The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Pratt and Whitney a $4.38 billion contract modification to manufacture engines for the U.S. military’s 15th and 16th F-35 production lots. The Raytheon Technologies-owned (NYSE: RTX) engine builder will provide a total of 152 F135-PW-100 turbofans to the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, the Depar...
BlueHalo has received a potential 10-year, $80 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to build a virtual range meant to support modeling and simulation activities involving directed energy weapons. AFRL said Thursday it will use the virtual range to hold directed energy concept events to train joint warfighters with DEWs, address ca...
Rear Adm. Lorin Selby asserts that the U.S. Navy is positioned at a unique moment in history, a crucial turning point where technology is moving at a “breakneck pace” and many sectors, including the military, have arrived at a decisive fulcrum between the analog and the digital. “This is a win or lose decade. If we...
The U.S. Navy is paving new paths toward innovation and getting more creative about how it harnesses new talent while developing and retaining its workforce. Christopher Cleary, principal cyber advisor for the Department of the Navy, said he thinks younger, newer Navy members should be given more responsibility and oversight of long-term initiatives...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has elevated Jeffrey Schrader from his post as vice president at its intelligence and space business to president of SEAKR Engineering and Blue Canyon Technologies. Schrader, who made the announcement via LinkedIn post, brings to his new leadership role at the Raytheon subsidiaries years-long experience in defense a...
Michael Mestrovich, former chief information security officer of the CIA, has been named CISO at cloud data management software provider Rubrik. Mestrovich, who has more than two decades of information technology and security experience, will be responsible for overseeing Rubrik’s internal data security initiatives and policy, the company said Wed...
Hensel Phelps Construction Co. will design and construct two buildings at Fort Meade in Maryland under a $302.2 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. USACE received seven bids for the project and obligated $79.1 million at the time of award, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The agency expects work to conclude...
The federal government gives away hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts each year. In fact, government spending on contracts amounted to $682 billion in 2020, which is the highest one recorded in the last five years. However, spending data is hard to find, and it isn’t easy to get an accurate picture of where...
Liz Martin, Department of Defense director at Amazon Web Services, underscored the U.S Army’s use of the AWS Cloud to create a tactical cloud environment envisioned to help with their data processing and resource scaling. In a blog posted Tuesday, Martin shared how the XVIII Airborne Corps– an Army data centric force headquartered at For...
Chris Pehrson, chief growth officer of Parry Labs, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding his motivation for joining the company as well as what he hopes to accomplish and focus on the mission of its customers and growth efforts for Parry Labs in the federal landscape. In addition, Chris Pehrson also discussed the work that Parry Labs...
