The U.S. Air Force has awarded 27 companies spots on a potential $950 million contract to develop and operate systems across land, air, sea, space, electromagnetic spectrum and cyber domains in support of the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control battlefield strategy. Contractors will compete for orders under the indefinite-...
Lt. Gen. Maria Barrett, commanding general of U.S. Army Cyber Command, is scheduled to headline a July 12 virtual forum to discuss how the service branch is working to advance its capabilities in the strategic digital environment. Barrett became the fifth top uniformed officer over ARCYBER in May and leads the Army organization responsible for...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a contract from the U.S. Army to develop a prototype of a tactical ground station designed to facilitate long-range precision targeting by detecting and tracking threats. The Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node will collect data from terrestrial, space and aerial sensors and deliver targetable d...
Edward Anderson, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, has joined Sigma Defense Systems as vice president of maritime strategy. He will report to Sigma Defense CEO Matt Jones and oversee the company’s development efforts and strategy with a focus on connected networks and maritime matters, the company said Monday. Jones said Anderson brings to the...
David Appel, most recently vice president of command and control digital solutions at Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space business, has joined Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud computing arm as VP of national security, GovCon Wire has learned. He announced his move to Amazon Web Services in a LinkedIn post published Sunday. In ...
Mick Fox, chief operating officer of Technomile, has provided his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. In his latest piece, GovCon Expert Mick Fox provided an in-depth look into the foundational stage of maturity and the critical ways that contracting organizations are building their success with CL...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) stands at the helm of America’s science and technology efforts related to air and space. Launched in October 1958, the federal agency oversees the country’s space explorations and aeronautics research endeavors. To maintain America’s edge in space and aeronautics technologies, NASA teams...
Engineering Research and Consulting will provide the U.S. Army with services in support of its Redstone Test Center under a $90.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. ERC was tasked to perform work at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama-based center through April 19, 2023, the Department of Defense said Monday. RTC serves as an Army Test and Evaluation C...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has elevated Jeffrey Schrader from his post as vice president at its intelligence and space business to president of SEAKR Engineering and Blue Canyon Technologies. Schrader, who made the announcement via LinkedIn post, brings to his new leadership role at the Raytheon subsidiaries years-long experience in defense a...
Barry Duplantis, vice president and genera manager of North America Public Sector business at Mattermost, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding Mattermost’s key markets of interest and how the company’s offerings are relevant to the public sector. In addition, Duplantis discussed the federal government’s communication tools consideration...
