Digital transformation efforts are sweeping the U.S. Department of Defense as the military services race to attain the benefits a strong digital ecosystem can offer. Achieving this goal requires swift, coordinated efforts across all involved parties, and according to experts in the field, the department must place a heavy emphasis on its people...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has received a $91 million task order to update hardware and software for the U.S. Navy’s V-22 aircraft logistics information technology system. The task will cover research, development, test and evaluation support to the LOG-IT product line under Naval Air Systems Command, SAIC said Tuesd...
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will engineer systems for the U.S. Air Force’s intercontinental ballistic missile system modernization program under a $165.9 million task order. Under the three-year award, APL will also continue to research and develop specialized functions to support the Sentinel weapon system, the Dep...
The Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, or JADC2, has been a high priority for leaders across the defense landscape as they work to provide the United States’ joint force with a connected, unified network to accelerate data sharing and decision making. The Air Force’s response to the Pentagon’s JADC2 effo...
All of the four-star generals of the U.S. Air Force and the vast majority of three-stars assembled in June at a table top exercise that demonstrated various scenarios regarding strategic maneuvers required when carrying out logistics in contested settings and conditions. The service’s leaders saw it as a highly beneficial process that is nece...
A Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics subsidiary has received a potential four-year, $428.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to build prototypes of the Common-Hypersonic Glide Body system. Dynetics Technical Solutions will perform work in Huntsville, Alabama, through July 23, 2027, the Department of Defense said Monday. Army Contracting Com...
IT and professional services provider RSC2 has acquired Navigant Systems, a veteran-owned business, for an undisclosed sum to add offerings and markets in the command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance area. RSC2 said Monday the two companies have complementary C5ISR platforms and the acquisitio...
Cummins has booked a new firm-fixed-price contract valued at $347.4 million to supply the U.S. Army with new and remanufactured diesel engines for the Bradley fighting vehicle and other ground military platforms. The branch is procuring V903 Cummins series products with 600 and 675 horsepower, the Department of Defense said Friday. Columbus, Indiana...
Eleven companies have won spots on a $750 million multiple-award contract to provide small-caliber ammunition products to the U.S. Special Operations Command. SOCOM received 16 proposals for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a full and open competition, the Department of Defense said Friday. The awardees are: Bighorn Governmen...
Mark Eddings, former technical director of the interagency Space Security and Defense Program, has been named senior vice president of space market at LMI. His 15-year experience in the industry includes leading the establishment of the space control force designs of the U.S. Space Force, LMI said Thursday. Eddings previously advised the director of...
