L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a 10-year, $947.3 million sole source contract from the U.S. Air Force for engineering services in support of an aircraft electronic warfare system initiative. The contractor will provide block and non-block cycle services for the AN/ALQ-172 Countermeasures Program and Air Force Global Strike Command...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Building the Future Battle: The Keys to JADC2 on Tuesday to shed a light on the current demands and challenges facing the top federal leaders as they work to develop the fundamental principles and solutions needed for JADC2 implementation, including the tactical edge, a common data fabric, and the...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business has secured a potential $205.06 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide datalink services to air traffic control and government command-and-control operations. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization will use fiscal 2022 operations...
The Potomac Officers Club is set to host a virtual event on Tuesday, Aug. 31, from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m ET, where industry and federal representatives will share perspectives on the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control strategy. Preston Dunlap, chief architect at the Department of the Air Force, will kick off the event...
Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace subsidiary has agreed to acquire FlightAware for an undisclosed sum. Houston-based FlightAware is a digital aviation company with approximately 130 employees and has been delivering global flight tracking platforms, analytics, predictive technology and historical and real-time flight data to the...
The U.S. Army and a subsidiary of German defense company Rheinmetall have agreed to jointly develop combat vehicle technologies under a cooperative research and development agreement. American Rheinmetall Vehicles will collaborate with the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Armaments Center to conduct R&D work focused on ammuni...
Kate Mercer, a vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton, will lead an expert panel to highlight the role of U.S. military branches and companies in efforts to make the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control vision a reality. Mercer oversees Booz Allen’s next-generation data services practice for worldwide defense and a...
Seven companies have landed spots on a potential 10-year, $238 million contract to help the U.S. Marine Corps sustain current and future training equipment for the Fleet Marine Forces. Marine Corps Systems Command received 14 offers for the Electronic and Communication Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which includes a $127....
Preston Dunlap, chief architect for the Air Force and Space Force, recently spoke with GovConWire for an exclusive Q&A session regarding the first phase of delivery for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), the speed and timing challenges of technology development, the future of network modernization and a lot more. Dunlap will also be f...
Federal agencies are embracing modern technology such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence to transform information technology systems in the digital age. When Jerry Ma assumed the directorship of emerging technologies in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, he vowed to streamline the processes in deploying and procuring advanced technol...
