The Department of the Navy has started soliciting proposals for a potential 10-year, $2.67 billion follow-on contract to provide wireless mobility and telecommunication devices and services for military personnel and federal civilian employees stationed within the country and U.S. territories. The Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center ...
Scott Stapp, former corporate lead and vice president of Joint All-Domain Command and Control at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has been named chief technology officer and chief revenue officer at Defcon AI, a developer of modeling and simulation software for military logistics applications. The retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general will lead Defc...
According to Stephen Welby, deputy director for national security within the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Biden administration sees artificial intelligence as “one of the most powerful technologies of our time” and a major component of maintaining American leadership in the world. The White House has rec...
The State Department has approved the government of India’s request to purchase MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft and associated equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $3.99 billion foreign military sales agreement. India asked to buy 31 MQ-9B SkyGuardian aircraft along with embedded GPS navigation systems, Hellfire captive air tra...
Caitlin Marsh, former strategic intelligence manager of Ball Corp.’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business, has joined SpiderOak as vice president of product. The company said Thursday she was appointed to oversee product and market strategy, product development and customer mission requirements. Marsh brings 15 years of experience serving customers...
HII (NYSE: HII) released its fourth quarter and full-year 2023 earnings results on Feb. 1, 2024, reporting record revenues in both periods and a substantial backlog of approximately $48.1 billion as of Dec. 31, 2023. All of its three divisions reported higher volumes. HII President and CEO Chris Kastner said in a statement published Thursday,...
The Department of Defense has awarded seven companies contracts worth $192.5 million combined to develop domestic capabilities to manufacture critical chemicals. The awards made through the Defense Production Act Investments program are expected to build national capacity for such chemicals by the end of 2027 as part of efforts to reduce foreign dep...
Minga Lee, formerly chief engineer and solution architect at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been appointed vice president and chief technology officer for engineering, integration and operations for the national security sector at the Reston, Virginia-based information technology company. Lee announced her new post Thursday on LinkedIn and assumed the rol...
Five companies secured spots on a potential $375 million contract to deliver environmental restoration and compliance services to NASA. AECOM‘s (NYSE: ACM) Technical Services division, Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK), HydroGeoLogic, ISMS-Navarro and the joint venture between Jacobs Solutions (NYSE: J) and Geosyntec won positions on the indefinite-de...
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu has previewed an upcoming request for proposals from the Pentagon, in support of the creation of a sustainable, safe and secure bioeconomy. Shyu, a recipient of the 2024 Wash100 Award, gave the audience at the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit a glimpse ...
