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Nigeria has secured United States approval to purchase munitions, precision bombs and precision rockets, along with related equipment, for an estimated cost of $346 million. The principal contractors for this project are RTX‘s missiles and defense business, Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems. The Department of Defense is working to strengthen its...

Parsons has appointed Michael Hamer, a Department of Defense acquisition and engineering professional, as senior vice president and program director for systems engineering and integration. Hamer announced his new position at the Chantilly, Virginia-based defense technology and infrastructure engineering company in a LinkedIn post published Monday. ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency is seeking companies that can provide incident staging base, or ISB, and cross-docking operations support to enhance the delivery of resources to state, local, tribal governments and territories in case of disasters. The agency intends to award up to three indefinite-del...

Deloitte Consulting has secured a $115 million, firm-fixed-price contract award from the U.S. Air Force for services on the cybersecurity training of personnel in the USAF and other Department of Defense entities. The services of the Arlington, Virginia-based company under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract will support the curricu...

“The Ukrainian government has secured United States approval to procure equipment, repair services and sustainment support for M777 howitzers and transportation and consolidation services in support of security assistance programs and other related elements of logistics and program support. The Department of Defense is working to strengthen it...

Sigma Defense Systems has appointed Stephanie Tharp, most recently senior adviser at Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, as vice president of programs for its Innovative Mission Solutions, or IMS, division. In this capacity, Tharp will lead the implementation of defense programs and strategic growth initiatives to help expand Sigma Defense...

Radiance Technologies has named Jay Town, a legal professional, chief compliance officer and promoted Seth Crochet, a vice president at the company, to executive VP and general counsel. The company said Friday Town will manage compliance operations, improve Radiance’s risk management capabilities and oversee regulatory relationships with gover...

RTX has secured a $50 billion umbrella contract for the company to supply its systems and end-item production, spare parts, services and other support to the Patriot missile defense program.  The award provides a 20-year term without option periods, with scheduled completion on July 31, 2045 and performance locations inside and outside the cont...

Tom Arseneault, president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc., said the U.S. business is well positioned to benefit from the U.S. defense budget increase and support the Golden Dome missile defense shield project. DOD’s FY 2026 Budget Request In late June, senior Department of Defense officials and military leaders released DOD’s proposed $961.6...

By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is a fundamental shift in how the Department of Defense approaches supply chain security. Once the 48 CFR rule of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement is amended to add CMMC requirements to DOD contracts, contractors across ...