The State Department has approved a potential $340.8 million foreign military sale of RTX-manufactured (NYSE: RTX) short-range air-to-air missile systems and related equipment to the Romanian government. RTX will serve as the principal contractor for the proposed FMS deal, which includes 300 AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II tactical missiles and a number ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $460.6 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency for continued system engineering and integration of a ballistic missile defense system for Guam. The National Team–Systems and Engineering contract covers specialized system engineering guidance, integration, system development and data product delivery for MDA...
The Defense Innovation Unit awarded 90 prototype other transaction contracts to commercial companies and transitioned 10 commercial technology platforms to Department of Defense users in fiscal year 2023, bringing DIU’s cumulative transition rate to 51 percent. According to DIU’s annual report, the number of awarded prototype OT contracts reflec...
Joe Bogosian, former project lead for Safran Defense USA, was appointed president and CEO of the U.S.-based defense and space business of the French multinational aerospace and defense company Safran, according to his LinkedIn post. Bogosian has been with Safran for over 15 years, initially serving as president and CEO of its U.S. business and...
Former military service members Roy Kitchener and David Gaedecke have been appointed senior executive advisers at Booz Allen Hamilton‘s (NYSE: BAH) global defense business. Both veterans bring decades of military experience and will provide advice to Booz Allen’s leadership team on the development and delivery of new capabilities for glo...
The State Department has cleared Saudi Arabia’s request to procure blanket order training and related program and logistics support services from the U.S. government under a potential $250 million foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday the proposed FMS deal provides precision targeting, core tech...
Government leaders are moving toward a hybrid cloud approach as cloud technologies and data needs continue to evolve. Officials from the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Army’s Enterprise Cloud Management Agency spoke about how their organizations are embracing hybrid cloud and the new opportunities emerging in this area. Roger Greenwell...
The State Department has approved the requests of the governments of Poland and the Netherlands to buy an extended-range variant of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile system, related equipment and support services from the U.S. government under two foreign military sales deals worth approximately $2 billion combined. Northrop Grumman (NYSE: ...
Scott Wood, formerly vice president of programs at Leonardo DRS (Nasdaq: DRS), has been named VP of defense programs at T-Rex Solutions, a provider of information technology modernization services to government agencies. He will manage the company’s growth strategy and oversee the delivery of IT products and services to the Department of Defen...
Artificial intelligence has presented the U.S. Department of Energy with an opportunity to revolutionize the way it carries out its mission. Ann Dunkin, chief information officer of the DOE, has identified the analysis of climate-focused technologies like solar panels as just one potential benefit. Though new AI technologies could be groundbreaking...
