The U.S. Air Force has named 30 additional vendors as awardees on a potential $950 million contract to build and operate systems across land, air, sea, space, electromagnetic spectrum and cyber domains in support of the Joint All Domain Command and Control program. The Department of Defense said Thursday the vendors will compete for task...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured a potential five-year, $440.6 million contract to provide design agent engineering services for the U.S. Navy’s multimission air defense radar system capable of operating within both S-band and X-band frequencies. The firm-fixed-price contract covers engineering efforts and supplies for the dual-ba...
The Government Accountability Office has urged the Department of Defense to come up with a systematic approach to monitor other transaction agreement award dollars each consortium receives. GAO found that the lack of such an approach keeps DOD from collecting data on OTA obligations each consortium has secured, according to a report published Tuesda...
The Department of the Air Force has selected five companies to be part of an industry consortium that will define future requirements and develop the digital infrastructure for the Advanced Battle Management System. L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and Science App...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded three small businesses a $500 million contract modification to repair and maintain military and government facilities within the U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility. DLA exercised the first of two option periods specified in a potential five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contra...
Today, evolutions and advancements in modern warfare are driving major shifts in the technologies, weapons systems and capabilities that defense contractors provide. Now, more than ever, robotics, autonomous solutions and cyber are dominating the defense landscape, and companies like QinetiQ are using these shifts to steer strategies, investments an...
5G technology is helping the U.S. government to modernize its communications and network capabilities, especially in military applications. But because so many government and military operations, weapons systems and communications rely on network connectivity today, 5G is no longer just an option, but a necessity, experts argue. “From my perspecti...
Carahsoft Technology will provide the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency with ServiceNow licenses, learning credits and support services as part of a $138.1 million hybrid firm-fixed-price/labor hour call order. The recent award was made under the company’s blanket purchase agreement with the Department of Defense for the Enterpri...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit has secured a $414.8 million contract modification to provide multiple items used in U.S. Army ground vehicles. General Dynamics Land Systems will deliver the articles for the branch’s family of light armored vehicles, Abrams main battle tanks, Stryker family of vehicles, Buffalo and Cougar mine-resi...
James F.X. Payne has spent his career making efforts to enhance homeland security. With stints at companies such as Bechtel and Dun & Bradstreet, the Washington, D.C.-based executive has worked consistently with U.S. Intelligence Community clients to develop strategies to prevent incursions on intellectual property and infrastructure. He additio...
