HII's (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division has secured a five-year, $197 million recompete task order to help the Joint Chiefs of Staff J7 directorate develop joint training capabilities for the Department of Defense. The task order was awarded under DOD's Information Analysis Center contract vehicle and covers research and developmen...
Roger Wells, formerly executive vice president and head of the microelectronics division at Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY), has been named chief operating officer at the Andover, Massachusetts-based defense technology supplier. His appointment is in line with the consolidation of Mercury Systems' two divisions into a single unified structure in...
The Space Development Agency has awarded prototype agreements worth approximately $2.5 billion combined to L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Sierra Space to build 54 satellites for the second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s tracking layer.SDA Director Derek Tournear will deliver a keynot...
Research and development is a key focus area for the Department of Defense as it works to maintain a competitive advantage in today’s defense landscape, and contracts play a major role in driving R&D efforts forward. Learn more about the current defense R&D contracting landscape at the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&...
In September 2023, John Steckel was appointed to lead AMERICAN SYSTEMS as the company’s CEO and president. Steckel recently sat down with Executive Mosaic to talk about the state of the government contracting market, share his thoughts on his new role and provide insight into how AMERICAN SYSTEMS is enhancing its capabilities. ...
Public engagement is a regular part of many agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, such as the Transportation Security Administration, Customs and Border Protection and more. With its wide variety of public operations, it is critical for the DHS to ensure that its interactions with customers run smoothly.DHS CX expert Dana Chisnell w...
The Department of Energy has issued a final solicitation for a potential $3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to carry out cleanup work at the West Valley Demonstration Project site in New York. The WVDP Phase 1B contract has an ordering period of 10 years and includes deactivation and demolition, waste disposition and soil re...
AI is only as useful as the underlying technology that enables it. That’s where a cloud-to-edge infrastructure comes in. The key is to successfully leverage the power of both the data center and the edge to ensure that the right intelligence is provided, wherever users reside.In his latest GovCon Expert column, Intel Vice President and General Man...
Antenna Research Associates will work to mature the digital resistive film manufacturing process under a Phase IIB contract modification from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. ARA looks to advance the industrial systems to produce various standard and on-demand resistive film products to meet customer needs at production quantities....
Electronic warfare is the use of the electromagnetic spectrum to conduct offensive, defensive and supportive operations for military forces. As digital technologies continue to shape the modern battlefield, it is critical for the U.S. military to sharpen its capabilities in this domain, and the Air Force is currently exploring EW technologies in ...
