INDUSTRY NEWS Navy orders more Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems from BAE - The Navy has placed a follow-on order with BAE Systems for additional advanced precision kill weapon system guidance sections. The order is valued at $180.5 million ... U.S. to sell F-15s to Qatar in $12B deal - Qatar and the U.S. have reportedly reached terms on a $12 billion purchase of F-15 aircraft. The deal will increase cooperation with Qatar, according to the Pentagon ... China Aircraft Leasing, Boeing strike $5.8B deal for 50 737 MAX planes - China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings will purchase 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in a deal valued at $5.8 billion. The company will take delivery of the aircraft over the next six years ... Lockheed, Tata to build F-16s in India - Lockheed Martin and Tata Advanced Systems have signed an agreement for the production of F-16s in India as India's air force prepared to purchase hundreds of aircraft to update its aging fleet. F-16 production in India supports thousands of Lockheed Martin and F-16 supplier jobs in the U.S., creates new manufacturing jobs in India, and positions Indian industry at the center of the most extensive fighter aircraft supply ecosystem in the work, said a joint statement from the companies ... Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is being awarded a $3,013,903,706 modification to a previously awarded competitive contract to exercise options for the procurement of the detail, design, and construction of landing helicopter assault (LHA) replacement (LHA(R)) flight 1 amphibious assault ship (LHA 8). The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC is the contracting activity ... Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $617,633,351 contract for procurement of fiscal 2017 standard missile-2 full-rate production requirements and spares for U.S. and allied foreign navies. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC is the contract activity ... CENTRA Technology, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, was awarded a $61, 771,261 contract for balanced survivability assessments team support. The contract provides for assessments to mission survivability of critical U.S. and allied national and theater mission systems, networks, architectures, infrastructures, and assets. The Defense Thread Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia is the contract activity. Back to 2017-06-21 issue of C.E. Weekly Back to Members Base Camp Back to CJHunter Home Page