BAE Systems has prevailed in its protest of a Navy decision to award the next generation jammer contract to Raytheon. The win had put Raytheon on track for billions in follow-on work, but now source selection will start over.
The government shutdown put a damper on contract awards in October, as did the traditional slowdown of awards at the start of a new fiscal year. Despite those conditions, though, there were several significant awards in October, and we rank the biggest for the month.
Raytheon has won a $12 million sole sourced contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with sustainment services in support of the Military Satellite Communications System Global Broadcast System.
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has won a $236.7 million contract to provide the Navy with Cooperative Engagement Capability, or CEC, Design Agent and engineering services.
September may not be the busiest time for high profile personnel moves, given the end of year contracting rush, but we still tracked several high profile new hires.
Raytheon has won a $231 million contract with the Navy to upgrade the Navy’s MK15 close-in weapon system, which protects ships from missiles that pentrate other defenses.
August saw a slight slow down in the number of contract awards that Washington Technology covered, but dollar values are up, and the pace is still strong compared to earlier in the year. Who are the big winners?
Eight companies have won extensions to their Advanced Technology Support Program III contracts by another $1.3 billion, allowing them to continue their work supporting obsolete and difficult to maintain technologies.
July continued the trend of increasing contract awards that Washington Technology has covered since the beginning of the year. Who stole the show this month?
Raytheon has won a contract with the Navy to provide developmental efforts in support of the Next Generation Jammer Program's Technology Development Phase.
