Preston Dunlap, former chief architect at the Department of the Air Force, has been appointed a strategic adviser at SOS International. “Having developed creative ways to scale operations and deliver outsized value through technology at the world’s largest employer, the Department of Defense, I look forward to contributing to SOSi’s mission to...
Fincantieri’s U.S. arm has secured a potential $526 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to construct the fourth Constellation-class guided-missile frigate FFG 65. Fincantieri Marinette Marine will also provide crew training and post-delivery availability support under the contract, the company said Friday. In April 2020, the Navy awar...
Department of Defense leaders are facing a tsunami of data and wrestling with the question of how exactly to best use and harness it. As the data influx continues to swell, government and industry executives are working to identify areas for improvement within their organizations. “We’re in a world where the sensors far outnumber our...
Austal USA will lead an industry team to design and build a maximum of seven ocean surveillance vessels for the U.S. Navy under a potential $3.2 billion contract. Naval Sea Systems Command received two bids for the T-AGOS detail design and construction project and the service branch will obligate $113.9 million at the time of...
A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) business segment has received two U.S. Air Force contracts totaling $1.19 billion to manufacture cruise missiles. The company’s missile and fire control unit will produce lot 21 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile systems under a $750.5 million firm-fixed-price contract and lot seven Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile...
According to Air Force Lt. Gen. Mary O’Brien, chief information officer at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the speed at which technology is advancing and the extent of its potential impact on military operations have reached “unprecedented” levels. Technology has repeatedly impacted the character of war, said O’Brien. In the past, tanks repl...
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification has been divisive throughout its creation over the last decade-plus, but especially since its implementation in 2017 as a requirement for defense industrial base organizations. As part of the initiative, contracting companies working with the Department of Defense must have their cyber protection system...
A portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital, iNovex, has purchased software engineering company Innoplex for an undisclosed sum to create a middle-market technology provider in support of Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers. The private investment firm said Tuesday that iNovex will operate with nearly 1,000 employees supporti...
Software factories are a central component of the Department of Defense’s enterprise-wide software modernization effort, and today, they’re growing slowly but surely across the defense landscape. But there’s still much to be accomplished in building out a full-fledged software factory ecosystem. DOD Chief Software Officer Rob Vietmeyer sa...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will help the U.S. Air Force manage landing gear spares for the C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft under a $216 million contract modification. The award, part of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, involves foreign military sales to seven countries and the NATO Airlift Management Program Office, according...
