Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a $256.3 million contract option by Naval Air Systems Command to maintain fielded F-35 propulsion systems for domestic and international military customers. The engine builder will support depot-level F135 maintenance and repair activities under the exercised option, the Department o...
Each year, the federal government allocates substantial funding toward defense and security contracts. Government agencies, such as the Department of Defense and the US Armed Forces, tap into the expertise of multiple companies dedicated to developing and providing cutting-edge solutions for defense and warfare initiatives across various domains, su...
Zain Ahmed, senior vice president for the public sector and East Enterprise region at Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), has been promoted to SVP for the North America Enterprise region at the telecommunications company, GovCon Wire has learned. In his previous role, he led a team of technical professionals responsible for delivering information techn...
Sapphire Ventures will invest more than $1 billion in enterprise artificial intelligence startups, including companies focused on developing generative AI, enablers and middleware, foundation models and other next-generation AI applications. “We look forward to partnering with companies that are not only improving existing workflows and softwa...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking industry proposals for a project to develop core technologies for a sixth-generation wireless network. A notice published Friday on SAM.gov states the acquisition is reserved for small businesses. NIST is looking for a vendor to design, evaluate and demonstrate artificial intelligence-bas...
To maintain preparedness for current and future conflicts, the U.S. Army has embraced the “Army of 2030,” a momentous modernization effort designed to shift the service branch’s priorities to fit the characteristics of today’s international competition and deploy the technologies necessary to succeed in the evolving battlefield. The pla...
A limited liability company formed by Amentum, Fluor (NYSE: FLR) and Babcock International Group’s Cavendish Nuclear subsidiary has won a potential 10-year, $5.87 billion contract to perform decontamination and decommissioning work on a gaseous diffusion plant site in Portsmouth, Ohio. Southern Ohio Cleanup Company will demolish and dispose of...
Richard Bonnett, vice president of engineering at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, has been promoted to chief technology officer within the company’s unmanned systems business, according to a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. He joined the California-based national security and communications technology maker in 2018 after a 21-year c...
The Department of Energy plans to extend its existing contract with Washington River Protection Solutions for another two years to manage tank waste at DOE’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The planned contract extension will kick off on Oct. 1, 2023, and run through the end of September 2025, and covers base operations, tank retrieval...
In recent years, space has become a warfighting domain as global tensions rise, new threats emerge and the peer competition heats up. Now, more than ever, the ability to collect, process, and understand intelligence from space is critical to gaining and maintaining technological dominance on the global stage. Under its eighth director, Vice Admiral...
