Boeing (NYSE: BA) has assigned its Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary to lead a research and development initiative to update defensive systems and countermeasures of the KC-46A Pegasus aircraft. The project will focus on the conceptual design and production of composite components at Aurora’s Columbus, Mississippi, factory to support tanker pl...
The Space Development Agency has posted a draft solicitation for its planned procurement of space vehicles under the Tranche 2 Transport Layer program. SDA is looking to award an other transaction authority to more than one vendor to support the development and deployment of 54 or more spacecraft with infrared sensors in six orbital planes...
Lou Von Thaer, CEO of nonprofit science and technology company Battelle, was presented with his eighth Wash100 Award by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic, in a recent meeting at Battelle’s Washington, D.C. facilities. Garrettson founded the Wash100 in 2014 as a way of celebrating the finest talent in government contracting across the publi...
Scott Brock, vice president of strategy and business development for state and local at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said chief information officers at state and local government agencies should consider the platform technology they intend to adopt as they advance information technology modernization. “Most have moved into the cloud, but modernizing wi...
A Corbin, Kentucky-headquartered nonprofit organization has secured a $102.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to manufacture advanced tactical assault panels for the U.S. Army. The Defense Logistics Agency awarded the contract to Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries and will use defense working capital funds for fi...
For a little more than a year, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has served as an invaluable demonstration of modern warfare, and Pentagon officials are paying close attention to the tactics, weapons and strategies being deployed. Department of Defense leaders are gleaning important insights into winning the intensifying global power competition and f...
Exacom, a company that provides communication recording services to public safety and local government customers, has acquired Maryland-based cybersecurity firm SecuLore Solutions. The purchase expands Exacom’s services from mission-critical multimedia logging recording to IT protection for critical infrastructure and government operations, th...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) will produce a set of equipment and communication tools for the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party-Modernization program under a $246.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Under the IDIQ award, L3Harris will manufacture tactical radios, ancillary components and radio sets and stations fo...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a potential $100 million contract to engineer a suite of high-speed fiber-optic shipboard networking systems for the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. Naval Sea Systems Command issued a $16.8 million initial award for design agent and technical engineering support to the AN/USQ-82(V) family of systems, whi...
Jim Taiclet, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), said he believes the company is in a “strong position” given with the White House’s fiscal year 2024 budget request of approximately $886 billion for the Department of Defense, FlightGlobal reported Sunday. The proposed budget for DOD reflects a 3.3 percent year-on-ye...
