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In recent months, the Department of Defense has placed greater emphasis and importance on artificial intelligence. The technology has been included on the White House’s critical and emerging technologies list, and the department in December created a new position meant to oversee artificial intelligence, digital-focused initiatives and data. Now...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded an $869.86 million contract modification by Naval Air Systems Command to expand the company’s capability development support for all three F-35 aircraft variants.  The company’s aeronautics segment will conduct functional reviews of mission and weapons systems, which include hardware for ...

BAE Systems has won a potential $148.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to maintain, repair and modernize USS Essex for the amphibious assault ship’s fiscal 2022 docking selected restricted availability.  The firm-fixed-price contract has a base value of $125.5 million, which the military service will obligate immediately, and would re...

The U.S. Navy has awarded 63 companies positions on a potential five-year, $249.7 million contract to provide rapid development and prototyping and systems integration support to help the military branch meet new and emerging requirements and advance the growth of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s services portfolio at Webster O...

The competition for the reader-generated Wash100 Award ranking underwent another exciting and turbulent week, as your ballots fueled a host of changes in the list of the top 30 leaders in the GovCon, government and military sectors. This week’s striking movement rearrangements demonstrate that the impact of casting your 10 votes can be seismic and...

Jeffrey Specht, most recently executive director of the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, has joined Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) as senior director for government security. He brings to Oracle 27 years of experience as a civil servant and will oversee the company’s efforts in delivering support and building partnerships with DOD, the U.S. intellig...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $166.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide, install and configure 22 F-35 aircraft training devices. The contractor will deliver interactive courseware, a multispectral database and full-mission simulators to the service branch as part of the contract action, the Department of Defens...

Federal Advisory Partners, a Sagewind Capital portfolio company, has bought Universal Consulting Services for an undisclosed sum to further expand its client base and digital service capabilities in support of customers in the federal market. “As demand for modernization and digital transformation accelerates across the federal sector, the need fo...

Boeing (NYSE: BA) will produce Harpoon anti-ship system equipment for Taiwan to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement under a $498.3 million order from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command. The firm-fixed-price order calls for the delivery of 100 launcher transporter units, 25 radars and training platforms to the Taiwanese government by Decembe...