Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. has received a potential five-year, $121 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Missile Defense Agency for weapon system-related research, development and engineering efforts. The nonprofit organization at Georgia Institute of Technology will conduct R&D work focused on airborne-base...
The State Department has approved the request of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to continue receiving maintenance support services and related equipment for its helicopter fleet under a potential $500 million foreign military sale transaction. The MSS contract supports the AH-64D/E, UH-60L, UH-60M, Schweizer 333 and Bell 406CS helicopters deployed by t...
Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force and a previous Wash100 Award winner, took her oath of office as the new chair of the Defense Business Board during a ceremony held Tuesday at the Pentagon. Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary at the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, swore in...
The U.S. Cyber Command is planning to collaborate with different agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Cyber Information Security Agency to strengthen cybersecurity initiatives for the upcoming 2022 elections, Signal reported Wednesday. Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of the Cybercom who serves concurrently as the director of the Na...
Patrick Shanahan, former deputy secretary of the Department of Defense and senior vice president at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has joined the board of directors of Zanite Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ZNTEU) as an independent Class III director. The special purpose acquisition company said Wednesday Shanahan, a previous Wash100 awardee, will become a member of...
Intelligent Artifacts has hired Mike Edwards, a former Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) executive, to serve as chief growth officer and drive the startup’s business growth initiatives. Edwards will bring over three decades of experience in defense and government contracting to his new post and will now focus on ...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology unit has won a potential five-year, $93 million blanket purchase agreement to support air defense communications work at the Defense Information Systems Agency. The GDIT business will receive $2,500 in minimum funds from DISA through an initial task order, the Department of Defense said Tuesd...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, has approved 16 advisory boards to resume operations after considering some recommendations of a zero-based review of all advisory committees within DOD, Defense News reported Friday. In February, Austin ordered the immediate suspension of all 42 advisory boards to...
The White House and the Defense Department have signaled to prioritize initiatives that will tackle climate change through innovation in clean energy and data analytics technology. It took $3.6 billion of taxpayer’s money to replace the Marine Corps buildings in North Carolina that Hurricane Florence damaged in 2018. Not long after came Hurric...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has been awarded a three-year, $420 million contract option by the Defense Logistics Agency to continue the distribution of chemicals, packaged petroleum, oils and lubricants to military and federal civilian agency locations worldwide. The agency exercised the option to extend the company’s...
