U.S. Transportation Command has awarded 20 companies spots on a potential $873 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide the Department of Defense with domestic air cargo and passenger charter services. The contractors will perform one-time domestic passenger and cargo airlift services at military and commercial airfields w...
David Levy, an aerospace and defense executive, has been named chief revenue officer at DZYNE Technologies, an unmanned autonomous systems developer. He succeeds Christopher Miller, who has served as interim CRO but will stay with DZYNE as chief of strategic pursuits and board member, the company said Tuesday. As CRO, Levy will oversee revenue opera...
Optical communications are an up-and-coming alternative to radio frequency-based comms that are attracting the attention of the biggest space companies and agencies. Among them: NASA and Elon Musk’s Starlink. “NASA, alongside Starlink, Kuiper, and the Space Development Agency, is advancing optical communication technology, a leap for space and t...
Craig Martell, chief digital and artificial intelligence officer of the Department of Defense, has been selected by Executive Mosaic for the 2024 Wash100 roster of exceptional leaders in the government contracting sector. This year, Martell is credited for his stance and efforts to ensure that artificial intelligence is used responsibly and within t...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit has won a position on a potential 14-year, $1.8 billion contract to support the expansion and modernization of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s surveillance tower systems. General Dynamics Information Technology said Monday it will work with General Dyamics’ mission systems business to mode...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) reported double-digit revenue growth in the fourth quarter and full-year 2023 and gave financial guidance for 2024, including revenue growth, free cash flow and dividend payout. “We delivered on our 2023 financial commitments and reported record backlog of $33 billion,” Christopher Kubasik, chair and CEO...
By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet Fall is when many government contracting companies devise an annual operating plan, or AOP. It’s when you strategically plan for the year ahead, assessing where your business stands and plotting a course forward. Of course, circumstances often change those plans, requiring adjustments. &nb...
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense has completed its acquisition of Eutelsat OneWeb’s 50 percent stake in a satellite manufacturing joint venture. Founded in 2016, Airbus OneWeb Satellites JV produced more than 600 satellites for the first-generation OneWeb satellite constellation, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense said Monday. The completion of the tr...
Public sector organizations have heightened their focus on cyber, which offers numerous benefits for those looking to modernize. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Annual Cyber Summit on June 6, experts from both government and industry will address the most exciting opportunities and challenges agencies face as they embrace this evolving domain...
The Government Accountability Office is responsible for yearly financial sweeps of all federal agencies. In July 2023, GAO appeared in front of Congress to attest that the Department of Defense needs to put processes in place to receive better results in these annual audits. As of now, the DOD is the only major federal agency...
