RTX (NYSE: RTX) has secured a $625 million contract to produce and deliver Force Element Terminals, one of the two types belonging to the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals program of the U.S. Air Force. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity award covers equipment procurement, depot activation, research and contractor support fo...
The U.S. Air Force is soliciting industry feedback on a draft acquisition strategy for the second iteration of a potential five-year contract for strategic transformation support services that could be worth $3 billion to $5 billion. The service branch intends to hold a full-and-open competition for the Department of the Air Force Strategic Transfor...
The U.S. Department of Defense’s high-level technology incubation arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, was formed in early 1958 in response to the Soviet Union’s launch of the first artificial Earth satellite: Sputnik 1. Now, DARPA officials are seeing the viability of the Soviet Union’s space program nearly seven decades ago re...
Central Ohio is eyed to accommodate an estimated $7.8 billion project by Amazon‘s (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud computing business to broaden its data center operations in the state. The new campuses will expand Amazon Web Services‘ cloud computing capability by hosting additional servers, data storage drives, networking equipment and other relat...
Michael Parker, vice president of business development at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said government leaders looking to address the talent gap and meet missions should invest in technologies. “With the right investment in technology and talent, leaders can manage through the current challenges and achieve a posture where positive change is a constant...
The Department of the Navy has recognized the need for modernization and is working tirelessly to ensure that its forces are properly equipped for today’s constantly evolving battlespace. Informed by both Department of Defense-wide and internal strategies, the DON is taking major steps toward a future-ready fleet. For Rear Adm. Fred...
Anduril Industries has acquired Adranos in a transaction that makes the Costa Mesa, California-based defense technology company a solid rocket motor supplier to principal contractors providing missiles, hypersonics and other propulsion technologies for some of the major programs of the Department of Defense. Established in 2015, Mississippi-based Ad...
SecuriGence will continue to provide multi-network support services to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s information technology directorate under a $93.8 million task order modification. This award brings the cumulative face value of the MNSS task order from $177.5 million to $271.2 million and extends the company’s work pe...
Forty-six companies have won spots on a follow-on $1 billion U.S. Air Force contract vehicle to develop testing and evaluation platforms for weapons systems. Contractors will compete for delivery orders to provide highly specialized technologies that could support the branch’s developmental and operational test requirements under the Test &...
Jack Sears, a more than 25-year GovCon industry veteran, has been named chief growth officer of Precise Systems, a technical and professional services provider to the Department of Defense. He will be responsible for the company’s capture, proposal and business development activities and help drive strategic growth efforts as a member of the execu...
