The Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2023 budget request includes the largest ever increase in spending for research and development. The $130.1 billion investment request is more than 9.5 percent over the fiscal year 2022 enacted level, and it represents a major milestone in the DOD’s modernization and innovation efforts. To find out more ab...
Amazon Web Services will provide the Department of the Navy access to a cloud computing environment under a blanket purchase agreement worth potentially $723.9 million over five years. DON personnel will also receive training, certification and professional services from the cloud provider through the Enterprise Software License BPA, the Department ...
Proposed legislation regarding the sharing of radio frequency spectrum space between government and industry could negatively impact U.S. national security, Navy Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler said in his keynote address Wednesday at GovCon Wire’s Military Services Intelligence: Plans and Priorities Forum. Trussler, who concurrently serves as deputy...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, Matt Tarascio, senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, talked about the company’s efforts to expand its position in the federal marketplace, drive innovation and ensure long term success for its workforce. The Q&A also tackled the establishment of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligenc...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has agreed to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) for approximately $4.7 billion in cash, or $58 per share, in a transaction that will allow the aerospace and defense contractor to further advance innovation and continue to deliver missile defense systems, hypersonics and other capabilities to the Department of ...
The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Raytheon Technologies-owned (NYSE: RTX) engine builder Pratt and Whitney a $619 million contract modification to procure lot 17 F-35 propulsion components and produce additional systems for the 15th and 16th batches of the fighter aircraft. Pratt & Whitney will use a portion of the funds t...
An Amentum subsidiary has won a five-year, $44.6 million task order to support the U.S. Agency for International Development’s human assistance bureau in implementing regional disaster management and risk reduction programs. The order, awarded under the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contra...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Jacobs (NYSE: J) a prime spot on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to perform architecture and engineering services at three military bases in Japan. The company said Tuesday it will support the Yokota and Misawa air bases and Camp Zama for the project, which is under a potential $99 million multi-awa...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) a five-year, $349.5 million contract to engineer the branch’s afloat and ashore tactical networks. SAIC will carry out in-service engineering work to help the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific sustain the operational effectiveness and peak capacity of TACNET...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, David Messina, executive vice president of national security division at Modern Technology Solutions Inc., talked about the company’s almost three decades of organic growth and its initiatives to sustain it and drive values for customers. The Q&A also tackled MTSI’s industry partnerships, th...
