Canada has requested to buy from the U.S. government munitions and related systems for integration with General Atomics-built MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial vehicles under a $313.4 million foreign military sales agreement approved by the State Department. The proposed FMS transaction includes AN/APY-8 Lynx synthetic aperture radars, AGM-114R2 Hel...
Logistics are a crucial part of ensuring military readiness, and in an era of increasing competition, attacks on these operations can have heavy consequences. Today, many threats to logistics success are digital, and the U.S. Department of Defense is embracing data to properly address these challenges. According to Maj. Gen. David Sanford,...
Mitre has secured a $498.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue operating a federally funded research and development center conducting research in cybersecurity and other technical areas. The nonprofit research organization will remain as the administrator of the National Security Engineering Center under the sole source, cost-reimb...
The FBI is seeking providers of architectural, engineering and planning services and intends to award multiple contracts for the requirement. According to a solicitation posted on SAM.gov, work will cover various on-site architecture-engineering services like feasibility studies, technical reviews and advisory support, as well as various design and ...
Andy Windon, a more than two-decade defense industry veteran, has joined aerospace technology manufacturer CAE as vice president of engineering and technology within its defense and security business, according to a LinkedIn post. Windon spent over a decade at Raytheon, now an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, where he most recently served as principal engi...
BL Harbert International has secured a $210 million contract to build a weapons generation facility at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana over a 40-month period. The contract covers the construction of five new infrastructures and the renovation of an existing one-story building at the AFB, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. The project is...
Digital twins – virtual models of real-world objects or other physical subjects – have significant potential to transform the future of warfighting, and the Department of Defense has taken notice. This technology allows users to “accelerate, model and put data in that model to see what will happen,” John Ustica, president and...
Craig Janus, a more than 35-year GovCon industry leader, has joined government information technology services provider Unissant as chief strategy and revenue officer. In this capacity, he will lead corporate strategy, growth and development initiatives to expand the company’s presence in the national security and federal health care markets, ...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has secured a five-year, $96.4 million contract from the Washington Headquarters Services to provide the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering with scientific engineering and technical assistance support services. SAIC will assist the OUSD(R&E) Business Operati...
By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet For government contracting companies, it’s advantageous to stay up to date on what other companies in your industry are doing. What processes and methodologies do they use? What trends are they noticing? How are they delivering successful project outcomes, maintaining compliance and winning new bus...
