Blue Origin has received a potential $3.4 billion contract from NASA to develop a human landing system for the Artemis V lunar mission. The company said Friday it will work with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Boeing (NYSE: BA), Astrobotic, Draper and Honeybee Robotics to design, develop, test and demonstrate its Blue Moon lander under the...
Keeping government information technology systems apace with the rapid developments of the private sector is a constant challenge. New tools and technologies are being introduced at a head-spinning rate and many of them have the potential to make the government processes more efficient, affordable and even fundamentally change the nature of the offe...
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented the 2023 Wash100 Award plaque to Mark Caylor, president of the mission systems business sector at Northrop Grumman, during a recent office visit. Caylor’s first Wash100 citation honors his leadership in the development of mission-critical software and hardware products for defense and intellig...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) a potential $80.8 million contract to build and conduct experiments to test satellite communications systems designed to operate with space-based internet constellations operating in geostationary, medium and low-Earth orbits. Contract work will occur in Salt Lake City under the Defens...
Department of Defense leaders are facing a tsunami of data and wrestling with the question of how exactly to best use and harness it. As the data influx continues to swell, government and industry executives are working to identify areas for improvement within their organizations. “We’re in a world where the sensors far outnumber our...
Austal USA will lead an industry team to design and build a maximum of seven ocean surveillance vessels for the U.S. Navy under a potential $3.2 billion contract. Naval Sea Systems Command received two bids for the T-AGOS detail design and construction project and the service branch will obligate $113.9 million at the time of...
The Intelligence Community has identified five guiding priorities as it works to build a more secure, interoperable and efficient information technology enterprise and further its mission, according to Adele Merritt, the chief information officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In her keynote address Wednesday ...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has unveiled a technology strategy to advance investments in the areas of zero trust, multicloud management, 5G, mission artificial intelligence and machine learning, software factory and automation for IT operations. GDIT said Wednesday it is leveraging those six digital accelerator are...
Amentum has formed a four-member committee that will advise the company on developing emerging technologies and agile engineering tools in support of Army training, testing and information operations programs. The U.S. Army Senior Advisory Committee comprises retired service leaders who bring expertise in military operations, policies and decision-m...
The U.S. Marine Corps ordered $160 million worth of Falcon IV multichannel handheld and manpack radios from L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX). L3Harris said Wednesday the orders are part of the potential 10-year, $750 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract the company won in early 2022. The Falcon IV radio system features L3Harris&...
