By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet In early 2013, during his second term in office, then-President Barack Obama signed the annual Defense Authorization Act, setting in motion a process to change the federal government’s small business contracting programs. That same year, the Defense Contract Audit Agency made small business a ...
Christina Payne, most recently senior vice president of human resources and corporate relations at Precise Systems, has assumed the role of chief people officer at the company. She will continue to oversee people strategy, employee development and culture initiatives in support of the company’s growth efforts, Precise Systems said Monday. Payne is...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will engineer software for the U.S. Air Force’s B-52H Stratofortress bomber platform under a sole-source award valued at $19 million over five years. The service is using fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds to cover the initial obligated amount of $3.65 million on the firm-fixed-pr...
Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has won a $54.6 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to manufacture a hydrodynamic shaping material for U.S. Navy submarine applications. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, received two bids for the HYSHMA procurement effort and the service branch will obligate $3...
A business unit of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) will supply drones for the U.S. Army’s aerial target activity under a firm-fixed-price contract worth $95 million over five years. The service is procuring subscale unmanned aerial target systems from Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems and will determine funds upon issuance ...
Officials from the White House, Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense will hold on Tuesday a classified briefing on artificial intelligence with senators as lawmakers work to advance legislative measures for AI, Reuters reported Monday. Avril Haines, director of national intelligence; Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense; Arati...
Aeyon and NavAide have formed a joint venture with the goal of helping the Department of Defense and other federal agencies modernize financial, supply chain and workforce management processes through cutting-edge technology. Nyon Tech aims to advance the implementation of intelligent automation, artificial intelligence, advanced strategies and proc...
The U.S. Army has awarded seven companies positions on a five-year, $610 million contract to provide program support and related services for the military branch’s live, virtual, constructive and gaming integrated training systems. Army Contracting Command in Orlando, Florida, received 16 offers for the firm-fixed-price contract and expects work t...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will support technical refresh work on pilot and maintainer training equipment for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program under a U.S. Navy contract modification worth $122.7 million. The Department of Defense said Thursday the funds will cover training site standup, schedules, support capability and system maintenanc...
Atlas Space Operations has appointed U.S. Air Force and industry veteran John Williams as CEO and launched a new subsidiary focused on supporting government missions. Williams most recently served as vice president of real-time Earth at Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT), where he was responsible for the development of the company’s ground station-as-a-ser...
