James Myers, a retired U.S. Army colonel, has joined Applied Research Associates as vice president of program innovation and growth. In this capacity, he will seek defense-related opportunities and programs to enable ARA to deliver novel platforms for national security applications, the company said Tuesday. Myers “is the right person at the right...
Six companies will compete for task orders to provide architectural and engineering services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under a potential five-year, $240 million contract. USACE received 30 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet and expects the contractors to complete work by June 21, 2027, the Department of Defense said Tu...
Army CIO Raj Iyer, a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, opened Wednesday’s Second Annual Army IT and Digital Transformation Forum, with an engaging and informative keynote address covering the challenges in talent recruitment and the immediate need for digital transformation efforts to drive the Army toward its 2030 modernization and strategic objec...
A BAE Systems business in Rockville, Maryland, has won a $699 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to manage, operate and maintain computational systems for the Department of Defense’s scientific and engineering communities. The company’s technology solutions and services unit will provide program-wide support to Defens...
Griffon Aerospace, a Madison, Alabama-based small business, will deliver unmanned aircraft system targets to the U.S. Army under a four-year, $401.8 million firm-fixed-price contract. The aerospace product manufacturer was also tasked to provide the service branch with aerial target support equipment and services, training and mission payload system...
Engineering Research and Consulting will provide the U.S. Army with services in support of its Redstone Test Center under a $90.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. ERC was tasked to perform work at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama-based center through April 19, 2023, the Department of Defense said Monday. RTC serves as an Army Test and Evaluation C...
New Hampshire-based weapons maker Sig Sauer has won a five-year, $157.3 million contract to produce Norma Magnum rifle cartridges for the U.S. Army. The service branch ordered .300 M1163 ball ammunition and .338 M1162 armor piercing rounds, the Department of Defense said Thursday. Army Contracting Command received three bids for the firm-fixed-price...
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...
Four companies have been selected to compete for task orders to build and support power systems for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under a five-year, $249 million contract. USACE received 11 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract through an online solicitation and the agency expects work performance to be complete by June 5, 2027, the...
As the U.S. Army places heavy emphasis on modernization, service leaders are looking to harness more industry innovations that can help the branch create robust information and data sharing capabilities at a quicker speed. Matt Benigni, chief data officer for the Army Futures Command, said during a recent Dcode webinar that he views digital transfor...
