Trace Systems has won a potential five-year, $600 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to procure, integrate, install, operate and maintain communications systems for U.S. Air Forces Central Command. The Vienna, Virginia-based company will perform work throughout USAFCENT’s area of operations within Southwest Asia, the ...
Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary, has received a $736.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide military service branches and non-Department of Defense organizations with spare parts for the F-35 aircraft propulsion system. The contractor will also deliver F-135 engine modules, support equipment...
The White House and the Defense Department have signaled to prioritize initiatives that will tackle climate change through innovation in clean energy and data analytics technology. It took $3.6 billion of taxpayer’s money to replace the Marine Corps buildings in North Carolina that Hurricane Florence damaged in 2018. Not long after came Hurric...
The aviation unit of General Electric (NYSE: GE) has secured a potential five-year, $1.65 billion contract to repair, update or replace engine components for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 aircraft fleet. GE Aviation will support 17 F414 turbofan engine parts under the performance-based logistics contract from Naval Supply Systems Command, the Departm...
Eight companies have secured positions on a $2 billion contract vehicle to support the U.S. Air Force’s infrastructure design and construction missions stateside. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center determined the awardees for Pool 3 of the Architect-Engineer Next program through a competitive acquisition process reserved for small businesses,...
A panel of subject matter experts for an upcoming Potomac Officers Club event will explore the role of data analytics in federal initiatives to manage climate-related challenges in the national security mission. Sharon Burke, former assistant secretary for operational energy at the Department of Defense and current president of Ecospherics, will lea...
Kate Mercer, a vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton, will lead an expert panel to highlight the role of U.S. military branches and companies in efforts to make the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control vision a reality. Mercer oversees Booz Allen’s next-generation data services practice for worldwide defense and a...
Joseph Bryan, senior adviser for climate at the Department of Defense, and Ecological Futures Group founder Rod Schoonover will participate in Sept. 14 event hosted by the Potomac Officers Club to discuss climate change issues affecting national security initiatives. Bryan is a former senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center an...
Preston Dunlap, chief architect for the Air Force and Space Force, recently spoke with GovConWire for an exclusive Q&A session regarding the first phase of delivery for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), the speed and timing challenges of technology development, the future of network modernization and a lot more. Dunlap will also be f...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and Ball Aerospace has won positions on a $200 million multiple-award contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop technologies to avoid a cyber attack on military avionics systems. The two companies will conduct research and development efforts with the goal of identifying and mitigating cyber vulnerabi...
