The House Armed Services Committee voted down an amendment that would have halted the creation of a U.S. Space Corps and instead moved forward with the provision as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which passed late Wednesday night. The provision creates a separate military branch for space operations. The U.S. Air Force...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $179 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to provide hardware and support for large aircraft infrared countermeasures systems, or LAIRCM. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will perform work under the modification in Rolling Meadows, Illinois through April 30, 2...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 29, 2017 ” Robert Catalanotti, a retired U.S. Army major general who joined SOS International in September 2015 as managing director of Middle East initiatives, has been named senior adviser to the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, ExecutiveGov reported Wednesday. The Defense De...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential three-year, $257.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to supply alternate mission tools, pilot flight equipment and red gear to support the low rate initial production of lot 10 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. The firm-fixed-price modification covers purchase...
A joint venture of PAE and Parsons has secured a potential $84.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to carry out a range of base operations support services at Joint Region Marianas in Guam. DZSP 21 will provide management, administration, port operations, ordnance, material management, facility management, facility investment, electrical, ste...
Engility (NYSE: EGL) has received a potential five-year, $119 million contract to support a national-level logistics enterprise resource planning system used at various U.S. Army and Defense Department facilities. The company said Wednesday it will provide subject matter expertise, administrative support, program and product managemen...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Infoscitex a four-year, $70 million contract modification to support the military branch’s aerospace technology and simulation-based research and development efforts. Infoscitex will provide R&D services in areas such as flight control laws, cooperative control autonomy, vehicle integrity management...
Defense contractors will soon be held to the same cybersecurity standards that the Defense Department has implemented in recent years, according to a top IT official at the Pentagon. œThe cyberthreat is not going away; we have to defend our networks and systems, and you™re part of that defense, acting DOD CIO John Zangardi said...
Boecore has won a potential five-year, $93 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to sustain, operate and maintain a shared early warning system designed to alert the U.S., NATO and foreign partner nations of ballistic missile launches. Seven offers were submitted to the Air Force for the SEWS support indefinite-delivery/indefinite-...
Engineering Research and Consulting has won a potential five-year, $498.4 million contract to provide engineering and support services at the U.S. Army post in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Three bids were submitted to the Army Contracting Command for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract via the internet and work is scheduled to be completed June 20, ...
