Heath Starr, former vice president of growth enablement at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), was elevated to the role of senior VP of product, innovation and strategic partnerships at the Reston, Virginia-based technology integrator, he announced via LinkedIn. Starr has been with SAIC for nearly a decade now, joining as senior d...
General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has secured a potential $200 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to integrate and test modified medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles. GA-ASI will install Special Operations Forces peculiar modifications into the MQ-9 and ...
Mireille Estephan, a technology development executive with two decades of industry experience, has been appointed chief technology officer at digital transformation firm Ardent. She will oversee the Tech, Research & Innovation Labs and help drive innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, geospatial engineering ...
TRAX International has won a potential five-year, $692.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide testing support services for the military branch. Army Contracting Command conducted an online solicitation and received three bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. The company will help the service bran...
Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) has secured a 10-year, $150 million blanket purchase agreement from the Department of Justice to help the Office of Records Management Policy store, manage and digitize government records across all DOJ components. The Records and Information Management Services BPA will support the development of ORMP’s records manag...
Chris Raymond, chief sustainability officer of Boeing (NYSE: BA) since October 2020, has been appointed president and CEO of the defense contractor’s global services business segment. He will assume his new role on Jan. 1 and succeed Stephanie Pope, who will transition to the chief operating officer post at Boeing, the company said Thursday. R...
NASA’s Johnson Space Center has started soliciting proposals for the fourth iteration of a contract to acquire services to perform analytical and physical processing activities in support of cargo requirements. The agency plans to conduct a full and open competition for Cargo Mission Contract 4, which will include engineering, maintenance and oper...
The Senate on Wednesday voted 87-13 to pass a defense policy bill that would authorize a total of $883.7 billion in fiscal year 2024 funding for national defense. The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act would authorize $841.4 billion for the Department of Defense, $32.4 billion for the Department of Energy’s national security programs a...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded $125.7 million in indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to four companies for interface test adapters and related equipment. ION, Tyonek Engineering and Agile Manufacturing, Westest Engineering and X Technologies will provide the service branch with a range of design and manufacturing services, including pe...
Christopher Kubasik, chair and CEO of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), said the company plans to discontinue its merger and acquisition activity for the “foreseeable future” to strengthen its balance sheet and return all excess capital to shareholders. At the company’s investor day on Tuesday, Kubasik stated that the Melbourne, Florida-b...
