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While the AI boom seemingly began in Silicon Valley with OpenAI’s ChatGPT three years ago, 2025 has been proof that China is highly competitive in the artificial intelligence field — if not the frontrunner. The Eastern superpower is building its own open-source AI programs that have demonstrated high performance as they put ubiquity and eff...
Textron subsidiary Airborne Tactical Advantage Company, or ATAC, has won a task order from the U.S. Marine Corps to support the service’s F-35 stealth strike fighter flight training. The task order, valued at up to $198 million, was awarded under the Combat Air Force Combat Air Support II multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity...
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business unit has received a U.S. Air Force contract with a ceiling value of $14.1 billion to support the development, procurement, sustainment and retrofit of the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft system. International Remotely Piloted Aircraft IDIQ Solution Contract Scope The Department of War said T...
AMERICAN SYSTEMS has acquired managed IT services firm Epsilon as part of efforts to broaden its client base and expand its service offerings in support of federal and commercial customers. CEO John Steckel on Epsilon Acquisition “Acquisitions are an important element of our growth strategy, and we work hard to ensure that we select companies...
The U.S. Army has awarded contracts with a combined total of $354 million to Anduril Industries and Rivet Industries to develop and deliver new warfighter capabilities as part of the Soldier Borne Mission Command, or SBMC, program. Anduril received a $159 million contract, while Rivet executed a $195 million deal for the SBMC, the companies...
AEVEX Aerospace, an unmanned platforms company based in California, has expanded its capabilities and product portfolio with the acquisition of assets and intellectual property from Virginia-headquartered uncrewed aircraft systems manufacturer RapidFlight. AEVEX said the new acquisitions will give customers more options across size, endurance and pa...
Boeing has secured a U.S. Army contract modification worth $343.9 million to exercise options for remanufactured aircraft and related support services. The Department of War said Friday the modification brings the contract’s total cumulative face value to approximately $3.43 billion. Army Contracting Command is the contracting activity and wil...
Raytheon has secured a deal from the U.S. Navy to manufacture Medium Range Intercept Capability, or MRIC, a surface-to-air missile system to detect and defeat airborne threats. The RTX business secured a $380 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the full-rate production scope of the MRIC, the Department of Defense sai...
Lockheed Martin has secured a $9.8 billion contract from the U.S. Army for the production of 1,970 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors and associated hardware. The award marks the largest contract received by the Missiles and Fire Control business unit to date and underscores continued trust in the system’s c...
The U.S. Navy has selected 25 companies for a multiple-award contract worth up to $1.9 billion for repair, maintenance and modernization work on nuclear-powered attack submarines. The awards support scheduled Chief of Naval Operations maintenance availabilities at the service’s four public shipyards. Scope of Work The potential eight-year, ind...
