Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the military service predicts its next manned fighter platform and associated systems to be ready by the end of the decade, The Drive reported Wednesday. Kendall, a three-time Wash100 Award winner, told an audience at a recent Heritage Foundation event that engineering and manufacturing development efforts are ...
As the U.S. Army places heavy emphasis on modernization, service leaders are looking to harness more industry innovations that can help the branch create robust information and data sharing capabilities at a quicker speed. Matt Benigni, chief data officer for the Army Futures Command, said during a recent Dcode webinar that he views digital transfor...
Southcoast Welding and Manufacturing has won spots on a pair of multiple-award contracts worth potentially $1.19 billion combined to repair, maintain and update non-nuclear surface combatant and amphibious ships that are visiting or stationed at the U.S. Navy’s San Diego base. Naval Sea Systems Command received seven offers for the lots I and ...
Allied Motion Technologies (Nasdaq: AMOT) has acquired electrical drive systems provider FPH Group for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its presence in the defense market. “This acquisition is an excellent strategic fit as it provides us with a deeper penetration within defense applications including the necessary manufacturing lice...
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has issued a request for proposals for a potential 10-year, $4 billion contract to research, develop, test and evaluate scientific and technological platforms meant to help the Department of Defense counter and deter weapons of mass destruction. The Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction program is a multiple-award...
Todd Probert, president of CACI International’s national security and innovative solutions business, was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office. Executive Mosiac recognizes Todd Probert as a two-time Wash100 Award winner for leading NSIS’ growth efforts in t...
Semiconductor company Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) has agreed to acquire multicloud services provider VMware (NYSE: VMW) in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $61 billion as part of Broadcom’s strategy to establish a leading infrastructure technology company. The boards of directors of both companies unanimously approved the deal that...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will maintain surface ship undersea warfare systems for the U.S. Navy and the governments of Australia and Japan under a contract worth potentially $291.9 million. The company will install AN/SQQ-89 combat system shipset hardware and perform logistics support work under the contract with an initial value of $24 million, the Depar...
GovCon Expert Steve Orrin, chief technology officer and senior principal engineer at Intel Federal, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the challenges that government agencies and federal organizations are facing to implement zero-trust architectures and refocus their data security. In addition, GovCon Expert Steve Orrin also discussed the v...
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...
