SciTec secured a $259 million contract from the Space Systems Command on Apr. 24 to enhance the missile warning and tracking mission of the U.S. Space Force. FORGE EOS Contract Scope The SSC said Tuesday the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution, or FORGE, Enterprise Overhead Persistent Infrared, or OPIR, Solution contract is intended...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Peraton spots on a five-year, $244.2 million recompete contract to develop the U.S. Space Command’s Relay Ground Station, or RGS. The Department of Defense said Thursday the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific in San Diego launched a competitive procurement process and receiv...
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson has presented the 2025 Wash100 Award to Vincent DiFronzo, executive vice president for SAIC’s Air Force and combatant commands business group. DiFronzo, now a two-time Wash100 Award winner, is being recognized for his and SAIC’s contribution to strengthening national security and facilitating IT an...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) reported financial results for the second quarter of 2024, highlighting revenue and subscriber growth plus profit during the period. In the three months ending June 30, 2024, total revenue increased 3.9 percent year-over-year to $201 million, while net income reached $32.3 million compared to the $30.7 million n...
At the much-discussed current “strategic inflection point” the U.S. finds itself — considering geopolitical disturbances like the war in Ukraine and competition from the ‘pacing threat’ of China — achieving “cost-effective mass” is the most effective strategy for deterrence, argues Melissa Dalton, under secretary of the U.S. Air For...
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a potential five-year, $977.6 million contract modification from Space Systems Command to continue providing development, operational testing and interim contractor support for two future missile warning satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The Department of Defense said Friday the Phase 2....
The Department of the Air Force has begun seeking feedback on a draft performance work statement of a potential five-year contract to provide advisory and assistance services to the Space Systems Command Contracting Directorate’s front office and staff divisions. The A&AS contract has a one-year base period with four option years and cover...
Space Systems Command’s Space Test Program has begun soliciting proposals for a potential 10-year multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to acquire commercial spacecraft capable of carrying military payloads to space. STP has released the final request for proposals for the Space Test Experiments Platform 2.0 program t...
Executive Mosaic is thrilled to announce that SAIC CEO Toni Townes-Whitley has secured a 2024 Wash100 Award for taking the helm of the government contracting powerhouse and reorienting its strategy to drive continued success in the market. Don’t forget to cast your vote for Toni Townes-Whitley in the 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition! Visit...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will continue working on Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar Space Vehicles 1 and 2 under a $235 million contract modification from Space Systems Command. The Department of Defense said Thursday the award raises the contract’s total cumulative face value to $2.15 billion and covers work at the compan...
