Aerospace startup JetZero will develop a blended wing body aircraft prototype for the Department of the Air Force under a potential four-year, $235 million contract from the Defense Innovation Unit. The full-scale technology demonstrator is projected to take its maiden voyage in the first quarter of 2027 to validate the BWB design concept and demons...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has awarded five companies positions on a potential 10-year, $7.2 billion contract for wildland fire airtanker support services. The Airtanker Services 2023 multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-delivery contract has a one-year base period and nine option years and each awardee has a...
Last month, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a two-year roadmap for its data strategy. The document anticipates a number of lines of action on which the 18 intelligence community entities should embark to boost the interoperability, discoverability and artificial intelligence readiness of data inputs and output. The pr...
Established in 2018, the Army Futures Command is dedicated to looking far beyond the present to ensure that the U.S. Army is properly equipped to reach its current goals and compete on the future battlefield. While working to deliver on the more near-term Army of 2030 initiative, the AFC is also drawing a blueprint for the service...
Dennis Carr, former executive vice president and chief operating officer of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, has assumed the president and CEO roles at the Fluor-led (NYSE: FLR) management and operating contractor for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina, Defense Daily reported Tuesday. He succeeds Stuart MacVean, ...
To maintain preparedness for current and future conflicts, the U.S. Army has embraced the “Army of 2030,” a momentous modernization effort designed to shift the service branch’s priorities to fit the characteristics of today’s international competition and deploy the technologies necessary to succeed in the evolving battlefield. The pla...
Eleven small businesses have won spots on a five-year, $95 million contract vehicle for program management and industrial engineering consulting services to the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, according to award notices posted Wednesday on SAM.gov. The PMIECS indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is reserved f...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International A new bipartisan legislation, the Cybersecurity Awareness Act, would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to launch a public-private campaign that would promote access to cybersecurity resources and expand outreach to small businesses and underserved communities on...
Helen Soln, former vice president of proposal operations at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has taken on the same role at cyber and signals intelligence engineering company Eqlipse Technologies. She will build, manage and expand Eqlipse’s proposal development center and help identify new business opportunities in the defense and intelligence sectors, the...
Joseph DiNoto, former vice president for national security programs at Ignite, has been elevated to the position of senior VP and chief strategy officer. DiNoto will support corporate strategy development and coordinate Ignite’s business relations with defense, civilian and intelligence community customers, the professional services company sa...
