Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will manufacture and deliver a dozen units of the F-16 Block 70 aircraft to Jordan’s royal air force under a finalized agreement between the Middle Eastern country and the U.S. government. Jordan ordered the fighter jets in a move to strengthen defense capabilities and enhance combat readiness and interoperability w...
The Department of Defense’s innovation arm and acquisition office have updated DOD’s cleared list of small unmanned aircraft systems under the second iteration of the Blue sUAS project with the addition of drones from Skydio and Flightwave, bringing the number of vendors offering compliant drones to 10. The updated list now includes Skydio’s X...
Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud computing business looks to increase the number of its data center campuses in Virginia as part of a $35 billion investment that will run through 2040. According to a post on Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s website Friday, Amazon Web Services‘ planned footprint expansion is in support of its long-term growth in the...
NASA has developed an objective-based procurement strategy to advance its ongoing Moon to Mars initiative, according to Karla Jackson, senior procurement executive and deputy chief acquisition officer at the space agency. While traditional Department of Defense procurement is based on capabilities, the objective-based approach is built around concr...
John MacMillan, a 36-year public and private sector information technology veteran, has joined Maximus (NYSE: MMS) as vice president of future market development. He will guide the future strategy for the company’s U.S. services business and work with customers to prepare them for next-generation innovations in the sector, Maximus said Thursda...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential two-year, $84.9 million contract modification to provide four Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar systems for the U.S. Air Force. This award brings the contract’s ceiling value to $182.9 million and covers production management support, travel, data and other services, the Departmen...
JJR Solutions has promoted six executives as part of a company reorganization meant to advance strategic growth efforts. Dan Marion, former chief marketing officer at JJR, will transition to the role of chief strategy officer and continue to oversee market development initiatives while helping the company maintain competitive advantage and align its...
Tom Hammoor, most recently head of Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) aviation defense segment, has been named president and CEO of Textron Systems. He replaces Lisa Atherton, who will serve as chief operating officer of Textron’s Bell subsidiary, the parent company said Thursday. Hamoor brings to the role nearly four decades of defense industry and military...
DCS subsidiary Infoscitex has promoted Mike Gilkey from vice president and division manager of air and space operations, to executive VP and manager of the entire sector. The company said Thursday that Gilkey will be responsible for its human systems and modeling, simulation and analysis divisions, as well as the sensors and intelligence department....
An analysis of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023 hints at potential cloud-based information technology projects at the Department of Defense, according to Deltek advisory research analyst Alex Rossino. He wrote in an article published Wednesday one provision of the law requires DOD to test and evaluate the cybersecurity of ...
