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KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) generates a steady flow of news through contract awards, technology deployments and program milestones across energy, defense and space. The company’s releases highlight its role in delivering science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies worldwide, with a workforce of about 37,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries and operations in over 29 countries.
On this page, readers can follow KBR news related to LNG and energy transition projects, such as front-end engineering design for the Coastal Bend LNG facility on the Texas Gulf Coast, green ammonia developments in Spain and biomethanol projects in Saudi Arabia using KBR’s PureMSM green methanol technology. Updates often describe how KBR’s engineering and technology support lower carbon intensity, improved energy efficiency and national energy transition goals.
KBR news also covers major government and defense contracts, including its seat on the Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD multiple-award contract, readiness and sustainment work for the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command and Foreign Military Sales support for F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft. In space, announcements detail testing of next-generation spacesuits with Axiom Space under NASA’s Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services contract.
Investors and industry observers can use this news feed to track KBR’s contract pipeline, geographic reach and areas of technical focus. Regular updates provide context on how the company’s mission technology solutions and sustainable technology solutions segments participate in large-scale infrastructure, defense and space programs around the world.
KBR (NYSE: KBR) will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal 2025 results on February 26, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. Central Time (8:30 a.m. ET). The company will release its fourth quarter 2025 earnings release and presentation before the call.
Both the release and presentation, the live webcast, and a replay will be available via KBR's Investor Relations website. A telephone replay is available at +1 866 813 9403, passcode 304270.
KBR (NYSE: KBR) was named to Australia Defense Magazine’s 2025 Top 40 Defense Contractor list, recognizing its role as a partner to the Australian Defence Force.
In 2025 KBR secured over 1.2 billion AUD (~$837 million) in contract awards and extensions in Australia, supports the Royal Australian Navy, Army and Air Force, and employs more than 2,500 people in-country. Key activities include maintenance planning for amphibious combat and support ships, air and space command-and-control integration, space domain awareness via Iron Stallion, and long-cycle project management and engineering services.
KBR (NYSE: KBR) was awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for Coastal Bend LNG’s planned natural gas liquefaction and export facility on the Texas Gulf Coast on Jan. 12, 2026. The project will include multiple liquefaction trains, cogeneration, LNG storage tanks, and export facilities and will use ConocoPhillips’ Optimized Cascade® Process (COP OCP) to support Coastal Bend LNG’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. KBR will lead the FEED for the entire inside battery limits (ISBL) scope covering liquefaction, nitrogen rejection, gas treatment, and heavy hydrocarbon removal, provide overall coordination among parties, and support Coastal Bend in FERC filings and permitting.
KBR emphasized its 50+ years of LNG experience and role in designing lower-carbon LNG infrastructure; Coastal Bend highlighted the collaboration with KBR and ConocoPhillips to maximize efficiency and reduce carbon intensity.
Coastal Bend LNG selected KBR (NYSE: KBR) and Técnicas Reunidas for FEED on its planned Texas Gulf Coast liquefaction and export facility, using ConocoPhillips’ Optimized Cascade® Process (OCP). Upon a positive final investment decision (FID), KBR and Técnicas Reunidas will execute the EPC phase. The firms will design multiple large-scale trains aimed at cost-competitive LNG production while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Company executives highlighted expertise in LNG, industrial decarbonization, and expectations to maximize facility efficiency and lower carbon intensity.
KBR (NYSE: KBR) was awarded a seat on the Missile Defense Agency’s SHIELD Multiple-Award IDIQ contract with a $151B ceiling on January 7, 2026. The contract covers a broad range of work areas to enable rapid delivery of innovative capabilities across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. KBR highlighted its systems engineering, integration, digital engineering, AI/ML, model-based systems engineering and agile processes as core strengths to accelerate deployment, reduce cost and deliver scalable layered-defense solutions under the Golden Dome for America initiative.
KBR (NYSE: KBR) was awarded a Technical Support Services Contract by the U.S. Geological Survey with a $350 million ceiling to support the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The single IDIQ contract runs five years and covers cloud-native architectures, AI/ML, advanced software and systems engineering, secure IT infrastructure, intelligent data analytics, algorithm development and long-term preservation of Earth-observation records.
The work will support USGS preparations for Landsat Next, a three-satellite constellation planned to launch in 2030, and will be performed in Sioux Falls and other U.S. sites. This is KBR's fifth consecutive USGS award after a >24-year partnership.
KBR (NYSE: KBR) was awarded a seat on the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command WEXMAC 2.1 TITUS multiple‑award IDIQ contract for readiness and sustainment supporting defense of the continental United States.
The award lets KBR compete for firm‑fixed‑price task orders across a five‑year base period with a five‑year option$10 billion to $20 billion. Services may include stability operations, civil support, supply chain and distribution, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has been awarded a contract by Fikrat Al-Tadweer to supply its PureMSM green methanol technology for the first biomethanol plant in Saudi Arabia, announced December 16, 2025.
The facility will convert landfill-gas into renewable methanol; KBR will provide technology licensing, proprietary engineering design, catalyst, and proprietary equipment. PureMSM can accept a wide range of feedstocks including biogas, gasification-derived syngas, hydrogen, and pure CO2, aimed at low-cost, commercial-scale renewable methanol production.
KBR said the project aligns with Saudi national policy to eliminate landfill gas emissions and support sustainable fuels, reflecting the company’s ongoing work in commercializing low-carbon process technologies.
KBR (NYSE: KBR) was awarded a technology and engineering contract by IGNIS on Dec. 15, 2025 to support a green ammonia facility in A Coruña, Spain. The contract covers KBR proprietary engineering design and pre‑FEED services for a 200,000 tonnes per annum green ammonia plant that will use renewable energy to produce green hydrogen and convert it to green ammonia.
The announcement highlights KBR's ammonia technology portfolio, including H2ACT® ammonia cracking, and notes KBR's historical footprint of licensing, engineering, or constructing over 260 grassroots ammonia plants since 1943.
KBR (NYSE: KBR) was awarded an estimated $117M cost-plus-fixed-fee follow-on contract to provide Foreign Military Sales (FMS) support to Naval Air Systems Command’s F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Office (PMA-265).
The five-year scope covers integrated program management, engineering, financial and logistics support for FMS programs with Australia, Finland and Switzerland, and includes sustaining aircraft systems, acquisition and training support, lifecycle logistics and communications security across U.S. and partner-nation locations.
KBR noted its more than 40 years of F/A-18 experience and ongoing partnership with NAVAIR.