The article announces several defense contracts in the U.S. BAE Systems Inc. has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to compete for future R&D task orders awarded under a nine-year, IDIQ contract. Lockheed Martin has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for a fixed-price production contract for 22 GPS III follow-on satellites. The Air Force also awarded AeroVironment Inc. a 13 million dollars IDIQ contract for RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).