Raytheon has booked a $282.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for Small Diameter Bomb Increment II, GBU-53/B Production Lot 11. The Department of Defense said Thursday the RTX company will provide up rounds and containers for the StormBreaker munition. Production will be conducted at Raytheon’s facility in Tucson, Arizona. The con...
Textron’s Bell subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $557 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide spares, repair and logistics support for rotors and drive components of the service branch’s H-1 light attack helicopter fleet. The Department of Defense said Thursday work will occur in Fort Worth, Texas, and Cherry Point, North Car...
2024 has seen a number of significant mergers and acquisitions in the government contracting sector. With organizations seeking to expand their portfolios, increase competitive advantage and break into new markets, M&A activity has transformed the industry. From aerospace and defense to cybersecurity and technology innovation, these deals are re...
Northrop Grumman has won a U.S. Navy contract worth approximately $3.5 billion to provide mission-systems integration support for E-130J, the service branch’s new nuclear command, control and communications aircraft. The Navy said Wednesday E-130J will replace the E-6B Mercury aircraft in performing the take charge and move out, or TACAMO, mission...
Firestorm Labs has secured a $100 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract from the U.S. Air Force for small unmanned aerial systems, research and development and support services. The Department of Defense said Wednesday that under the decentralized indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the San Diego, Californ...
There are few people more qualified on the subject of wireless networking and communications than Dr. Thomas Rondeau. The highly knowledgeable, innovative official is currently steering research and development work on future generation, or FutureG, technologies at the Department of Defense as a principal director. He’s been at the DOD in var...
Oracle has named Bryan Beaulieu, a sales leader who has proven experience capturing and managing public sector acquisitions, as vice president of its homeland security portfolio. Beaulieu confirmed his new role in a LinkedIn post Tuesday. Who is Bryan Beaulieu? Beaulieu’s career at Oracle spans several years. He joined the IT services provid...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve and target sensitive government information, the protection of controlled unclassified information, or CUI, has become a top priority for the Department of Defense and its contractors. NIST Special Publication 800-171 plays a key role in DOD’s ...
SOS International has promoted Mike Franz, most recently senior vice president for corporate operations, to chief operating officer and appointed business leaders Beth Caldera and Wendy Mills as vice president of contracts and procurement and VP of security, respectively. “Mike, Wendy, and Beth exemplify the exceptional talent that drives SOSi’s...
Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems has booked a potential $420.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the production of advanced surface search radar systems. Contract Scope The Department of Defense said Friday the Ultra business initially received a $83.8 million firm-fixed-price contract to deliver AN/SPS-73(V) Next Generation Surface Search...
