The U.S. Air Force has awarded Mission Technologies, an HII (NYSE: HII) division, a five-year, $244 million task order to install Minotaur software products in U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard systems. The contract covers research, development, test and evaluation services for the integration of Minotaur on maritime platforms used in radars, ...
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $379 million contract to produce and deliver eight MH-60R Seahawk helicopters to the Armada, Spain’s naval force. The aircraft will serve as an upgrade and supporting fleet to the Spanish navy’s SH-60B Seahawk fleet, Lockheed said Thursday. The deal is covered by an existing basic order...
Radiance Technologies has promoted Darien Hammett to the role of executive vice president of defense, responsible for ensuring that the sector continues to align with the company’s growth strategy and deliver value to military customers. The Huntsville, Alabama-based contractor said Thursday Hammett previously led Radiance’s space group ...
The U.S. Department of Defense famously established the Joint Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office in 2022 to formally indicate their commitment to embracing AI. But the Pentagon hasn’t stopped there — in the nearly year and a half since the CDAO’s creation, defense officials have demonstrated a persistent interest in implementing — an...
Comtech (Nasdaq: CMTL) will provide professional engineering services and supply terrestrial and satellite networking communications technologies for the U.S. Army under a potential $544 million task order awarded under the Global Tactical Communications Systems II contract. The company said Monday it will support the project manager tactical networ...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International With its broad national security role, the DOD has been a pioneer in the development of numerous innovative cybersecurity solutions. This makes sense given its lengthy history and the quantity and caliber of resources devoted to both research and development and the acquisition of technol...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary has secured a potential seven-year, $753.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy for depot maintenance of two Arleigh Burke-class ships. The service branch awarded firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract action worth $15 million to repair, maintain and modernize the USS Chung-Hoon and USS James E. ...
Every year, the Potomac Officers Club hosts the government contracting industry’s premier events featuring the most prominent and influential speakers from the public and private sectors. Now, POC is gearing up for its biggest, most exciting year yet. In 2024, POC will be hosting an exciting lineup of in-person events, including must-attend month...
Frank Varga, formerly vice president of operations at Apogee, has been promoted to the chief operating officer role at the Colorado Springs, Colorado-headquartered national security and defense technology provider. Varga will work with the Apogee leadership team to advance the delivery of space, cyber and special operations capabilities to national ...
Kris Chester was elevated to the role of chief technology officer at WTI, a Fairfax, Virginia-based information technology services provider that caters to the U.S. service branches, defense and civilian agencies and other government organizations, according to his LinkedIn post. The executive most recently served as WTI’s enterprise architect...
