Fincantieri’s U.S. business arm has secured a $1.04 billion modification to a U.S. Navy contract to design and build the service branch’s fifth and sixth Constellation-class guided-missile frigates. Fincantieri Marinette Marine will perform detail design and construction services for the FFG 66 and FFG 67 under the fixed-price incentive cont...
The ability to quickly exchange information is a determining factor of success on today’s battlefield, and achieving seamless connectivity requires a strong arsenal of network technologies. Advancing these capabilities has become a core part of the Department of Defense’s modernization strategy in recent years, and its FutureG Office is leading ...
Space Systems Command’s Space Test Program has begun soliciting proposals for a potential 10-year multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to acquire commercial spacecraft capable of carrying military payloads to space. STP has released the final request for proposals for the Space Test Experiments Platform 2.0 program t...
Conti Federal Services has secured a $135.5 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct a maintenance hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. The Department of Defense said Thursday the Orlando, Florida-based contractor, which won against three other bidders, is expected to complete the project by...
Prior to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, 5G technologies at the U.S. Department of Defense were incubated in its Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Research and Engineering, or OUSD(R&E). Symbolically, however, with the passing of the aforementioned annual budget three years ago, 5G projects were transferred to...
Scott Swilley, a former senior program manager at ECS, has been named director of business development at Figure Eight Federal, a provider of training data for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. He will manage the company’s business development strategy as it aims to expand its AI and geospatial data labeling offerings ...
BV Investment Partners has made a majority investment in CyberSheath, a provider of information technology and cybersecurity compliance services to defense contractors. Reston, Virginia-headquartered CyberSheath offers end-to-end compliance services to help contractors align their products and services with information security requirements and stan...
Physical and cyber threats are evolving and escalating. Aging infrastructure must be modernized. And tightening regulations and new mandates are pressing government leaders to improve transparency, productivity and sustainability. As a result, there is a critical need for federal agencies to advance their digital transformation. Siemens Government T...
Top U.S. Army officials have declared that they see a collaborative and “reciprocal relationship” with industry as key to getting new technologies into the hands of warfighters at a faster rate. Among the Department of Defense component’s tech focus areas are artificial intelligence, counter-drone systems and long-range precision fires. Young ...
Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary, has secured a potential 10-year, $196.6 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply the U.S. Army with various tactical airborne navigation systems spare parts. DLA Land and Maritime awarded the contract on a sole source basis and will fund the...
