The U.S. Air Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) a potential $80.8 million contract to build and conduct experiments to test satellite communications systems designed to operate with space-based internet constellations operating in geostationary, medium and low-Earth orbits. Contract work will occur in Salt Lake City under the Defens...
Amentum has formed a four-member committee that will advise the company on developing emerging technologies and agile engineering tools in support of Army training, testing and information operations programs. The U.S. Army Senior Advisory Committee comprises retired service leaders who bring expertise in military operations, policies and decision-m...
Maximus (NYSE: MMS) has won a position on a potential seven-year, $2.6 billion blanket purchase agreement to provide services to help the Internal Revenue Service modernize its technology infrastructure. The company said Wednesday it will compete for task orders under the Enterprise Development, Operations Services BPA and help consolidate over 400 ...
The Department of Health and Human Services has outlined several focus areas of a $5 billion government initiative to fund public-private collaborations working to speed up the development of next-generation vaccines and other therapeutics. Project NextGen aims to streamline the process from drug development to government approval to prepare and pro...
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) saw higher revenue from domestic and international government operations in the first quarter of 2023 on the back of significant contract wins during the three-month period. The data analytics technology provider saw its overall January-March government sales jump 20 percent year over year to $289 million, ac...
The Space Development Agency began the initial solicitation process for a space vehicle variant under the second tranche of its planned transport layer for a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit. SDA plans to work with small businesses and choose at least one nonprofit research institution or a nontraditional defense contractor to build Al...
The U.S. Army has given industry a preview of a potential 10-year contract to provide development and deployment support and lifecycle services for aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors and integrated systems. A presolicitation notice published Friday states that the proposed Development, Integration, Acquisition, Bridging to ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) have secured other transaction prototype agreement modifications to extend the companies’ technology development services under the Missile Defense Agency’s Glide Phase Interceptor program. The additional funds would allow the contractors to fine-tune GPI concepts, as par...
GovCon industry executives Koren Odermann and Mary Shambora have joined the leadership team of Client Solution Architects as vice presidents to help CSA advance growth initiatives and expand the company’s presence in existing and new markets, GovCon Wire has learned. Odermann will serve as VP of business development for the Army and other agen...
James Merante, a certified public accountant with operations management experience at public and private companies, has been appointed senior vice president of finance, strategy and corporate development at Day and Zimmermann. D&Z said Friday the newly created role will require Merante to align corporate finance and strategy-related functional t...
