As the U.S. Space Force enters its third year of operation, its leaders are prioritizing acquisition reform among the key transformational shifts the organization is expected to undergo in its pursuit of innovative technologies, advanced capabilities and more interoperable systems. Gen. Nina Armagno, director of staff for the Space Force, cited ...
The State Department has approved a request by France to procure follow-on contractor logistics support services and related equipment for the country’s MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle fleet under a $300 million foreign military sales deal with the U.S. government. General Atomics will serve as the principal contractor on the follow-on FMS transa...
A joint venture between Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary has secured a potential four-year, $1.64 billion contract to provide hardware supply support for Osprey military tiltrotor aircraft being used by the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and the Air Force. Bell Boeing will help the three service branches manage an inventory...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Canadian Commercial Corp. a seven-year, $70 million contract to extend contractor logistics support to electro-optical infrared sensors installed on the branch’s AC-130 gunship fleet. The firm-fixed-price contract to CCC will include field-level repair, troubleshooting and operator familiarization training servic...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a $250 million award that increases the potential value of its contract with the U.S. Air Force to incorporate baseline engineering changes into the StormBreaker glide bomb system baseline. The sole-source contract calls for Raytheon Missiles and Defense to design, develop, integrate, test and engineer ...
The Potomac Officers Club hosted its Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum last Wednesday which joined elite U.S. Air Force and private sector leaders in spirited discussion on the critical modernization initiatives driving the Air Force’s current priorities, strategies and focus areas as the ongoing digitization of...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a 10-year, $329.3 million contract to help the U.S. Space Force engineer operational Global Positioning System Block IIF satellites. The company will perform engineering work to support on-orbit operations of the constellation used to transmit navigation data to military and civilian users worldwide, the Department of D...
The Potomac Officers Club’s Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum on Wednesday brought together prominent U.S. Air Force and industry officials to discuss the service branch’s crucial modernization initiatives including transitioning legacy infrastructures, enhancing interoperability and bolstering cybersecurity to match t...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded an $88.3 million contract to General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) ordnance and tactical systems business to produce cannon guns for the F-16 weapon system. The AF Life Cycle Management Center will obligate $7.85 million in foreign military sales funds for the initial order of 20mm M61A1 Vulcan artillery from General...
On Wednesday, the Potomac Officers Club hosted its Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum, which gathered notable leaders from the U.S. Air Force and industry who spoke on leveraging public-private partnerships to accelerate infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity and other digital transformation initiatives during an era ...
