The White House plans to introduce a $715 billion budget proposal for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022, Politico reported Thursday. Politico cited sources that say the budget request would represent a 1.5 percent increase from DOD’s current FY 2021 budget allocation of approximately $704 billion and would be less than the previous...
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Defense News that the current administration should take a “steady as she goes” approach toward mergers and acquisitions in the aerospace and defense market by relying on the stre...
The rapid growth of military and commercial space industries requires Space agencies to develop innovative solutions to support critical space and defense missions. The Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Space Force intend to maintain space superiority and provide space capabilities to U.S. and allied forces through ambitious missions and part...
Jennifer Santos, a former Department of Defense official with more than 23 years of professional experience, has been named principal director of strategic initiatives within Charles Stark Draper Laboratory’s national security and space business. She will manage teams that aim to support national security missions through the development of techno...
Todd Borkey, chief technology officer of Alion Science Technology, will moderate a panel discussion on space innovation efforts by the Department of Defense during the Potomac Officers Club’s 2021 Industrial Space Defense Summit on Tuesday. Borkey is the moderator for the “How Does the DOD Leverage Commercialization of Space” panel, which ...
As space exploration, space research and satellite technology continue to expand rapidly. Space agencies such as NASA have worked to develop innovative solutions to support critical space and defense missions. The Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Space Force intend to maintain space superiority and provide space capabilities to U.S. and alli...
Vice Adm. Jon Hill, director of the Missile Defense Agency, will deliver a closing keynote speech on March 23 at the 2021 Industrial Space Defense Summit, a Potomac Officers Club-hosted virtual event covering U.S. military innovation and partnership efforts in the space security arena. In his current capacity, Hill oversees MDA’s efforts to de...
The State Department has approved the Dutch government’s request to procure pilot training and logistics support for Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) AH-64 Apache and CH-47 Chinook helicopters under two foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $315 million combined. The FMS deal for AH-64 helicopter pilot training support is wor...
The State Department has named General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) land systems business as the prime contractor on a potential $210 million foreign military sale of Stryker armored fighting vehicles to North Macedonia through a government-to-government transaction. The FMS request covers 54 Strykers including the platform’s M1126 infantry carr...
Ricardo Defense has secured an $89.8 million contract to supply kits for retrofitting anti-lock braking and electronic stability control systems of the U.S. Army’s High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles. Army Contracting Command received one bid for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet, the Department of Defense said Tuesda...
