The U.S. Space Force is the newest and the smallest military service in the Department of Defense — and it is responsible for the largest domain. The Space Force was established in 2019, and throughout its three years of service thus far, its leadership has made modernization an integral part of its DNA. Lisa Costa,...
Omar Meguid, an information technology professional with 35 years of industry experience, has joined BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) as senior vice president and chief digital officer. His appointment took effect at the start of 2023 and he will oversee BWXT’s digital platform, which supports business activities in North America and the U.K...
Halimah Najieb-Locke, a deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Defense, and other antitrust officials have expressed concerns over the impact of mergers and acquisitions among defense contractors on the industrial base’s ability to boost arms manufacturing and replenish supply amid demands in support of Ukraine, The Wall Street Journa...
Richard Coleman, former senior vice president and general manager of the federal sector at Axon (Nasdaq: AXON), has taken on a new role as president of the public safety technology provider’s federal business. He will oversee Axon Federal’s business performance and growth initiatives across federal law enforcement and military markets, accor...
Essex Management and four other companies will collaborate to bring information technology services to the National Institutes of Health’s cancer research organization through a blanket purchase agreement valued at $1.70 billion over five years. The BPA serves as a procurement vehicle for the National Cancer Institute to address IT requirement...
The Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2023 budget request includes the largest ever increase in spending for research and development. The $130.1 billion investment request is more than 9.5 percent over the fiscal year 2022 enacted level, and it represents a major milestone in the DOD’s modernization and innovation efforts. To find out more ab...
Thirty veterans of the government, industry and academia to serve on a federal advisory committee that offers strategic and policy recommendations to the National Space Council. Lester Lyles, a retired U.S. Air Force general and an independent consultant, was selected to chair the NSpC Users Advisory Group, the White House said Friday. Vice Presiden...
Jeff Showalter, chief development officer at technical consulting firm John H. Northrop & Associates, will join HII‘s (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division to serve as its vice president of operations, according to his LinkedIn post. The executive has over 25 years of experience in providing professional services as a business consulta...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 92 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $900 million contract to come up with innovative approaches to advance the development of multidomain systems. The Air Force Life Cycle Management at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is the contracting activity and received 94 proposals for the indefinite-delivery/i...
The U.S. Air Force has started to seek industry feedback as the service plans to conduct another on-ramp process for a potential 10-year, $46 billion contract vehicle for weapons, digital and model-based systems engineering, Agile processes, open systems architecture and enterprise analytics. The Air Force Lifecycle Management Center’s armam...
