The Senate on Tuesday confirmed 425 military nominees after a nearly 10-month hold over Department of Defense nominations in the upper chamber, NBC News reported. The confirmation came after Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., decided to lift his hold on the majority of military promotions, particularly on nominees at three-star rank. “I’m releas...
RTX (NYSE: RTX) will continue manufacturing and supplying terrain-following/terrain-avoidance radars and spare components under a five-year, $321.27 million contract from Special Operations Command. Work on Silent Knight Radar systems will be conducted in McKinney, Texas; and Forest, Mississippi, through Dec. 31, 2028, the Department of Defense said...
A General Atomics business has secured a $389 million contract to deliver MQ-1C-25M Gray Eagle Modernized Extended Range systems to the U.S. Army. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is expected to complete work by Nov. 29, 2024, under the fixed-price incentive award, the Department of Defense said Friday. Alabama-based Army Contracting C...
The Gemini Technical Services Joint Venture will provide support to the Space Training and Readiness Command under the Innovation, Integration and Information Support contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force. The 3IS cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers warfighter military training, exercises, ...
Well-versed in the defense and intelligence communities, Tom Lash spent almost two decades at SAIC in roles such as senior systems engineer, chief technology officer and vice president of operations. He then became a part of Leidos when it spun off from SAIC in 2013. At Leidos, he helped administer engineering integration for the storied...
In October, the Department of Defense announced its intent to publish its first National Defense Industrial Strategy to lay out its plans for investment in the defense industrial base. According to Laura-Taylor Kale, assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy, the strategy will center five key areas: creating resilient ...
Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has received a $701.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue providing services in support of F-35 propulsion systems fielded by domestic and international military customers. The contractor will perform recurring sustainment, program management, propulsion integration, engineer...
Supercomputing provider PsiQuantum created its first-ever government advisory board to keep abreast of the latest quantum technologies and developments applicable to the sector. The new board includes Wash100 awardees Robert Sharp, former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and Michele Flournoy, former undersecretary of defense ...
Chantilly, Virginia-based government technology company Arcfield has finalized its purchase of Orion Space Solutions as part of efforts to expand its space exploration and hypersonic detection and tracking capabilities in support of intelligence community and Department of Defense agency customers. Established in 2005, Colorado-based Orion is focuse...
The U.S. Army has awarded nine companies positions on a potential five-year, $245 million contract for environmental remediation services. The Army Corps of Engineers conducted an online solicitation and received 10 offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The service will obligate funds and determine wo...
