of high value-added capabilities as they apply to electronic support and electronic attack to enable the engagement of new and emerging signals.

Work will be performed at Chantilly, Centreville, and Herndon, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by Oct.13, 2030. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York, is the contracting activity (FA8750-26-C-B013).

Source: U.S. Air Force
Associated URL: http://www.defense.gov

WASHINGTON - Leonardo DRS Airborne and Intelligence Systems, Beavercreek, Ohio, is awarded a $39.6 million firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the production and delivery of up to 55 Joint Tactical Terminal (JTT) transceiver units. This contract also provides for non-recurring engineering, aircraft integration, qualification, and production support for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft in support of enhancing threat warning and situational awareness leveraging resilient communications over government and commercial non-geo stationary orbit networks for the Navy.

Work will be performed in Beavercreek, Ohio, and is expected to be completed in February 2028. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001926C1012).

Source: U.S. Navy
Associated URL: http://www.defense.gov

NASHUA, N.H. - BAE Systems' FAST Labs research, development and production organization has successfully completed Phase 1 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Technologies for Heat Removal in Electronics at the Device Scale (THREADS) program and has been awarded continued support to move into Phase 2.

The THREADS program aims to overcome temperature limitations in high-performance radio frequency (RF) electronics, specifically in gallium nitride (GaN) devices. Overcoming these limitations will significantly increase the power and range of vital military systems.

Successful thermal management developed through this program will nearly triple the range of RF systems, enhancing the safety and engagement distances for military personnel. BAE Systems' work on THREADS is being conducted at its Microelectronics Center (MEC) in Nashua, New Hampshire, a DoW Category 1A Trusted Supplier, leveraging its established expertise in the development and manufacturing of advanced GaN and gallium arsenide integrated circuits.

To accelerate the development of this critical technology, BAE Systems' work on the THREADS program includes collaboration with Modern Microsystems, Penn State University, Stanford University, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Texas at Dallas.

Source: BAE Systems
Associated URL: https://www.baesystems.com/en-us