John “J.R.” Riordan, a business development leader, has joined Herndon, Virginia-based geospatial intelligence provider BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) as chief revenue officer. He will bring his experience in GEOINT and space markets to BlackSky as he oversees strategic partnerships, sales activities and revenue operations, the company said Mo...
Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) will research how 5G networks could support warfighters on the battlefield under two contracts the Department of Defense awarded through the Information Warfare Research Project. The company said Monday it will examine how 5G connectivity could help improve command and control applications and services and will explore how 5G n...
The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command has awarded two small businesses a multiple-award contract worth potentially $452.8 million to produce GPS-based positioning, navigation and timing systems for the U.S. Navy. Under the follow-on contract, Sechan Electronics and Systems Engineering Support Co. will manufacture shipboard hardware designed ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $1.62 billion contract to repair the guidance kit of the U.S. Air Force’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center is obligating $32.5 million at the time of award from the branch’s fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance funds, the Department of Defense said Fri...
The U.S. Air Force’s life cycle management arm has released a request for proposals for a multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for communications and enterprise information technology support services for the National Air and Space Intelligence Center. The follow on contract will provide for work performed at the tas...
A Rolls-Royce subsidiary has received a $194 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to supply upgraded power packs for Israel’s fleet of military ground transport vehicles to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement. Rolls-Royce Solutions America will provide the Namer Armored Personnel Carrier Power Packs Less Transmissio...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Fall 2021 5G Summit to bring together some of the most influential executives from the federal government and industry to explore the impact that 5G integration has on the private and public sectors, as well as future programs, plans and priorities as the nation aligns with emerging technology. Jay...
Saab’s U.S. subsidiary has booked a potential $91.5 million sole-source contract to help the U.S. Navy maintain medium-range 3D surveillance radars and other sensor systems. Saab Inc. will support the life cycle sustainment of AN/SPS-77 radar variants, AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar Systems, the Celsius Tech Radar and Optronic Site 2...
President Joe Biden has nominated John Sherman, acting chief information officer at the Department of Defense, to serve as full-time CIO at DOD. Sherman has nearly 25 years of innovation and national security experience across DOD and the intelligence community leading modernization efforts in the areas of collaboration, cybersecurity and cloud comp...
The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting white papers for a planned broad agency announcement that will focus on geospatial intelligence processing and exploitation efforts in support of the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. A presolicitation notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov said ARFL is seeking submissions for research a...
