Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of March 6 - March 10, 2017

The week's defense contracts highlight sustained investment in logistics sustainment and emerging technology. Kelly Aviation secured a $1 billion KC-10 engine support deal, ensuring continued tanker fleet readiness. Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin won $53 million for Multi-Object Kill Vehicle technology development—critical for future missile defense architectures. The Navy awarded contracts spanning cybersecurity, explosive ordnance disposal countermeasures, and flight test engineering support. From a mobility perspective, these awards reveal the military's dual focus: maintaining legacy air-refueling infrastructure while advancing autonomous systems and electronic warfare capabilities. The shift toward "Capacity as a Service" IT models (ViON's $35M contract) mirrors commercial cloud trends, enabling more agile mission scaling. As defense increasingly embraces software-defined systems and counter-drone technologies, commercial mobility sectors should watch these procurement patterns for dual-use innovation opportunities.