Colsa has won a potential 10-year, $217.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency for services in support of its scientific computing operations, analysis and applications. The company will perform work through 2031 depending on the task orders awarded under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-pri...
Preston Dunlap, chief architect for the Air Force and Space Force, recently spoke with GovConWire for an exclusive Q&A session regarding the first phase of delivery for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), the speed and timing challenges of technology development, the future of network modernization and a lot more. Dunlap will also be f...
TCOM has secured a $217.3 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide Saudi Arabia a tethered aerostat platform intended to support military communications, force protection, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance activities The Columbia, Maryland-based company will produce the Meter Persistent Surveillance Systems-Tethered under a contract c...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and Ball Aerospace has won positions on a $200 million multiple-award contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop technologies to avoid a cyber attack on military avionics systems. The two companies will conduct research and development efforts with the goal of identifying and mitigating cyber vulnerabi...
A BAE Systems unit has secured an $843.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to provide life cycle contractor support for a capability under the service branch’s next generation aircraft missile warning system program. The action requires BAE Systems Information and Electronics Systems Integration to conduct LCCS work for the Limi...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a four-year, $64.9 million contract to engineer intelligence systems and applications for the U.S. Navy. The company will provide engineering and technical services to the Office of Naval Intelligence’s Hopper Information Services Center under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, t...
Seven companies have been selected to support military parachuting activities under a five-year, $200 million contract awarded by U.S. Special Operations Command. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is intended to address military freefall and static line requirements of Naval Special Warfare Command across various l...
Virgin Orbit and blank check company NextGen Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: NGCA) have agreed to merge that would result in the satellite launch services provider becoming a publicly traded company with an enterprise value of approximately $3.2 billion. The boards of directors of Virgin Orbit and NextGen have cleared the transaction and both parties ...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and Elbit Systems of America have won a four-year, $92.4 million shared contract to manufacture helmet-mounted image intensification technology for U.S. Army aviators. The two companies will compete for orders under the service branch’s Aviator’s Night Vision Imaging System III program, the Department of...
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense should continue its focus on intellectual property and security and address challenges related to those two factors to safeguard and further advance innovation. He...
