The U.S. Air Force has awarded InDyne a potential $1.1 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the service’s missile warning and defense and space domain awareness missions. What Does the InDyne Contract Cover? The award covers the provision of all mission-essential non-personal services required to sustain continuo...
United Launch Alliance has announced a leadership transition, with longtime President and CEO Tory Bruno stepping down after nearly 12 years at the helm. The decision was confirmed in a joint statement issued Monday by ULA board chairs Robert Lightfoot and Kay Sears. All three executives are past recipients of the Wash100 Award. Bruno is...
The Space Development Agency has awarded $3.5 billion in other transaction authority agreements to Lockheed Martin, L3Harris Technologies, Northrop Grumman and Rocket Lab USA to build 72 satellites for the third tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s tracking layer. Lockheed is sponsoring the Potomac Officers Club’s ...
Firefly Aerospace, a space and defense technology company, has recruited Ramon Sanchez to serve as its chief operating officer. Firefly said Thursday that Sanchez, a former Boeing senior director and an Army veteran, will oversee the company’s day-to-day operations and the production of launch vehicles, lunar landers and spacecraft. According ...
Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has secured a $111 million modification expanding its role in the Space Systems Command’s space-based interceptors effort, increasing the total value of MTSI’s systems engineering, integration and testing contract to $226.9 million. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, through Jan. 10, 2030,...
GovCons can’t get enough of Golden Dome, President Trump’s proposed homeland missile defense system. That’s for good reason. Not only has an independent estimate pegged Golden Dome as costing at least $252 billion over a 20 year period, but the Trump Administration has already appropriated $25 billion to start the program. As such...
KBR has secured a task order with the U.S. Space Force valued at a maximum of $98.7 million over a three-year performance period to advance the military branch’s digital infrastructure, specifically within its testing and training domain in Colorado Springs, Colorado. What Is the Goal of the DICE Task Order? The cost-plus-incentive-fee task or...
The U.S. Space Force has selected SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to perform the first seven launches under the National Security Space Launch Program, or NSSL, Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts, Breaking Defense reported Friday. According to Space Systems Command’s announcement, SpaceX will get $714 million for five NSSL launches and ULA will receiv...
V2X has secured an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued at $4.3 billion from the U.S. Air Force to support T-6 Texan II single-engine primary trainer aircraft. The company said it will provide base supply support to ensure that the aircraft is safe, flyable and capable of meeting its daily flight schedules and depot requirements a...
DOD’s space enterprise continues to evolve its acquisition strategy culture by cancelling contracts for poor performance and emphasizing delivering critical warfighting capability, not future promises, Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy said Thursday at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Air and Space Summit. Purdy, the acting assistant secretary of...
