The Missile Defense Agency has unveiled new details about a potential 10-year, multiple-award contract for a system capable of detecting, tracking, intercepting and neutralizing airborne threats to the United States. Called the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, or SHIELD, the effort has a maximum value of $151 billion, accordi...
The Department of State has approved the potential foreign military sale of Javelin missiles and related equipment to Estonia for $296 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday that the Estonian government plans to acquire 800 FGM-148F Javelin, including eight fly-to-buy, missiles and 72 Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Units...
Elbit Systems of America has secured a $112 million delivery order from the Marine Corps Systems Command for Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle, or SBNVG, systems. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company said Wednesday the delivery order was issued under a multi-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract awarded in 2023. Elbit Systems w...
Software developers who want to sell to the federal government better ensure they are meeting minimum cybersecurity standards, or else, a top federal official said Thursday at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Cyber Summit. “I’m not going to buy anything that is not ‘Secure by Design,\'” said Bridget Bean, senior officia...
True Anomaly has raised $260 million in funding from its Series C financing round. The sum raised will support growth activities, facility and workforce expansion, vertical integration and product development, the defense company said Wednesday. Accel, a venture capital firm, led the Series C financing round. ACME Capital, Meritech Capital, Me...
The U.S. Navy has awarded KBR Services an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract worth $55.6 million to provide base operations support at U.S. military facilities across the African nation of Djibouti. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would increase the maximum dollar value of the effort to $476.8 million, the Depar...
After hitting pause on the implementation of tariffs on all countries, except China, the White House now has a “golden opportunity” to negotiate new trade and investment deals with friendly nations, isolate adversaries and bring manufacturing back to the United States, according to Juan Zarate, chairman of the Center on Economic and Fina...
David Broadbent spent over two decades at Raytheon, working across various divisions and sharpening his expertise in defense, space, intelligence and commercial cyber in a slew of leadership positions. Toward the end of his run at that company, Broadbent developed a strong interest in the space environment, and was appointed president of space syst...
The U.S. Navy has awarded V2X a contract valued at $103 million to provide logistic support for the C-26 military aircraft. The company said in a press release published Monday that the award covers aircraft engineering, upgrades, modifications and maintenance. Contract Details Work on the contract is expected to begin in June. According to V2...
SandboxAQ has launched AQtive Guard, a cyber platform designed to address threats posed by the rise of non-human identities, or NHIs, and other cryptographic assets used by artificial intelligence agents. What Is AQtive Guard? The company said Tuesday that AQtive Guard has Discover and Protect modules that provide organizations with visibility into ...
