Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a potential 18-year, $3.86 billion contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain the ground subsystems of the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system. The AF Nuclear Weapons Center received two offers for the program covering software maintenance, system engineering, test and assessment, modificatio...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has agreed to buy Alion Science and Technology from Veritas Capital for approximately $1.65 billion in cash as part of a push to expand its technical capabilities and portfolio of national security platforms. HII said Tuesday it expects the transaction to conclude in the second half of 2021 and help...
Alka Bhave, former corporate vice president of the performance excellence organization at Perspecta, has joined Riverside Research as chief of staff. Bhave was responsible for driving excellence across Perspecta’s business groups and functional areas from 2019 until its merger with Peraton in May 2021, according to her LinkedIn profile (click ...
Omega Optical Holdings has purchased Spectral Systems, a decades-old infrared optical supplier headquartered in Hopewell Junction, New York, to expand its precision optics portfolio. The acquisition aligns with Omega’s goal of serving customers in aerospace, defense, industrial technology and other high-growth markets, the company s...
The U.S. Air Force has released a request for proposals for a potential $4.79 billion contract vehicle for services related to research, development and sustainment of hardware and software capabilities to support the intelligence production requirements of the military branch, Department of Defense and intelligence community. The NOVASTAR indefinit...
“Technology innovation is the battlefield of today.” Amid the pandemic, the Department of Air Force indicated in its fiscal 2019/2020 Acquisition Biennial Report how it developed innovative strategies to carry on with its missions and integrate digital engineering into its operations. From executing the pioneer end-to-end demonstration of the Ad...
As the role of information technology (IT) grows throughout the federal government, the U.S. Air Force wants to streamline and optimize its acquisition process through digital transformation. The service branch is currently working to incorporate digital engineering, agile software development and open system architectures to achieve its acquisition...
Navarro Research and Engineering has received a potential $100 million contract from the Department of Energy to provide technical assistance services for DOE’s Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico. DOE announced the contract award in a notice posted Thursday on the SAM website. CBFO manages and supports the National Transuranic Waste Program and t...
The U.S. Air Force is enacting major digital transformation initiatives in an attempt to streamline and optimize its acquisition process. Such as incorporating digital engineering, agile software development and open system architectures that will provide better access to emerging technology, reduce acquisition timelines. During Potomac Officers Clu...
Mike Elias, an aerospace and defense industry veteran, has joined CAES as senior vice president and general manager of space systems division. He will manage the company’s portfolio of space products including applications-specific integrated circuits, radiation hardened microelectronics, advanced packaging platforms, positioning and motion contro...
