Amentum Services will provide organizational-level maintenance support for the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft systems, or RPAs, under a $995 million U.S. Air Force contract. The Chantilly, Virginia-based company secured the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract award in a competitive solicitation that received three offers, t...
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a 10-year, $1.6 billion contract to establish a supply of high-purity depleted uranium. Under the contract, BWXT will build and operate an HPDU manufacturing facility at its Jonesborough, Tennessee, site and produce up to 300 metric tons of HPDU an...
The Department of State has approved a potential $705 million foreign military sale of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and related equipment to Australia. Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, Leonardo DRS and Oshkosh will be the principal contractors. The Potomac Officers Club will host the 2025 GovCon International and Gl...
Razor’s Edge has closed its fourth investment fundraising with $560 million in committed capital, surpassing its original $400 million target and bringing the firm’s total assets under management to more than $1.25 billion. The Reston, Virginia-based growth equity firm said Thursday that the fund will enhance its ability to support missi...
RTX business Raytheon has been awarded a $602.9 million firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Navy to repair assemblies and provide spare parts for the active electronically scanned array, or AESA, radar system. AESA Radar System Contract Details The Department of Defense said Thursday the required repair and maintenance services are inten...
Intelligence professionals have never before had such a bounty of raw data at their fingertips. But they are struggling to manage and leverage such information provided in voluminous amounts by modern ubiquitous sensor technologies. This is a tipping point for the U.S. intelligence community, according to a leading intelligence executive. Glori...
Raytheon has secured a $497.7 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command to manufacture, test and deliver fully integrated Navy Multiband Terminals. Navy Multiband Terminals The Department of Defense said Thursday the NMT, a satellite communications terminal with multiband capabilities that provides pro...
Pete Hegseth, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, has ordered U.S. generals and admirals from across the globe to convene for an urgent meeting on Tuesday morning at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. “The Secretary of War will be addressing his senior...
NASA has started seeking information from prospective contractors for the potential five-year, $480 million Test, Evaluation and Support Team 4, or TEST4, contract. TEST4 Contract Scope of Work & Other Details According to the request for information notice posted on SAM.gov Wednesday, the agency’s Johnson Space Center aims to identif...
AV has appointed Johnathan Jones, a defense executive, as senior vice president of cyber and mission solutions, or CMS. The defense technology company rebranded from AeroVironment to AV following its acquisition of defense technology firm BlueHalo in May. AV said Thursday Jones will oversee the strategic direction and operations of CMS to strengthen...
