The U.S. Air Force has awarded a Volansi subsidiary a spot on a potential $400M contract to develop autonomous unmanned aircraft technology for the service branch’s Skyborg Vanguard initiative....
Letitia “Tish” Long, chairwoman of the board of directors for Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), was presented her second Wash100 Award by the CEO of Executive Mosaic Jim Garrettson on Thursday. Executive Mosaic congratulates INSA and Letitia Long for her 2020 Wash100 Award. For this year’s honor, Long has continued her effo...
South Korea's defense acquisition program administration expects to finalize an estimated $878M foreign military sales contract with the U.S. government to procure a dozen MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopters built by Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary, Defense News reported Wednesday....
GovConWire’s Air Force: IT Plans and Priorities Forum will feature Lauren Knausenberger, deputy chief information officer of the U.S. Air Force, as the keynote speaker. During her address, she will discuss how the industry can progress the latest initiative across the Air Force. “IT is the foundation on which we do everything else,” Knausenber...
Octo, a Reston, Virginia-based government information technology services provider, and software development company Sevatec have merged to form a combined organization that will provide tech platforms and services to help federal government clients address complex IT challenges. Mehul Sanghani, founder and CEO of Octo, said the transaction creates ...
The Department of Defense has issued a second draft solicitation to provide interested stakeholders with updated information on two fifth-generation TRICARE managed care support contracts that could be worth at least $58B combined, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday....
Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) has agreed to acquire engineering company Pratt Miller for approximately $115M in a debt- and cash-free transaction. Pratt Miller will retain its name, branding, team members and facilities and Oshkosh said Tuesday it expects the transaction to close during the first quarter of calendar year 2021, subject to customary closing con...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured two contract modifications worth $77.2M combined from the U.S. Navy to provide support services for Zumwalt-class destroyer ships and Evolved SeaSparrow missiles....
Bob Genter, president of the defense and civilian sector at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Monday that combining defense and civilian businesses into one business segment provides SAIC an opportunity to bring information technology to the defense side and engineer...
A Bechtel subsidiary in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, will continue to build components for nuclear ship propulsion systems under a $104.5M contract modification with the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense said Friday....
