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  February 28, 2020 | International, C4ISR, Security

  BAE Systems to Support Critical IT Infrastructure for U.S. Marshals Service

  February 27, 2020 - The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, has selected BAE Systems for a $126 million task order1 to provide mission critical sustainment and engineering services to the USMS' Information Technology (IT) Division. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200227005087/en/ “We are a leading systems integrator with strong experience unifying the people, processes, and tools needed to deliver advanced solutions for our nation's IT security challenges,” said Mark Keeler, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems' Integrated Defense Solutions business. “We have supported the U.S. Department of Justice for more than two decades and look forward to partnering with the U.S. Marshals in their critical mission.” Through this task order, BAE Systems will provide IT infrastructure engineering, deliver full lifecycle operations, and execute comprehensive portfolio management. The company will also provide service desk support and modernize IT tools and capabilities through cloud service innovations and process improvement. The task order was awarded under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center's Chief Information Officer–Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) Government-Wide Acquisition Contract. CIO-SP3 is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract. This contract is intended to provide information technology solutions and services. BAE Systems delivers a broad range of services and solutions enabling militaries and governments to successfully carry out their respective missions. The company provides large-scale systems engineering, integration, and sustainment services across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. BAE Systems takes pride in its support of national security and those who serve. 1 U.S. Marshals Service Functional Operations and Resources for Core Enterprise (FORCE) Services Contract PO: 15UC0C19F00002697 / DJU4500576263. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200227005087/en/

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  August 14, 2020 | International, Aerospace

  Hungary plunks down $1 billion for new air defenses

  By: Sebastian Sprenger COLOGNE, Germany – The Hungarian and U.S. governments have announced a $1 billion deal to equip the European country with new air-defense weaponry. The sale includes the Raytheon-made Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile-Extended Range missile, of which Hungary requested some 60 copies in May through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, that portion of the deal is worth $230 million. Another transaction type, called a Direct Commercial Sale, accounts for the rest of the money, according to a statement posted on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Budapest. Such sales are negotiated privately between customer countries and American defense contractors, meaning the U.S. government has little involvement besides approving an export license. Exactly what the DCS portion of the deal entails is unclear, though the embassy statement and Hungarian media note that all the equipment would go toward replacing the country's Soviet-era gear with the NASAMS short- and medium-range air-defense system made by Norway's Kongsberg. Raytheon's AMRAAM-ER missiles are the interceptors in that configuration. U.S. Ambassador David Cornstein, a New York businessman and admirer of Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban's policies, and Hungarian Defense Minister Tibor Benkő lauded the weapons deal Wednesday. “We commend the Hungarian government's strong commitment to continue modernizing Hungary's military through the acquisition of the world's most advanced mid-range air defense system, which will enhance Hungary's ability to provide collective and self-defense,” the statement reads. EU member Hungary, with its far-right government, is under pressure from other members of the bloc for what they say is a steady slide toward anti-democratic rule. The country has been on a military spending spree lately, with Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann in line to supply dozens of Leopard-2 tanks. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/08/13/hungary-plunks-down-1-billion-for-new-air-defenses

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  June 23, 2021 | International, Naval

  US Navy facing early challenges in modernizing dry docks for submarine maintenance

  The Navy needs to overhaul several dry docks at its four public shipyards so they can accommodate new attack submarines and aircraft carriers -- but the first attempt to build a new dry dock in Maine is already facing cost-overruns and schedule delays.