The U.S. Army has placed emphasis on readiness, end-strength and modernization requirements for the future battlefield to accommodate a $3.6 billion funding drop under the service branch’s $173 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2022. “This budget puts people first, maintains force readiness and continues the irreversible modernization mo...
D.J. Dart, a more than 22-year information technology industry veteran, has joined digital services provider INADEV as chief strategy officer. He will oversee the development and implementation of INADEV’s strategic plan for growth initiatives and build on the company’s efforts in delivering digital experiences spanning mobility, advanced analyt...
The Army Futures Command has issued a draft request for proposals for a potential five-year, $65 million contract that will involve the experimentation of concepts and technologies for the Cyber Battle Lab at Fort Gordon in Georgia. A presolicitation notice posted Friday on SAM.gov says the command is seeking a contractor to assess proposed new...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has teamed up with AE Industrial Partners to create AEI HorizonX, an independent venture capital group that will combine the aerospace, technology and private equity expertise of both companies to promote start-up innovation. Boeing said Thursday AEI HorizonX will further support sustainability and will focus on investments in conn...
Richard Campos, formerly director for a national cyber program at Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), has joined Altamira Technologies as senior vice president of business development. He will be responsible for Altamira’s efforts to communicate its growth strategy and create value for shareholders, the engineering and analytics technology cont...
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will continue to provide satellite imagery to the National Reconnaissance Office after the agency exercised the second $300 million option under a service level agreement with the company. This option is part of the EnhancedView Follow-On contract with three potential extension years that could extend work through Aug...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a $393 million contract to install the second and third increments of underwater training infrastructure for the U.S. Navy. The company said Wednesday it will modernize and replace systems at three Undersea Warfare Training Range sites near Southern California, the Bahamas and Hawaii. For the USWT...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its latest event on Wednesday to share the key trends impacting the government contractors in our sector and how to mature the capture process to grow a qualified pipeline and improve win rate during A Blueprint for a Modern, Data-Driven Approach to Capture Management Webinar. With Technomile’s Chief Operating Officer Mic...
The State Department has approved a potential $270 million foreign military sales deal covering sustainment equipment and services for Greece’s F-16 fighter aircraft fleet. L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), Collins Aerospace, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Atec are the principa...
Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm, has agreed to acquire the Electron Devices and Narda Microwave-West divisions of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) for an undisclosed sum. The divisions will eventually form an independent company called Stellant Systems upon the transaction’s closing, which is expected to o...
