British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the U.K. government awarded BAE Systems a $4.9 billion contract to construct five more Type 26 frigates for the country’s naval force amid increasing threats posed by Russia. The five ships are in addition to the three vessels that are now in the construction phase, bringing the total number...
The U.S. Coast Guard has a new cyber strategy for modernizing its sizable fleet to ensure mission success, according to Rear Adm. Christopher Bartz. Bartz, who serves as chief information officer of USCG, emphasized the organization’s strong commitment to bolstering its information technology capabilities through a wide range of initiatives duri...
A Centrus Energy subsidiary has entered into a $150 million cost-shared partnership agreement with the Department of Energy to demonstrate the domestic production of a high-performance nuclear fuel component. American Centrifuge Operating will deploy a cascade of 16 advanced centrifuges at an enrichment facility in Piketon, Ohio, to produce 20 kilog...
Gregory Reyes, a sales and business development executive with more than 30 years of combined government and industry experience, has been appointed as vice president of federal business growth at Vistra Communications. Reyes will oversee the implementation of the service-disabled veteran-owned small business’ growth strategies for the defense...
CNSI, a portfolio company of Carlyle (Nasdaq: CG), and health care management services provider Kepro have agreed to combine operations under a merger transaction with an undisclosed sum. Private equity firm Apax Partners will let go of its ownership stake in Kepro through the deal and CNSI said Wednesday the parties expect to complete the...
AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV) will provide operations and maintenance support to the U.S. Army’s Puma long endurance and RQ-20B all environment unmanned aircraft systems under an $86.4 million contract. The Arlington, Virginia-based UAS builder is scheduled to complete work under the firm-fixed-price contract by the end of September next ...
The State Department has approved Oman’s request to buy from the U.S. government up to 48 AGM-154C Joint Standoff Weapon systems, related equipment and support services under a potential $385 million foreign military sales agreement. Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business will serve as the principal contractor in the pr...
The U.S. Air Force is soliciting information from industry as it plans to compete Cloud One Next, a follow-on contract to the Cloud One program. The service is seeking input on how companies would manage and update Cloud One while taking into consideration “recent government leadership direction,” according to a request for information published...
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, spoke with leaders of eight large primes to discuss strategic priorities for the Pentagon and business challenges facing the industry. DOD said Tuesday executives at BAE Systems, Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), HII (NYSE: HII), L3Harris ...
Nazzic Keene, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., accepted her 2022 Wash100 Award during a recent visit by Executive Mosaic founder and CEO Jim Garrettson. Keene has been chosen five times to the Wash100 list and her selection this year is in recognition of her company’s strategy to invest in and align with areas it...
