Aurora Flight Sciences and General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business will continue working on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at developing a lifter seaplane demonstrator. The Department of Defense said Thursday Aurora received a $19.5 million contract modification while General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. ...
RTX (NYSE: RTX) has received a potential 10-year, $175 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide overhaul and repair support for advanced high-frequency radar components and related end items on the B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft. Work on the sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will occur in El Segundo, California, th...
Eleven small businesses have won spots on a potential $200 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to develop, integrate and update software platforms for a U.S. Navy program executive office focused on command, control, communications, computers and intelligence. The small business set-aside contract will involve using artificial i...
Sarcos Technology and Robotics (Nasdaq: STRC and STRCW) has established an artificial intelligence-focused business segment to cater to the demands of the defense market, and selected Denis Garagic, the company’s chief technology officer, to lead the new unit. The Advanced Technologies division will market Sarcos’ AI and machine learning...
Thirteen additional vendors will compete for work under a $950 million U.S. Air Force contract vehicle to build and demonstrate Joint All Domain Command and Control technologies for air, land, space, sea, cyber and electromagnetic spectrum operations. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award encompasses the development and operation of mult...
Collins Aerospace will perform tactical mission network services in support of the U.S. Special Operations Command under a $62 million contract. The RTX (NYSE: RTX) business will provide SOCOM’s Technology Applications Program Office with logistics assistance and life-cycle support for avionics and cockpit systems over a five-year period, the ...
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...
