The U.S. Navy has issued a solicitation for a contract to design, develop and fabricate two prototypes under the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle program. The program executive office for unmanned and small combatants at Naval Sea Systems Command expects to receive proposals for the LDUUV program, also called Snakehead, in early 2021....
President Donald Trump has signed a $2.3T spending package that would allocate $900B in funds for COVID-19 pandemic relief efforts and $1.4T to support government operations through the end of September, Bloomberg reported Monday....
During Potomac Officers Club’s 7th Annual Defense Research and Development (R&D) Summit, notable federal and industry leaders will meet to discuss the latest priorities across the R&D landscape. Featuring Dr. Victoria Coleman, director of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), as keynote speaker, the summit will also address...
Elbit Systems’ (Nasdaq: ESLT) U.S. subsidiary has agreed to acquire defense supplier Sparton from an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management for approximately $380M. Bill Toti, CEO of Sparton and a previous Wash100 awardee, said in a statement published Wednesday the strategic combination with Elbit Systems of America will enable Sparton to furth...
Woolpert has purchased Data Cloud Solutions for an undisclosed sum in a move to bring cloud-based data visualization and awareness tools such as computer-assisted mass appraisal technology to additional markets. Scott Cattran, CEO and president of Woolpert, said the merged organization seeks to introduce an integrated data-as-a-service and SaaS plat...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has booked a pair of task orders worth $104.5M combined to help the Department of Defense deploy the MHS Genesis electronic health record system to military bases across the U.S., FedHealth IT reported Monday. The task orders fall under the 10-year, $4.3B Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization contract won by a team c...
The Department of Commerce has named 103 Russian and Chinese companies to the new military end user list to inform exporters that a license will be required to export, transfer or reexport designated products to listed entities....
CAE's U.S. subsidiary will move to train U.S. Army aircrew after the company received authorization to proceed with work on the service branch's potential seven-year, $90M Advanced Helicopter Flight Training Support contract....
GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks has published his latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. In his latest piece, Chuck Brooks discussed the most recent cyber breaches that have impacted federal agencies and the dire need to prevent future breaches and potential consequences of not prioritizing cybersecurity...
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....
