As the U.S. Space Force enters its third year of operation, its leaders are prioritizing acquisition reform among the key transformational shifts the organization is expected to undergo in its pursuit of innovative technologies, advanced capabilities and more interoperable systems. Gen. Nina Armagno, director of staff for the Space Force, cited ...
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command has selected 10 small businesses to compete for design-build construction projects within the NAVFAC’s Marianas, Guam, area of operations under an eight-year, $400 million contract. NAVFAC received 22 proposals for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will provide a $25,000 minim...
President Joe Biden has nominated Navy Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, director of intelligence, J-2, Joint Staff, to serve as head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Whitworth would retain the rank of vice admiral if confirmed for the NGA director position, the Department of Defense said Monday. He previously served as commander of the Join...
Ryan McCarthy, former secretary of the U.S. Army and 2020 Wash100 inductee, has joined the board of directors at command and control technology provider Tomahawk Robotics. The Army veteran brings defense acquisition and technology experience as Tomahawk Robotics aims to help military customers deploy its C2 software to unmanned systems, the company ...
Vortex Optics has received a potential $2.7 billion follow-on other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to produce fire controls for next-generation weapons systems. The company will also provide spare parts, repairs, accessories, engineering, contractor support and other services to other Department of Defense components and foreign military s...
BAE Systems has secured a three-year, $97.3 million contract modification to produce additional M109A7 self-propelled howitzers for the U.S. Army. The company will also continue to supply the service branch with M992A3 carrier, ammunition, tracked vehicles, the Department of Defense said Friday. BAE’s howitzer platform is designed to provide i...
Rich Wilkinson, director of product marketing for Unanet and a GovCon Expert, has published the first of a two-part article to shed a light on six sources of pressure that GovCon Expert Rich Wilkinson expects will shape the GovCon business and impact company strategy in the year ahead — and likely beyond. The first three...
Six large and small businesses have secured positions on a pair of contracts worth $977.4 million combined, to help the U.S. Navy maintain non-nuclear surface combatant and amphibious vessels that are visiting or stationed in the Norfolk, Virginia, port. Naval Sea Systems Command is procuring modernization, repair and maintenance services for six sh...
Tyto Athene seeks to expand its digital enterprise transformation and network modernization capabilities in support of defense and national security customers through its recently concluded acquisition of Qbase. Chris Meilhammer, CEO of Tyto Athene, said in a statement published Wednesday Qbase brings over two decades of experience in supporting Dep...
A joint venture between Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary has secured a potential four-year, $1.64 billion contract to provide hardware supply support for Osprey military tiltrotor aircraft being used by the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and the Air Force. Bell Boeing will help the three service branches manage an inventory...
