Gregory Kausner, executive director for international cooperation at the Department of Defense, has been assigned to perform the duties of defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment. DOD said Tuesday it also appointed Paul Cramer, DOD’s principal deputy assistant secretary for sustainment (installations), to serve as Kausner’...
U.S. Space Command leaders have emphasized the importance of intelligence data, commercial technology and workforce diversity in its mission to help other combatant commands protect the country’s space assets from adversarial threats. Sean Kirkpatrick, deputy director of intelligence at SPACECOM, said the U.S. must leverage space technology be...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary will continue to engineer operational strategic and attack submarines for the U.S. Navy under a $225.1 million contract modification. Naval Sea Systems Command will obligate $3.1 million at the time of award and expects GDEB to complete services in September 2023, the Department of Defense ...
Greg Wenzel, an executive vice president with Booz Allen Hamilton, was presented a 2021 Wash100 Award for his thought leadership and being a driving force for defense solutions that support warfighters’ competitive edge in digital warfare. In addition, Wenzel has also been influential in growing the company’s revenue through securing val...
The National Nuclear Security Administration is seeking potential vendors to participate in an upcoming solicitation for managed information technology and cybersecurity services. A presolicitation notice posted on SAM.gov says NNSA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer intends to procure contractor services to modernize classified a...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Astronautics Corporation of America subsidiary Kearfott an $82.12 million sole-source contract to repair navigation systems on B-2 Spirit heavy strategic bombers. The defense equipment manufacturer will work on the B-52 inertial measurement unit and attitude motion sensor set at its facility in Pine Brook, New Jersey, ...
Artificial intelligence technology company Shield AI has agreed to purchase Plano, Texas-based unmanned aircraft system maker Martin UAV in a strategy to integrate autonomy software into the latter’s vertical takeoff-and-landing platform for air defense applications. The two companies said Wednesday that Shield AI plans to combine its Hivemind...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) posted $15.9 billion in fiscal year 2021 second quarter sales, which the company said was up 10 percent organically from the same period a year ago. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based defense and aerospace contractor also raised the low end of its full-year sales guidance to $64.4 billion from the previous $63.9 billi...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on recent congressional actions on the Department of Defense’s budget for fiscal year 2022. The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to approve and move the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act to the Senate floor for consideration. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese &a...
Robert Silverman, an executive vice president with Booz Allen Hamilton, was recently presented his first Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and coveted award in government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to BAH headquarters. For his 2021 Wash100 Award, Silverman was recognized for his leadership an...
