The current space architecture and methodologies for developing and fielding new space technologies came about before space was a contested arena. Or, perhaps in the time between when space was first a contested environment — the Space Race of the 1950s through the 1970s — and the present day. In the modern climate, nations such...
Nine companies have won spots on a five-year, $99 million contract to provide engineering and architectural services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The firm-fixed-price contract is expected for completion by Jan. 16, 2028, and will be performed and funded on a per-task order basis, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. USACE selected the...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected a Boeing (NYSE: BA) subsidiary to develop flight systems for an X-plane demonstrator aircraft designed to operate without the use of external mechanical controls. Manassas, Virginia-based Aurora Flight Sciences will aim to complete detailed design, development and critical design review proc...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has won a potential 20-month, $168.5 million contract to maintain, modernize and repair a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock for the U.S. Navy. General Dynamics NASSCO will conduct selected restricted availability efforts for the USS Arlington in fiscal year 2023 under the firm-fixed-price contr...
Donald Ross, former senior vice president of business development at DMI, has been appointed to Ideal Innovations Inc.‘s newly created position of chief strategic growth officer. He will be responsible for helping grow I3’s federal market presence and programs, the biometric and forensic services provider said Tuesday. Before he joined I...
Australia expects to receive its first UH-60M Black Hawk aircraft made by Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary within the year as part of an approximately $1.95 billion foreign military sale agreement with the U.S. The Australian defense ministry said Wednesday its army will be provided with 40 multimission military helicopters, which...
Heeun Gardner, former vice president of finance at GovCIO, has been named chief financial officer at PM Consulting Group. She brings to PMCG more than 25 years of federal contracting industry experience in business functions such as financial management, operational planning and mergers and acquisitions, PMCG said Tuesday. Gardner previously s...
The Space Systems Command has issued a request for proposals for a potential five-year, $950 million contract to procure data software services for the U.S. Space Force’s data management requirements. A solicitation notice posted Tuesday says the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for a selected vendor to de...
Lisa Porter, former deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, has joined the board of directors of Fortress Information Security. She brings to the board over two decades of leadership experience in the defense industry, Fortress said Tuesday. “With Dr. Porter aboard, Fortress will expand its next-generation supply chain s...
Mark Lee, former executive vice president of public sector business at ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI), will step into the chief technology executive role at the Reston, Virginia-based consulting and technology services provider. He will oversee a group focused on expanding the company’s technology capabilities and federal digital modernization business and le...
