Lee Payne, a three-decade Department of Defense civilian and military service veteran, has been named a specialist executive of Deloitte Consulting‘s government and public service business. The retired U.S. Air Force major general joins the professional services company after his stint as lead for the diagnostics and testing line of effort for...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will continue manufacturing air and missile defense radar systems for installation on U.S. Navy ships under a potential $781 million contract modification. This award for AN/SPY-6(V) integration and production support services has a $67.7 million face value and will reach the ceiling amount if the military branch ex...
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Andrew Hunter, director of the Center for Strategic International Studies’ defense-industrial initiatives group, to be the next U.S. Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, the White House said Friday. Hunter will oversee research, development and acquisition programs through...
The space defense sector continues to grow in response to foreign adversaries’ anti-satellite and space-based weaponry developments. The Department of Defense (DOD) is committed to rapidly developing and deploying robust space intelligence sensors that will supply military leaders with information supremacy and warfighters with tactical advantages...
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded three companies a $49.9 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to conduct research and development of digital signal processing systems. Black River Systems, North Point Defense and Geon Technologies will compete for cost-plus-fixed-fee or firm-fixed-price orders to provide military per...
The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command has selected six companies to compete for construction and engineering task orders to support the U.S. government’s emergency response missions worldwide under a potential $5 billion multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Contractors will provide supervision services a...
President Joe Biden has nominated Maj. Gen. Michael Guetlein to serve as the first commander of Space Systems Command, which is set to officially stand up this summer and be in charge of acquiring space systems intended to boost joint force lethality. Guetlein, who has served as deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office since...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has secured a nearly $273 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Navy maintain aircraft carriers and surface ships. Under the five-year contract, HII’s fleet support group will support repair and overhaul planning activity for ship equipment and systems, the Departmen...
Recent developments in anti-satellite and space-based weaponry by foreign adversaries has prompted the Department of Defense (DOD) to rapidly develop and deploy secure space intelligence sensors that will arm military leaders with information supremacy and warfighters with tactical advantages over adversaries. During Potomac Officers Club’s Space ...
Planet Labs‘ federal business arm will continue providing defense and intelligence agencies with access to Earth surface imagery collected by its constellation of Dove and SkySat satellites. The extended partnership between the National Reconnaissance Office and Planet Federal is under a renewed contract that also provides for SkySat video cap...
