WASHINGTON — The American branch of British defense firm QinetiQ has won a contract worth up to $45 million to support the U.S. Army’s C5ISR Center, the company announced Monday in a news release.

The deal follows QinetiQ’s announcement that it plans to acquire software provider Avantus Federal by year’s end — “an important step in the execution of QinetiQ’s five-year ambitions to expand our presence in the US,” QinetiQ CEO Steve Wadey said Friday in a statement about the purchase.

Source: QinetiQ inks $45 million prototyping deal with US Army

The U.S. Department of Defense is nearing a “handshake agreement” with Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) for ~375 F-35 fighter jets over three years, Reuters reported on Monday. Talks had bogged down in recent weeks over data rights, but a Monday meeting in Washington could lead to a deal on both a price range and quantity, according to the report, which also said if an agreement is reached, finalized pricing would not be locked in for several weeks if not months, but an ultimate total value is ~$30B.

Source: Lockheed, Pentagon near $30B deal for F-35 fighter jets – Reuters (NYSE:LMT) | Seeking Alpha

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail. Thousands of galaxies – including the faintest objects ever observed in the infrared – have appeared in Webb’s view for the first time. This slice of the vast universe covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length by someone on the ground.

Source: NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet | NASA

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky unit won its 10th five-year contract worth $2.3 billion for 120 H-60 Mike-model Black Hawk utility helicopters with options for an additional 135 aircraft for both the Army and other customers through Foreign Military Sales, the Pentagon said.

Source: Lockheed’s Sikorsky wins $2.3 billion Army Black Hawk multi-year contract

On a cloudless December morning last year, a United Airlines Boeing 737 jet took off from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport with 115 passengers, landing as planned about 2 hours later at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

Source: GE Aviation looks to revolutionize flight with new engine – Boston Business Journal

TUCSON, Ariz., (May 23, 2022) — Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, is awarded a $423 million contract to continue to produce SPY-6 radars for the U.S. Navy. This is the first option exercised from the March 2022 hardware, production and sustainment contract that is valued up to $3.16 billion over five years.

Source: News | Raytheon Missiles & Defense awarded $423 million US Navy contract for SPY-6 family of radars | Raytheon Missiles & Defense