The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected FedData Technology Solutions to provide high performance computing capability in support of the Department of Defense’s Research, Development, Test and Evaluation community. According to a contract award notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov, the Maryland-based company will receive $169 million as part...
The last few decades have seen a steady uptick in autonomous defense systems like unmanned aircraft, ground vehicles and drones. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resultant ongoing conflict has put these tools on the world stage as a central focus. While Russia implements Iranian drones to prey upon Ukrainian energy production, Ukraine exec...
Mitch Icard, former vice president of space and advanced technologies at Teledyne Brown Engineering, has joined Spectral Energies as chief operating officer. The executive announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post Monday. Icard has a combined 15 years at Teledyne. He initially worked as director of finance and administration for Teledyne Energy S...
The U.S. Army has begun conducting market research to identify potential industry sources that could meet the full rate production requirement for the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, launcher. According to a request for information published Thursday, Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal in Alabama will accept responses t...
ManTech has received a U.S. Air Force contract worth approximately $98 million to provide services for the processing and analysis of a wide range of environmental samples containing nuclear-related materials. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will support the Air Force Tech...
NASA plans to release a request for proposals for a potential five-year, $450 million procurement vehicle for construction support services. According to a presolicitation published Friday, the proposed Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contracts will be a total small business set-aside program and will cover construction work in Northern...
The Department of Defense introduced its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO, in early 2022, out of a dissatisfaction with the progress made by the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, known as the JAIC. In the two and a half years since the CDAO’s establishment, though, how much progress has the Pentagon made with...
Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) has appointed Tony Mitchell, an aerospace and defense executive, as acting chief technology officer of the company’s electromagnetic defensive solutions division. Mitchell announced his new position in a LinkedIn post published Saturday. CAES became part of Honeywell’s EDS division after the multinational conglomerate...
The Intelligence Community is in the midst of a major effort to become a data-centric, interoperable team of organizations. This push is shaped by new technologies and new approaches to information sharing, but leaning into the tools needed to unlock the benefits of data requires trust and assurance. Artificial intelligence, though a significant fac...
The U.S. government is investing heavily in collaboration, both inside and outside the nation’s borders. As the country works to revitalize its own industrial base, it is working side-by-side with allies and other international partners to stay ahead of competitors in today’s complicated geopolitical landscape. The Potomac Officers Club&...
