Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has booked a $161.06 million contract option from the U.S. Navy to continue support for the modernization of a guidance system for the Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles. The nonprofit engineering company is responsible for the design, production and test of new MK6 MOD 1 guidance technology under the se...
James Ebeler, former chief technology officer for IronBow Technologies‘ Department of Defense segment, has joined Three Wire Systems to serve as CTO. Ebeler will develop growth strategies for Three Wire’s software, hardware and security portfolios, and support technology insertion and continuous development of the company’s MyAdvis...
Boeing signed an agreement on Monday with EPIC Fuels to purchase 2 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, that will power its commercial operations in two U.S. states through the end of the year. The purchase marks the largest SAF procurement by an airframer and positions Boeing as a leader in SAF adoption...
Google’s cloud business has received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit to move its Secure Cloud Management platform into the production phase and implement the offering across DIU. The SCM offering, which Google Cloud developed with Palo Alto Networks (Nasdaq: PANW), adopts the zero trust approach and works to enable DIU users to gain...
Scott McIntyre, CEO of Guidehouse, has been selected to the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most significant contributors in the government contracting sector — for the sixth consecutive year. “As our business continues to grow, I am grateful for the exceptional team we’ve built. Guidehouse is home to great talent,...
Boeing will update acoustic analysis software used on the U.S. Navy’s Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft under a five-year, $94.9 million contract. Naval Air Systems Command tasked the company to perform engineering work and provide supplies that include defect package fixes for the P-8A Acoustic Operational Flight Program, the Department of De...
The recent confirmation of Andrew Hunter as assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics reflects the service branch’s reinvigorated focus on software as a key component of its broader information technology and modernization strategies. Hunter, who formerly led the defense-industrial initiatives group at th...
New Jersey-based information technology company OM Group has won a seven-year, $485 million contract to consolidate and maintain the U.S. Air Force’s data center systems at Hill AF Base in Utah. OM Group will deploy applications and perform sustainment and onboarding work for the Hill Enterprise Data Center modernization project, the Departmen...
Mark Shepardson, formerly the director of capture strategy for Palantir Technology‘s (NYSE: PLTR) federal business, has been appointed chief technology officer at defense technology provider Parry Labs. He has gained computing, software and digital transformation experience, as well as knowledge of defense and intelligence community challenges...
Scott McIntyre, CEO of Guidehouse, has been selected to the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most significant contributors in the government contracting sector — for the sixth consecutive year. “As our business continues to grow, I am grateful for the exceptional team we’ve built. Guidehouse is home to great talent,...
