L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has secured a five-year, $584 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce, engineer and repair a suite of tools intended for defending aircraft against electronic threats. The company will provide block cycle software development services for the Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite, t...
BlueHalo has acquired counter-unmanned aerial systems developer Verus Technology Group to expand its portfolio of c-UAS and other technology products designed to support warfighters and safeguard critical infrastructure from threats. BlueHalo said Monday the transaction would enable the company to integrate its counter-drone platforms with VerusR...
The government of Australia has selected Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) as the preferred bidder for a multibillion dollar project to develop the country’s next-generation military satellite communications system. Lockheed said Monday it will work with a team of Australian companies to build the control and ground segments for the JP9102 military satc...
Deloitte has launched a business unit that will specialize in advising government and commercial clients on space-related investment opportunities. Deloitte Space will employ scientists, technologists and advisers to assist organizations interested in pursuing space as a business, a mission or a growth initiative, the professional services firm said...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics, as a winner of the 2023 Wash100 Award for leading the company to record-high backlog and strong order activity and overseeing efforts to meet the needs of defense customers amid the rapidly changing threat environment. This recognition marks her ninth Was...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has won a 10-year, $994 million contract to provide logistics and maintenance support for the U.S. Air Force’s C-32A and C-40B/C executive transport planes. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will include aircraft modification and program management services, the Department of Defense said Friday. Work will ...
The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded TheIncLab a potential 10-year, $95 million other transaction agreement to develop tools for planning and executing missions. Work will focus on creating a software suite designed to help SOCOM plan tactical missions and automate joint operations processes, the Department of Defense said Friday. The con...
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to recognize Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, as a 2023 Wash100 Award recipient for driving major government contract awards that spurred record-high earnings for the General Dynamics subsidiary. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Gilliland was awarded the Wash100, which annual...
The Department of Defense is working to adopt commercial technologies at a faster rate than ever before as the United States’ peer and near-peer competitors increase their own technological capabilities. This approach, known as a “fast follower” strategy, was outlined in the 2022 National Defense Strategy, which called for the DOD t...
The U.S. government’s technology pipeline can be bound up in years of regulations, requirements and confirmation. In the military specifically, the process of developing, prototyping, testing and delivering a tool to the warfighter can take years. It has left defense components scrambling for new sources of innovation, striving to speed the proces...
