The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Pratt and Whitney a $4.38 billion contract modification to manufacture engines for the U.S. military’s 15th and 16th F-35 production lots. The Raytheon Technologies-owned (NYSE: RTX) engine builder will provide a total of 152 F135-PW-100 turbofans to the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, the Depar...
Alan Chvotkin, a partner at government contracts law firm Nichols Liu, published his latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. In his latest featured article, GovCon Expert Alan Chvotkin explores the conflicts of interest that continue to be involved in the federal acquisition regulation process as well as...
Rick Lober, vice president and general manager of defense and intelligence systems division at Hughes Network Systems, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He shared how the company has been able to drive digital transformation efforts to stay ahead of innovation in the federal landscape. Lober also discussed the...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary will supply tritonal bomb components to the U.S. Army under a $133.2 million contract. The service branch is procuring MK-80 series general purpose bombs from General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. GD-OTS manufactures bomb bodies in sizes of 500, 1000 and 200...
The U.S. Air Force is increasingly focused on surmounting big data issues as the service pursues enterprise modernization and data-driven decision making capabilities. Problems like lack of ownership over telemetry data, an inability to easily develop software using data and widespread compartmentalization are inhibiting the Air Force from being abl...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has won a potential $99 million contract to support infrastructure and cybersecurity operations of two U.S. Navy organizations responsible for the service branch’s information warfare force generation and oceanography program. The company will perform tasks for Naval Information Forces Command and Naval Meteorol...
Today, government agencies are dealing with more data than ever before. In the Department of Defense, for instance, the proliferation of sensors across numerous mission operations and domains has drastically increased data intake for military branches. Within the Intelligence Community, recent geopolitical events have highlighted the urgent ne...
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Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, was officially presented with his 2022 Wash100 Award. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson officially presented the most prestigious award in all of government c...
The Defense Health Agency has issued $1.4 billion in contract modification to 33 small businesses to extend ordering period of the Medical Q-Coded Services program for another year. The action on the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract raised the total cumulative face value of the MQS strategic sourcing program to $8.9 billion, the Depa...
