KBR has won a U.S. Air Force contract worth approximately $176 million to provide equipment maintenance and operations support for space domain awareness technologies at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site, or AMOS, in Hawaii. The Department of Defense said Thursday the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched a competitive ac...
Katie Arrington, former South Carolina state lawmaker and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been named chief information security officer at the Department of Defense. She announced her appointment in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. Katie Arrington’s Career Background Arrington served as CISO within DOD’s Office of the Under Secretary o...
Ridgeline International has agreed to acquire System High for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to establish a scaled provider of high-end security offerings designed to protect the country’s weapons systems, critical operations and intelligence missions. According to a joint release published Wednesday, the companies expect the transactio...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary a $102.3 million contract modification to supply 21 RQ-21A Blackjack and 47 ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems. Contract Scope The Department of Defense said Tuesday the modification includes the procurement of associated payloads, support equipment, turrets, spares, training and tools for both...
Lockheed Martin has secured a five-year, $99.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform design and development studies, conduct technology demonstrations and provide engineering services to support the rapid development of several missile systems. IDIQ Contract Scope The Department of Defense said Tuesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qua...
Anduril Industries, a defense technology contractor, has secured a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth $99 million from the U.S. Air Force for prototyping projects for the Phase III of the Thunderdome Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, initiative. Lattice-Driven Prototyping Projects The Department ...
The GovCon Index registered four daily losses in five trading sessions for two straight weeks. On Friday, the index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, fell -1.64% to $4,576.02. This represents four consecutive weekly losses since the last two weeks of January. Defense stocks have taken a hit because of policy...
Iridium Communications reported fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter revenue of $213 million, up 9 percent from the prior-year period, and saw its total revenue for the full year increase 5 percent to $830.7 million. In an earnings release published Thursday, the McLean, Virginia-based satellite communications company said Q4 and full-year net income were $36...
Lockheed Martin’s Rotary and Mission Systems division has booked a $114.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of hardware that supports sound navigation and ranging, or SONAR, systems. Contract Modification Details The Department of Defense said Tuesday that under the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modificat...
Government technology provider Aretum has appointed Michael Gayle as its director of business development and DOD, bringing over two decades of experience in operations, sales, marketing and engineering. In his new role, Gayle will spearhead efforts to deliver advanced tech capabilities to Department of Defense customers, Aretum said in a Thursday p...
