Anduril and General Atomics are well known in the defense industry. But their selections for phase one of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program stand out for who they went up against and where the tech is going.
After a difficult year for government contracting, December ends on a high note being one of the most active months for contract awards. Who won the biggest contracts?
Calendar year 2013 came to a close with a flurry of contract awards, including one for $750 million and another worth over $500 million. Here’s a roundup of the major IT-related awards from the last two weeks of the year.
The Navy has given the go ahead to four companies to continue their design development for the UCLASS aircraft, meant to give carriers added surveillance and defense capabilities .
General Atomics has won a $110.3 million Army contract modification for product support and fleet sustainment operations for the Gray Eagle UAV, with working being done in Afghanistan.
NASA and General Atomics team up to develop and flight test new command and control satellite link capabilities on a Predator B unmanned aircraft system