Global satellite operator SES has signed a $450 million deal to acquire a Leonardo DRS business unit that offers satellite communications and security services to the federal government. The boards of directors of the two companies have approved the terms of the agreement for the DRS Global Enterprise Solutions business and both parties expect to...
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has awarded NT Concepts a spot on a potential five-year, $241.6 million basic ordering agreement to support a program aimed at preparing Department of Defense data for use in AI applications. NT Concepts said Tuesday it will support JAIC’s Data Readiness for Artificial Intelligence Development program, whic...
Fred Kennedy, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s tactical technology office, has formed a company with the goal of developing nuclear thermal rocket engine technology to support cislunar space programs. Dark Fission Space Systems aims to work with government and industry partners in efforts to accelerate the on-orbi...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $318.9 million contract modification to supply the U.S. Air Force with additional Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile systems. The service branch ordered 308 more JASSM-Extended Range missiles and containers from the company’s missiles and fire control business as part of lot 20 production work, the...
Accounting firm EY will continue to perform audits of the annual U.S. Army general fund and train the service branch’s financial management personnel under a $370 million contract modification. The company is currently assisting the Army in efforts to manage business process gaps and corrective measures, the Department of Defense said Monday. ...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded an additional 23 positions on a potential $950 million contract to build and operate systems across all domains in support of the Joint All Domain Command and Control program. Vendors will compete for future orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to mature, demonstrate and proliferate capabil...
Jan Niemiec, vice president of sales at Cisco, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Thursday. He talked about Cisco’s recent growth initiatives as well as its efforts to drive digital transformation and innovation across the federal landscape. Niemiec also covered challenges in federal recruitment ...
The Space Development Agency is planning to issue a solicitation in the coming weeks for a layer of low-Earth orbit satellites that will track adversarial missiles. SDA is expected to award contracts to two or more vendors for 28 spacecraft that will comprise the agency’s tracking layer of Tranche 1, which is slated to begin launching...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for up to four contractors that can perform architect-engineer cost engineering tasks under a $226 million multiple-award contract. A solicitation notice posted on SAM.gov states that selected companies will support the Department of Defense’s civil and military projects and the Department of Energy&...
The Department of Defense has selected Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) to complete application development work for a 5G-based warehouse project at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego. An assessment team for the NBC 5G Smart Warehouse project evaluated applications from Vectrus and two other companies as part of a down-select process during the initial phase and...
