The Potomac Officers Club’s Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum on Wednesday brought together prominent U.S. Air Force and industry officials to discuss the service branch’s crucial modernization initiatives including transitioning legacy infrastructures, enhancing interoperability and bolstering cybersecurity to match t...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a $41.2 million contract to produce and test an unmanned underwater vehicle demonstrator for the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded project. The company will help DARPA build a full-scale long-endurance UUV system under the cost-plus-fixed-fee Manta Ray Phase 2 contract, the Depart...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a five-year, $27.4 million contract to help the U.S. Space Force maintain a one-way wideband broadcast system used to transmit information to deployed and in-garrison forces across the globe.4 The company will provide architecture sustaining engineering support to the Global Broadcast Service through December ...
ExecutiveBiz featured Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of the defense and intelligence systems division of Hughes Network Systems, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. He discussed the importance of network management within the Department of Defense and other federal agencies, the advancement of space t...
M1 Support Services will continue to perform aviation maintenance support at Fort Rucker in Alabama under a $522.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Army. The Texas-based company will extend its services to the military post through Jan. 15, 2023, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command in...
Adam Lurie, a two-decade information technology and services market veteran, has joined artificial intelligence company Torch.AI as chief strategy officer. He will be responsible for helping drive the company’s expansion initiatives in multiple customer segments and overseeing its corporate development functions, Torch.AI said Thursday. Lurie ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $397.9 million sole-source contract to move into the second phase of an airborne warning and control system aircraft modernization program for Saudi Arabia’s air force. The company will provide production, training, installation and checkout services to ensure interoperability of the Saudi E-3 AWACS fleet with ...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded an $88.3 million contract to General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) ordnance and tactical systems business to produce cannon guns for the F-16 weapon system. The AF Life Cycle Management Center will obligate $7.85 million in foreign military sales funds for the initial order of 20mm M61A1 Vulcan artillery from General...
On Wednesday, the Potomac Officers Club hosted its Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum, which gathered notable leaders from the U.S. Air Force and industry who spoke on leveraging public-private partnerships to accelerate infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity and other digital transformation initiatives during an era ...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a $269 million contract modification for full-rate production services to the U.S. Navy’s Evolved Seasparrow Missile system modernization program. Naval Sea Systems Command issued the firm-fixed-price modification, as part of a potential $1.28 billion fiscal 2021-2023 ESSM Block 2 contract announc...
