The U.S. Air Force has issued a final request for proposals for multiple contracts to develop and launch rockets that would carry five national security payloads into space. Selected contractors will produce an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle and carry out mission integration and launch operations, the service branch said Wednesday. Payl...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has signed a deal with Boston Properties to transfer its headquarters to a new office building in Reston Town Center in Virginia as part of plans to consolidate operations from two buildings into one facility. Leidos said Tuesday construction work on the new HQ will start by spring of 2018 and that...
Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has secured a potential $60 million task order to provide enterprise-level program management services to the Customs and Border Protection‘s office of information technology. ACT I said Thursday the order covers finance, acquisition, wireless systems support, asset management, investm...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $81 million contract to design and build a prototype designed to replace the U.S. Air Force™s aerial launch control system aboard the E-6B Mercury airborne command post aircraft. The service awarded the technology maturation and risk reduction contract through the Airborne Launch Control...
Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), has said he expects the company to gain a controlling share of a potential $8 billion market for surface-to-surface missiles over a decade, Defense News reported Tuesday. Kennedy said Thursday at the company™s earnings call that the proposed Naval Strike Missile is ready to transition to...
Amy Caro, formerly vice president of health solutions at Northrop Grumman™s (NYSE: NOC) information systems business unit, has joined Annapolis, Maryland-based federal management consulting firm Deep Water Point as a partner. Caro will oversee the company™s health care practice that supports clients such as systems integrators and small bu...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqb4xzhd40w DARPA has successfully completed its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program and has officially transferred the technology demonstration vessel, christened Sea Hunter, to the Office of Naval Research (ONR). ONR will continue developing the revolutionary prototype vehic...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITTvgkO2Xw4 The autonomous Swarm demonstration, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, highlights a first-of-its-kind technology that gives naval warfighters a decisive edge through enabling unmanned Navy vessels to overwhelm an adversary. The demonstration took place on the James River in Virginia during the firs...
Brad Mascho, co-founder of Columbus, Ohio-based artificial intelligence technology developer CrossChx, has been named chief AI officer at NCI. NCI said Tuesday Mascho will oversee a new corporate division that will aim to advance the Reston, Virginia-based government technology and professional services contractor’s AI strategies and programs ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 29, 2018 ” BAE Systems has unveiled an updated version of its CV90 infantry fighting vehicle that the company plans to offer for the Czech Republic’s armored vehicle procurement effort, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the CV90 MkIV, which it introduced during...
