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Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $112,200,000 contract ceiling increase modification to previously-awarded contract, for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense field support contract (TFSC) system support with a ceiling amount of $449,000,000. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama; Sunnyvale, California; Grand Prairie, Texas; and Troy, Alabama. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity …

General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $399,979,895 firm-fixed-price contract for MQ-9 Reaper production. Contractor will produce 36 MQ-9 Reaper aircraft in the fiscal 2016 production configuration. Work will be performed at Poway, California, and is expected to be complete by Aug. 31, 2020. Fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $399,979,895 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity …

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is being awarded $303,936,000 for modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive contract for the procurement of three low-rate initial production Lot 2 MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft. In addition, this modification provides for one main operation control station, one forward operation control station, trade studies, and tooling. Work is expected to be completed in April 2021. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity …

Boeing announces joint venture with Saudi Arabia - Boeing has reported a joint venture with Saudi Arabia to provide military sustainment services. The announcement coincides with a visit by President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia and the confirmation of several deals between the country and Boeing, including one for the purchase of Chinook cargo helicopters …

Leaked budget plan shows $36B for military aircraft buys - Leaked budget figures attributed to the Trump administration show a plan outlining almost $640 billion in military spending for 2018, including overseas war funding. The list includes more than $36 billion for defense aircraft procurement …

P&W developing update to PT6 engine - Pratt & Whitney Canada will begin testing long-awaited advanced systems and engine core technology that will update the popular PT6 turboprop engine. GE Aviation, meanwhile, has released a PT6 competitor to power the Cessna Denali.