The State Department has approved a potential $678 million foreign military sale request of the government of the Netherlands to procure Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles-Extended Range and related equipment. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday the Netherlands asked to buy 174 AMRAAM-ER, four AMRAAM-C8 guidance sections as ...
An RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary has received a $506.7 million contract to build three instruments and provide related services for NASA’s next-generation satellite constellation for land observation. Raytheon will perform design, engineering analyses, fabrication, testing, delivery and support services for the Landsat Next instruments that will ...
The State Department has cleared the requests of the governments of Norway and Denmark to buy AIM-120C-8 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, related equipment and support services from the U.S. government through two foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $2.15 billion combined. RTX (NYSE: RTX) will serve as the principal contr...
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) has agreed to acquire Belcan in a cash-and-stock transaction worth approximately $1.3 billion to expand its engineering research and development capabilities and presence in the aerospace and defense industry. Cognizant said Monday it expects the transaction to conclude in the quarter ending Sept. 30, subject to regulatory c...
The Department of Homeland Security aims to be the “non-DOD AI leader” within the federal government, according to the agency’s Deputy CIO Rear Adm. Christopher Bartz. “The Secretary really wants DHS to be the non-DOD AI leader,” said Bartz, referring to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Cyb...
Andrew Benson, a nearly two-decade finance and pricing executive in the government contracting industry, was appointed vice president of pricing at Astrion, an Oasis Systems-ERC combination working to addressing cybersecurity, mission support, systems engineering and digital challenges across the defense, space and government sectors. Benson brings ...
Pittsburgh-based Michael Baker International has purchased Athens, Georgia-headquartered logistics and disaster response firm MLU Services for an undisclosed sum and will operate the acquired business as part of Tidal Basin Group. Michael Baker said Thursday the transaction will expand its emergency management, disaster response, program management ...
The State Department has cleared Taiwan’s request to buy standard and nonstandard spare and repair parts and related equipment and services for F-16 fighter jets from the U.S. government under two foreign military sales agreements worth $300 million combined. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday the FMS deals also cover F-16 ...
Andrew Stringer, formerly vice president at Deep Water Point & Associates, has joined Reston, Virginia-headquartered software and systems engineering company Applied Information Sciences as senior VP of strategic growth. He shared his new post Tuesday on LinkedIn and will oversee strategic growth initiatives for the federal sector in his new cap...
Ken Rollins and Art Villanueva of Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) said government agencies could help employees apply artificial intelligence to achieve mission goals by deploying AI-ready workstations and other new technologies that could rapidly process data on-site and enable staff to quickly generate insights from data. In an article published on...
