The Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Philadelphia Division has awarded seven small businesses positions on a six-year, $249.7 million contract to engineer shipboard and shore-based systems. Contractors will compete for task orders to provide cybersecurity engineering, integrated logistics and quality assurance services to the U.S. Navy’s s...
The State Department’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations has announced the selection of 12 companies to provide worldwide architectural and engineering support services under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The bureau made the selection from a shortlist of 25 companies initially announced in November, the State Departmen...
Shield AI has acquired Heron Systems for an undisclosed sum to further expand its artificial intelligence engineering and reinforcement learning capabilities. Heron Systems is a software company founded in 1993 and is known for developing an AI pilot that emerged undefeated against a human Air Force F-16 fighter pilot in five rounds of simulated air...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) will continue to provide systems engineering and integration services in support of space launch operations under a potential $475.5 million contract with the U.S. Space Force. The company will support the National Security Space Launch program and provide launch service integration, fleet surveillance and certif...
Sentient Digital Inc., has launched a rebranding effort in connection with the completion of its acquisition of engineering and software development company RDA, which brings a portfolio of acoustic engineering expertise in support of the U.S. Navy’s anti-submarine warfare. The acquisition aligns with SDi’s market expansion, technology e...
The U.S. Navy has awarded eight companies six-year contracts worth $72.6 million combined to provide lifecycle, modernization and in-service engineering support for the service’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) guided-missile destroyers. The Naval Sea Warfare Center Philadelphia Division launched a competitive procurement process and received eight o...
Antech Systems has won a potential $91.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy for software engineering, development and integration, maintenance and material management and technical support services. The company will also support the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and other government agencies with the creation of logistics packages to support operationa...
President Joe Biden has nominated Heidi Shyu, who was the U.S. Army’s assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology from 2012 to 2016, to become the undersecretary of the Department of Defense for research and engineering. Shyu serves on the boards of multiple technology and investment companies, such as Auterion Government Sol...
Terence Emmert, acting deputy undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense, was selected by Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, as a recipient of a 2021 Wash100 Award for the first time in his long federal ca...
Seven companies have won spots on a potential seven-year, $125 million contract to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City District carry out projects. The agency received 24 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation and expects contractor support work to conclude March 17, 2028, the Department of Defense said Th...
