ST Engineering North America‘s marine business in Pascagoula, Mississippi, will build another vessel to support worldwide oceanographic survey operations of Military Sealift Command under a $149 million fixed-price-incentive contract modification. Naval Sea Systems Command definitized a contract item for the design and construction of T-AGS 67...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, cleared in May the strategy document for DOD’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept that aims to facilitate data sharing among services through a warfighting communications network that will use artificial intelligence, 5G and other emerging technology. L...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $1.01 billion sole-source contract from the Space and Missile Systems Center to provide logistics services supporting the Space Based Infrared Surveillance system. SMC expects Lockheed to complete the requirements under the fixed-price-incentive-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-reimbursement contract b...
In recent years, the Department of Defense (DOD) and Intelligence Community (IC) have recognized the strategic importance of information technology (IT) and data management. The IC and the DOD have made efforts to bolster their data management processes to enable quick and secure data usage. As the reliance on IT grows, public and private leaders...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary has won a potential $121.1 million contract to help the U.S. Navy update, repair and maintain systems of USS Pinckney guided missile destroyer. Naval Sea Systems Command received three offers for the DDG 91 vessel’s fiscal 2022 depot modernization effort through a full and open competition, ...
Dr. Stephen Homeyer, vice president at BAE Systems, served as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during GovCon Wire Events’ AI: Innovation in National Security Forum on June 3rd, 2021. The following panelists discussed transitioning artificial intelligence (AI) from research and development (R&D) to operations: Jill Crisman of the De...
A Textron (NYSE: TXT) subsidiary has received a $92.54 million contract from the U.S. Army for the production of a transceiver and antenna system designed to provide warfighters with full-motion video, images and geospatial data for situational awareness. Hunt Valley, Maryland-based Textron Systems will work on the One System Remote Video Terminal a...
Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has received a potential $100 million contract from the Defense Health Agency to perform research and engineering work for the Military Health System enterprise. Under the five-year contract, APL will help the agency maintain organizational performance of MHS in the long term and conduct st...
GovCon Wire Events, the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its AI: Innovation in National Security Forum on Thursday, June 3rd. If you missed the AI: Innovation in National Security Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting ...
During GovCon Wire Events’ AI: Innovation in National Security Forum, the most important private and public sector leaders will discuss how emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology is radically transforming the national security space. AI has already become an integral element of national security goals, priorities and overall strategy. De...
