Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command has selected six small businesses to compete for range sustainment and remediation projects under a potential $95 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy. Contractors will perform work at military installations within NAVFAC’s Southwest area of responsibilit...
Coming out of his undergraduate work in chemical engineering at the University of Tennessee, Kent Wilcher considered three industries: oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and defense. After some brief deliberation, his answer was fairly easy. He decided to serve the defense industry because of his belief in its mission—he wanted something highly technica...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and NASA have closed on a $3.2 billion contract for the production of core and upper stages to power Space Launch System rockets that will support future lunar exploration missions. The aerospace and defense company will use the funds to manufacture up to 10 SLS core stages for Artemis III and IV,...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) a five-year, $349.5 million contract to engineer the branch’s afloat and ashore tactical networks. SAIC will carry out in-service engineering work to help the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific sustain the operational effectiveness and peak capacity of TACNET...
James Lackey spent three decades serving as a civilian in the Department of Defense in various capacities. He began as a flight test engineer at Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland, where he quickly ascended to a department management position. After this, Lackey was promoted to the Pentagon as a senior executive working...
The State Department has approved Poland’s request to buy from the U.S. government M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, other vehicles and related equipment through a potential $3.75 billion foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday there will be 12 prime contractors on the proposed FMS transaction, which inc...
Cydecor has purchased InnovaSystems International for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its technical capabilities and client base in the defense and national security market. The combined entity aims to offer database development, software engineering, user experience architecture, business intelligence and analytics services to help ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a five-year, $405.7 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide engineering services in support of intelligence activities at the Department of Defense and intelligence community centers and satellite branches. The company will also perform operational technical work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee t...
Christopher Smith, vice president and general manager of the North America public sector at Red Hat, said the transparency, portability and innovation that open source offers have made the technology a mission-critical foundation for federal agencies, companies and other organizations. “Open source technologies evolve rapidly based on the diverse ...
Scott Goldstein, head of advanced missions at Anduril Industries, has assumed additional responsibilities as chief scientist at the defense technology startup, GovCon Wire has learned. Goldstein, a U.S. Air Force Reserve major general, leads Anduril’s technical development initiatives for the company’s government partners. He brings to the dual-...
