The United States’ semiconductor chip manufacturing output has been steadily slipping over the last few decades, jeopardizing the country’s power in an increasingly critical industry on the global stage. But one key piece of legislation, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, aims to rewrite this narrative and place the U.S. back on top. The CH...
SES’ space and defense subsidiary will provide global X-band satcom services to the Department of Defense under a five-year, $134 million blanket purchase agreement. The U.S. Space Force formally awarded the contract to DRS Global Enterprise Solutions, which SES Space & Defense acquired in 2022, the satellite communications company said We...
The U.S. Department of Defense’s high-level technology incubation arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, was formed in early 1958 in response to the Soviet Union’s launch of the first artificial Earth satellite: Sputnik 1. Now, DARPA officials are seeing the viability of the Soviet Union’s space program nearly seven decades ago re...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) land systems division and American Rheinmetall Vehicles will move into the next phases of an industry competition to replace the U.S. Army’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle platform under separate contracts worth a combined $1.6 billion. The two manufacturers will conduct detailed design, prototype build and testing...
The Department of the Navy has recognized the need for modernization and is working tirelessly to ensure that its forces are properly equipped for today’s constantly evolving battlespace. Informed by both Department of Defense-wide and internal strategies, the DON is taking major steps toward a future-ready fleet. For Rear Adm. Fred...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has secured a potential $85 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide technical services in support of a unit responsible for manning and training information warfare forces. The firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award seeks to help Naval Information Forces bridge gaps in operational level...
Anduril Industries has acquired Adranos in a transaction that makes the Costa Mesa, California-based defense technology company a solid rocket motor supplier to principal contractors providing missiles, hypersonics and other propulsion technologies for some of the major programs of the Department of Defense. Established in 2015, Mississippi-based Ad...
SecuriGence will continue to provide multi-network support services to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s information technology directorate under a $93.8 million task order modification. This award brings the cumulative face value of the MNSS task order from $177.5 million to $271.2 million and extends the company’s work pe...
Forty-six companies have won spots on a follow-on $1 billion U.S. Air Force contract vehicle to develop testing and evaluation platforms for weapons systems. Contractors will compete for delivery orders to provide highly specialized technologies that could support the branch’s developmental and operational test requirements under the Test &...
Jack Sears, a more than 25-year GovCon industry veteran, has been named chief growth officer of Precise Systems, a technical and professional services provider to the Department of Defense. He will be responsible for the company’s capture, proposal and business development activities and help drive strategic growth efforts as a member of the execu...
