HII’s (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division has secured a potential five-year, $209 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide development and sustainment support for the military branch’s fighter and bomber weapons systems and subsystems. The company said Monday the task order awarded under the Department of Defense Information A...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing (NYSE: BA) a potential $2.56 billion contract to build two rapid prototype E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft and provide lifecycle development, training and other support services for the service branch’s E-7A fleet. The Department of Defense said Friday the award marks the definitizat...
The U.S. Air Force has started soliciting industry comments on a draft solicitation for a potential 10-year, $900 million contract to provide avionics sustainment support services for the T-38 Talon supersonic jet trainer. The T-38C Avionics Sustainment and Support Program will have a five-year base period and one option term of five years and is...
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) government-focused business has secured a U.S. Air Force blanket purchase agreement to supply servers and sensors to multiple military bases. The Department of Defense said Wednesday Dell Federal Systems will support USAF’s Enterprise Logging Extra and Small Form Factor efforts with hardware deliveries under a&nb...
Abacus Technology has won a potential five-year, $123.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide technical advisory and assistance services for the military branch’s nuclear, command, control and communication directorate. The Department of Defense said Friday the NC3 Branch at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts received two offers...
The State Department has approved a potential $600 million foreign military sales agreement with the government of Slovakia to buy 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters, 26 T-700 GE 401C engines and related equipment and services from the U.S. government. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary and Ge...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 67 companies positions on a potential nine-year, $975 million contract to help the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office optimize the operational readiness of deployed weapon systems. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the 771st Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio received 68 offers...
Venice Goodwine, the Department of the Air Force’s chief information officer, accepted her 2024 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Air Defense Summit. Garrettson founded the Wash100 Award in 2014 to celebrate the foremost change-makers shaping the government contr...
The U.S. Air Force is working to integrate Secretary Frank Kendall’s seven operational imperatives, or OIs, to acquire new technologies, conduct research and face potential global threats in the modern battlefield. Timothy Grayson, special assistant to the Air Force secretary, discussed during the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Air Defense S...
The Department of the Air Force is currently undertaking multiple artificial intelligence-related initiatives, one of which is a generative AI chatbot called NIPRGPT. During her keynote address at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Air Defense Summit, DAF Chief Information Officer Venice Goodwine shared how she’s approaching AI and gave ...
