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...
BAE Systems has secured a two-year, $299 million order from the U.S. Army to manufacture additional self-propelled howitzers and carrier ammunition-tracked vehicles. The company said Wednesday it will produce and deliver 40 sets of M109A7 howitzers and M992A3 CAT platforms and spare parts to the service branch. Work will occur at BAE locations in Pe...
Electronic warfare is becoming a top priority for the U.S. Army, especially following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which put the latest EW tactics in the global spotlight. Defined by the Department of Defense as “military activities that use electromagnetic energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum and attack an enemy,” electronic warfa...
A subsidiary of engineering and construction firm Kiewit has won a three-year, $309.7 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to extend a military airport runway in Elmendorf, Alaska. The agency obligated $69.1 million at the time of award using military construction, defense-wide funds for fiscal 2022, the Department of Defense said ...
A Textron (NYSE: TXT) business segment will manufacture anti-tank munition systems and spare parts for the U.S. Army under a five-year, $354 million contract. Textron Systems will deliver XM204 top attack trainers and XM98 wide area target munitions to the service branch, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Army Contracting Command received one...
BAE Systems’ ordnance unit will continue to run a government-owned ammunition manufacturing complex in Virginia under a $1.29 billion contract modification from the U.S. Army. The award covers operational services to the Radford Army Ammunition Plant and the production of propellant components for military use, the Department of Defense said Frida...
