Americas
Vectrus Systems won a $7 million modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-reimbursable contract. This modification exercises an option to provide case/project, program, financial management, and engineering and technical support for the MH-60R Multi-Mission helicopter, subsystems, armament, engines, airborne weapons, spares, and support equipment for the government of Australia. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Maryland, and is expected to be completed in September 2025. Foreign Military Sales customer funds in the amount of $7,709,869 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin JV won a $12 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Javelin Weapon System. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of August 31, 2027. US Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
Middle East & Africa
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to “settle the score” with Hamas after the military had recovered the bodies of six hostages from a Gaza tunnel. “Those who kill hostages do not want an agreement” for a Gaza truce, Netanyahu said in a statement, telling Hamas leaders that “we will hunt you down, we will catch you, and we will settle the score.”
Europe
The German army on Friday vacated an airbase in junta-run Niger and flew its final troops home, completing a withdrawal from the restive Sahel nation. At the end of May, Germany and Niger reached an interim agreement allowing the German military to continue operating its airbase in the capital Niamey until the end of August. But negotiations to extend that agreement broke down, notably because the base’s personnel would no longer benefit from immunity from prosecution.
Asia-Pacific
BAE Systems Maritime Australia has contracted Rohde & Schwarz Australia to deliver integrated communication and control systems for the first batch of three Royal Australian Navy Hunter-class frigates. The Internet Protocol-based NAVICS communications technology provides reliable and secure voice and data communications for all naval vessel classes. It connects distributed on-board voice terminals and other subsystems for internal and external communications and the processing of classified information.
