Electronic warfare is a central aspect of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Both nations are utilizing cyberattacks, jamming and various other digital aggression tactics to sow disorder on the battlefield and create an advantage. According to top U.S. Army officials, the U.S. sees this demonstration as an indication that it must ramp up ...
By Rich Wilkinson Some folks in the government contracting world are so consumed by metrics that if there happens to be no metric for a particular thing, they question whether that thing is worth measuring at all. But just because something is hard to measure doesn’t mean it isn’t important. As we emerge from the...
Kiewit Corporation is one of North America’s largest and most reputable construction and engineering organizations. Its construction and design engineering professionals work on some of the most difficult, challenging, and gratifying projects in the industry, such as tunneling under mountains, converting rivers into energy, and constructing br...
The U.S. Army has selected General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to develop extended-range electronic warfare system concepts for the first leg of a potential $163 million prototype competition, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Phase one of the Army’s Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade program is valued at...
Rob Sheen GovCon industry veterans Rob Sheen and Noah Klemm have joined federal information technology services contractor Redhorse as chief growth officer and chief delivery officer, respectively. Former Novetta executives Sheen and Klemm will work with Redhorse’s chief financial officer and chief operating officer on measures to advance growth i...
Craig Faller, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, has joined the board of advisers of Sigma Defense Systems. Sigma Defense CEO Matt Jones said in a statement published Thursday that Faller brings to the advisory board his vision for integrating capabilities, operational concepts and technology and provide strategic guidance on the company’s platforms and...
The Department of Defense and the National Spectrum Consortium have asked industry and academia for insights, ideas and other feedback through a call for whitepapers as part of efforts to speed up the development, production and testing of 5G Open Radio Access Network technologies in the U.S. Virtualization and open architecture development has been...
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) has acquired Southern Research’s engineering division for $75 million in cash and $5 million worth of common shares to expand Kratos’ capabilities in hypersonic, space, ballistic missile and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance areas. The acquired business will operate as Kratos...
The Defense Logistics Agency has asked industry for information on weapons systems and other commercial capabilities as the Pentagon works to meet Ukraine’s requests for security assistance amid Russian invasion. The Department of Defense is looking at options to build up additional capacity and speed up the production of weapons systems and other...
NASA has started a market research effort with the goal of identifying companies and universities with the capacity to design high-speed commercial vehicle systems and develop technology roadmaps to support the baseline vehicle concepts. The agency said Wednesday in a sources sought notice that it envisions a design study project that would initiall...
