Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has received a $95 million bridge contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to extend the company’s facilities maintenance, repair and operations support to military branches. DLA will use the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to issue MRO task orders for the U.S. Army, Navy...
Rich Wilkinson, director of product marketing for Unanet and a GovCon Expert, has published the first of a two-part article to shed a light on six sources of pressure that GovCon Expert Rich Wilkinson expects will shape the GovCon business and impact company strategy in the year ahead — and likely beyond. The first three...
Mitchell Sipus, director of product at CalypsoAI, said government agencies need artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms that they can trust and can help speed up missions. Sipus wrote that agencies need algorithms that can be tested to enable users to rapidly evaluate, understand and trust such platforms. He noted that CalypsoAI work...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $471.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to help update Japan’s F-15 Eagle fleet. The company will develop a suite of aircraft systems and four weapon training systems for the F-15 Japan Super Interceptor Program, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Work will be conducted in St. Louis...
Officials from the U.S. Air Force and Space Force are scheduled to deliver keynote addresses at GovCon Wire’s Space Acquisition Forum on Jan. 19 to give their perspectives on the importance of technology investments for the military to maintain dominance in the space domain. Brig. Gen. Steve Whitney One of the speakers is Brig. Gen....
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a one-year, $492.7 million contract modification to provide logistics support for F-35 aircraft systems that have been delivered to U.S. military and foreign military sales customers. The award to Lockheed’s aeronautics segment covers work to operate and maintain an automatic logistics information syste...
President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law a $770 billion defense policy bill for fiscal year 2022, Reuters reported. The FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act reflects a 5 percent increase from the previous fiscal year’s defense policy measure and includes a 2.7 percent pay raise for service members and more naval ship and...
Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $211.2 million contract modification to obtain ancillary mission equipment for lots 15 and 16 of the F-35 aircraft. The award expands the scope of F-35 equipping support for the U.S. Air Force, non-Department of Defense entities and foreign military sales customers, DOD said Wednesd...
Peraton has received a potential five-year, $120.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct research and develop prototypes of spacecraft electronics and airborne electronic systems. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a base value of $23.5 million and contract work will occur in Washington, D.C., through Dec. 16, 2026, the Department of Defe...
Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit organization CNA has received a potential 10-year, $1.22 billion contract to run a federally funded research and development center that will focus on conducting key issues that affect the Department of the Navy and other defense agencies. CNA will support operates at the Navy Studies and Analysis FFRDC under the ...
