KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide (including our joint ventures), with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries, across three synergistic global businesses: KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle within the Government Services and Energy sectors. Established in the 1940s, the IAC program serves the DoD science & technology (S&T) and acquisition communities to drive innovation and technological developments by enhancing collaboration through integrated scientific and technical information development and dissemination for the DoD and broader S&T community. The DoD IAC program operates as a part of Defense Technical Information Center and provides technical data management and research support for DoD and federal government users. ![]() Known for excelling in complex and extreme environments, KBR is trusted to overcome the nation's most pressing challenges. The company drives innovation by combining engineering, technical and scientific expertise with its full life cycle capabilities, mission knowledge and future-focused technologies. “We are proud to serve the warfighter through this task order.”įor more than 35 years, KBR has supported U.S. military and its allies,” said Byron Bright, President, KBR Government Solutions. “KBR will continue to partner with the Army to develop, field and sustain versatile weapon systems that provide a decisive advantage for the U.S. KBR will perform these efforts over the next five years at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. This work will enhance the government’s ability to produce more rocket and missile systems identify and mitigate production issues efficiently integrate weapons systems onto air, ground, and sea platforms overcome obsolescence issues and develop new capabilities. services and 18 other nations – and its successor and next generation of aviation-launched, air-to-ground, dual-mode guided missiles, the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile System. KBR will support the TAGM Project Office portfolio of weapon systems, including the HELLFIRE missile – the primary air-to-ground precision weapon for rotary wing and unmanned aerial systems for all U.S. KBR will research, develop, test, evaluate, integrate, and engineer cutting-edge tactical rocket and missile systems as well as ancillary launchers and test sets. This task order will build upon the engineering efforts KBR provided via a predecessor contract and will address new and expanding needs for performance, programmatic support and logistics analysis. KBR has served the Army project office for the last 22 years. KBR was awarded the cost-plus, fixed fee task order under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center's (DoD IAC) multiple-award contract. Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space. HOUSTON – (August 4, 2020) – KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has been awarded a $165 million task order to perform key engineering services on tactical missiles for the Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions (TAGM) Project Office within the U.S. Army for procurement of Switchblade 300 loitering missile systems.KBR will continue to provide engineering for the Army’s most cutting-edge tactical missile systems ![]() This contract award follows an August 2022 contract modification for additional funding by the U.S. Real-time video, GPS coordinates, and wave-off capabilities provide the operator confidence in precisely attacking key targets. The backpackable Switchblade 300 offers operators the flexibility to rapidly maneuver and employ the system on the ground. Army contract includes foreign military sales of Switchblade 300 for the first time to France and another allied nation, expanding Switchblade’s footprint internationally. government for use by Ukraine and additional nations after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022. ![]() Ideal for use against beyond-line-of-sight targets, Switchblade systems were approved by the U.S. Army for more than a decade and are currently providing real-time ISR and precision strike support on battlefields in Ukraine. (Photo by AeroVironment)ĪeroVironment’s combat-proven Switchblade 300 loitering missile systems have been deployed by the U.S. Switchblade 300 Loitering Missile Systems.
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