The State Department approved a proposed $780 million sale of FIM-92K Stinger Block I missiles to NATO. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday that Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and RTX (NYSE: RTX) will be the lead contractors for the deal, which will support countries such as Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. NATO’s Support and...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun seeking information from industry sources capable of supporting the development of a selective withdrawal structure at Detroit Dam on the North Santiam River in Oregon. The SWS will be a concrete tower attached to the gravity dam’s upstream face with appurtenant features to enable water conveyance and...
Jeff Bezos-owned space company Blue Origin and private equity firm Cerberus have made bids for United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Some people familiar with the matter said ULA has also drawn interest from aerospace and defense contractor Textron (NY...
Pragyansmita Nayak, chief data scientist at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said federal agencies should learn how to navigate the repository of artificial intelligence use cases as they work on strategies to incorporate AI into their workflows and align such strategies with their specific requirements. In an opinion piece published Thursday in Federal Tim...
An RTX subsidiary (NYSE: RTX) has received a $407.6 million modification to a task order for the development of the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile in support of the Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment. In September 2022, a Raytheon and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) team secured a $985.3 million task order to bui...
Mr. Jay Dryer is the closing keynote for the 10th Annual Defense Research and Defense Summit on January 31, 2024. Register for the annual summit, organized by the Potomac Officers Club, to learn about the SCO’s development of cutting-edge technologies to strengthen the defense landscape. Catch Jay Dryer’s Keynote for the 10th Annu...
DCS will officially merge with its Beavercreek, Ohio-based defense subsidiary Infoscitex on Jan. 1 and the move is intended to continue building on program support offerings for aerospace and defense customers, Dayton Business Journal reported Tuesday. IST was acquired by DCS in 2012 and since then, has been operating as the latter’s wholly-ow...
Today, the digital environment plays a key role in the success of defense missions, making it more important than ever that forces located in remote environments – also referred to as the tactical edge – are able to stay connected to critical Department of Defense networks and systems. At the Potomac Officers Club’s Workloads a...
Public benefit software provider Second Front Systems has placed its sales vice president TJ Rowe to the role of executive VP for growth. He is expected to use his previous experience to lead global public sector deals and commercial sales, as well as ensure customer and partnership success, 2F said Wednesday. Rowe was a U.S....
Geopolitical tensions and developments are shaping the defense technology landscape, and the Pentagon is adapting its priorities to meet emerging and increasingly urgent warfighter needs. As adversarial activity rises, United States defense officials are focusing on these five areas, among others, to advance the country’s technological capabilitie...
