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Digital assets are becoming an increasingly valuable and influential aspect of the U.S. Department of Defense’s mission. Whether it’s cybersecurity fortification, electronic warfare or cloud migration, digital transformation efforts are widespread and come with a host of reforms, new programs and reinventions of preexisting systems. Here is a gu...
Markon Solutions aims to offer a range of support services to the federal sector once it completes its separation from parent company Anser Advisory. Ray Carney, chief delivery officer of Markon, will transition to the CEO role and Matthew Dean, founder of Markon and a top executive at Anser Advisory, will serve as chairman of...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has issued a statement saying it will continue to work with the U.S. government on the Adaptive Engine Transition Program and other capability upgrades for the F-35 fighter aircraft. “AETP technologies deliver more power and greater cooling capability, which is required as we modernize the F-35 beyond Block 4,” Lockhe...
The Department of Defense announced a $20 billion increase to the potential value of a contract vehicle for technology research and development services to the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center. DOD on Wednesday listed the modification awardees under its IAC Multiple-Award Contract, saying the ceiling boost brings the program’s...
By Mick Fox, Chief Operating Officer, TechnoMile In many ways, the contracts team within an aerospace and defense or government contracting organization plays the role of “air traffic control” for each federal contract — from those they consider pursuing (pre-flight), to those they win and manage (execution), to contract close-out (flight plan...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has assigned its Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary to lead a research and development initiative to update defensive systems and countermeasures of the KC-46A Pegasus aircraft. The project will focus on the conceptual design and production of composite components at Aurora’s Columbus, Mississippi, factory to support tanker pl...
Jim Rittinger, a nearly three-decade practicing attorney, has joined Empower AI as general counsel and corporate secretary. He will be responsible for all legal and corporate governance initiatives at the Reston, Virginia-based government information technology and professional services provider, Empower AI said Tuesday. “Jim’s leadership an...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has adopted the name RTX as part of a rebranding effort, the company announced Monday in a LinkedIn post. RTX will begin operating with three businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – once the portfolio realignment takes effect on July 1. In January, the Arlington, Virginia-based aer...
For a little more than a year, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has served as an invaluable demonstration of modern warfare, and Pentagon officials are paying close attention to the tactics, weapons and strategies being deployed. Department of Defense leaders are gleaning important insights into winning the intensifying global power competition and f...
The State Department has cleared a potential $611 million foreign military sale of MQ-9A Block 5 unmanned aerial vehicles, manufactured by a General Atomics affiliate, and related equipment to the Netherlands. The Dutch government asked to buy four modernized MQ-9As with mobile ground control systems, navigation systems, GPS modules, targeting senso...
