U.S. space agencies are gearing up for a launch-filled summer as some of the country’s most highly-anticipated and promising programs make important progress. The rise in government launches in recent months mirrors the exponential growth of the commercial space industry and aligns with a speed-focused strategy set in motion by the Air Force’s a...
Ten small businesses have won spots on the second iteration of the Department of Justice’s Asset Forfeiture Investigation Services contract. DOJ listed the awardees of its multivendor AFISS 2 procurement vehicle in a notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov. Contractors will compete for task orders to perform investigative, legal, analytical and tech...
Knoxville, Tennessee-based Management Solutions will help the Department of Energy review and monitor clean energy demonstration projects under a potential five-year, $192 million contract. AECOM (NYSE: ACM) and Navarro Research and Engineering will serve as subcontractors in support of DOE’s office of clean energy demonstrations and third-par...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) reported $17.2 billion in sales during the first quarter of 2023, up 10 percent from the prior-year period, and saw earnings for the period rise 6 percent to $1.22 per share. The Arlington, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor said Wednesday it ended the quarter with a record backlog of $180 billion...
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s information directorate has issued a broad agency announcement valued at approximately $500 million to identify potential partners that could research, develop, test and evaluate quantum information technology to support command, control, communications, computers and intelligence missions. A notice posted T...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has booked a potential five-year, $141.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to manufacture common data link terminals for installation on surface combatant ships. The service branch obligated $16 million at the time of award to procure Hawklink AN/SRQ-4 radio terminal sets, the Department of Defense said Friday. Un...
Engineering Solutions and Meadowgate Technologies have agreed to combine to establish a new entity focused on delivering hybrid information technology platforms and professional services to the national security community. Meadowgate CEO Tom Lash will lead the new company, which will provide technology consulting, systems engineering, product ...
Shareholders at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) have approved the proposed acquisition offer by Boston-based private equity firm Advent International and both parties expect the transaction to conclude in late April or early May, pending receipt of outstanding regulatory clearances and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. Maxar said W...
The acceleration of technology development in the modern era has presented a myriad of new challenges that have transformed fundamental elements of the Department of Homeland Security’s mission. A panel of experts at GovCon Wire’s Defending the Homeland: Science & Technology Forum said Tuesday that DHS has embraced its own evolutio...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business will engineer the combat system of the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers under a one-year, $308.5 million contract option. The funds will also cover miscellaneous items and travel activities that support work on the fleet’s mission systems and equipm...
