Nand Mulchandani, most recently chief technology officer at the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, has been appointed the first CTO at the CIA. He will bring to the role over 25 years of government and industry experience and help advance innovation in support of the CIA’s mission, the agency said Friday. CIA Direc...
The joint venture of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary build four MV-22B tiltrotor aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps under a $302.1 million contract modification awarded by Naval Air Systems Command. The Navy will use its aircraft procurement funds for fiscal 2022 to provide the full amount to Bell Boeing Joint...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $224 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for recapitalization work on a transportable automatic system for launching surface-to-surface missiles. The contractor will restructure the Multiple Launch Rocket System to allow it to be used on the M270A2 family of launcher weapons platforms, the Depar...
Five companies will compete for task orders to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers carry out remediation and environmental projects at international locations under a cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract worth potentially $500 million. USACE’s Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama, received eight bids for the procur...
Leonardo DRS and Teledyne FLIR have won separate contracts worth $1.08 billion combined to manufacture thermal imaging systems designed for soldiers’ target acquisition and engagement operations. Army Contracting Command received four bids for the military branch’s Family of Weapon Sight-Individual program and expects the two vendors to ...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is shifting its workflow approach and prioritizing speed to close its pacing gap with other global powers in today’s rapidly changing geopolitical environment, according to NGA Chief Information Officer Mark Andress. “We’re moving away from a Continental U.S.-first, human-initiated, point-to-poin...
Technology industry veterans Michael Miller, Jim Keenan, Anna Levine and Cindy Brent have joined Red Hat’s public sector team as the software provider focuses on helping government customers navigate their transition to hybrid and multicloud environments. Miller, formerly head of the federal team at Veeam Government Solutions, has been named vice ...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has secured a potential $593 million contract to develop a passive sensor technology for the U.S. Navy’s shipboard surveillance, detection and cueing operations. The company will initially provide engineering, manufacturing and development services to the branch’s Shipboard Panoramic Electro-Optic/Infrar...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 27, 2022 — LMI will provide the Department of Defense with data analytics, management and other services under a contract with the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness, ExecutiveBiz reported. The award also covers industrial base assessments as well as maintenance policy and materiel r...
Craig Martell, former head of machine learning at Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT), has been named chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of Defense. He will oversee efforts to advance the adoption of data, AI, analytics and digital platforms to provide warfighters decision advantage on the battlefield, DOD said Monday. “With Craig...
