In the U.S. Army’s pursuit of bold, enterprise-wide modernization, the service’s leaders are increasingly focusing on software acquisition reform and looking to industry for help. Department of Defense officials and federal representatives have been vocal in recent years about the Army’s acquisition process, which is widely seen as bureaucrati...
A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary has secured a two-year, $182 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide a ground-based air defense system to Ukraine as part of a military aid package. The Department of Defense obligated the full amount to procure National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems using fiscal 2022 Ukraine Security A...
Ten years ago, the U.S. Army was notorious for being a “deliberate late adopter” of technology. The Army carried a well-known reputation of risk aversion — an approach which often placed the service branch several years behind the power curve. Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo, who was sworn into the role in February, is changing that narrat...
Day & Zimmermann and General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) ordnance and tactical systems Canada business have secured spots on a potential five-year, $372.59 million contract from the U.S. Army for high-explosive rounds supply. The contractors will compete for task orders under the firm-fixed-price contract to conduct mortar cartridge-related work ...
Six small businesses have been selected to compete for task orders to provide construction services to the U.S. Army under a $100 million contract. The Army 419th Contracting Supporting Brigade received 20 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet and will determine work locations and funds with each order, the Department of Defense sa...
In the U.S. Army’s modernization journey, the cloud is playing an increasingly important role. Army CIO Raj Iyer, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said that in the future fight, data will be the Army’s ammunition, and the cloud will serve as the next warfighting platform. Although the Department of Defense’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability pr...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) land systems business will supply M1 Abrams tank sight units with containers to the U.S. Army under a maximum $99.9 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/definite-quantity contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. The Department of Defense said Monday General Dynamics Land Systems will conduct contract work i...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected five companies to compete for environmental remediation task orders under a firm-fixed-price contract worth up to $100 million over five years, according to a Department of Defense notice published Monday. Contractors will support customers serviced by USACE Alaska District. Solicitation documents releas...
A General Atomics business will provide the U.S. Army with engineering and technical services in support of its unmanned aircraft systems through July 27, 2027. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. was awarded a five-year, $456.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide the services needed to conduct UAS research and development efforts ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a five-year, $533.8 million contract to manufacture fuze devices for U.S. Army artillery. The branch’s contracting command received two bids for the M782 multi-option fuze procurement via an online solicitation and expects work under the firm-fixed-price contract to be complete by July 26, 2027, t...
