Armtec Defense Technologies and Chemring Group’s Kilgore Flares division have won spots on a potential $250 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture aerial decoys intended to defend military aircraft from infrared missile threats. USAF is procuring MJU-75/B countermeasure flares with the m...
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, is thrilled to announce Gen. Lloyd Austin, the new Secretary of Defense, as a recipient of the Wash100 Award for the first time. Gen. Austin has received the most celebrated and acclaimed award in all...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has dramatically advanced emerging technology that will significantly change elements of the security, defense, and intelligence apparatus across federal and industry sectors. AI will also play a crucial role on, near and above the future battlefields of our time. The risks and advantages of AI are so great that le...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a three-year, $175.5 million contract modification to continue support services for the U.S. Army’s Guided Missile and Launching Assembly Service Life Extension Program. The service branch used fiscal 2020 procurement appropriations to cover the full obligated amount, the Department of Defense said Thurs...
A BAE Systems business has secured a potential 10-year, $600 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to provide support equipment for the F-16 aircraft of multiple foreign military sales customers. BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration will deliver SE items, spare parts and technical support services to Bulgaria and other FMS c...
Peraton will help the U.S. Air Force analyze and address the safety risks of the branch’s intercontinental ballistic missile software under a potential 18-year, $360.4 million contract. The company will perform ICBM risk management support work as part of the Nuclear Safety Cross-Check Analysis and Nuclear Safety Analysis and Technical Evaluat...
Executive Mosaic is excited to announce that Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), has been selected as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for the first time in his more than 25 year career in the federal sector. Groen has earned his first Wash100 Award for leading JAIC...
Noble Supply and Logistics has acquired Tactical and Survival Specialties, a special operations equipment provider to the military and government sectors, for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand product offerings that can support the Department of Defense mission. Noble said Wednesday the deal adds tailored logistics to the Boston-based comp...
Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said a platform for military personnel to create AI tools achieved initial operating capability status, FedScoop reported Tuesday. He told attendees at a National Defense Industry Association-hosted event that JAIC...
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has received a $99.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to modify UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters for Saudi Arabia’s national guard. Sikorsky will provide 25 modified Black Hawks to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The...
