Steve Bowsher, president of In-Q-Tel, will assume the role of CEO and join the board of trustees of the U.S. intelligence community’s venture capital arm, effective Sept. 8. He will succeed Chris Darby, who will step down after nearly 17 years of serving as IQT CEO, the nonprofit company said Friday. Darby will continue to...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured an $80.3 million sole-source contract to develop and demonstrate a communication system using military platforms and commercial space internet services. The company will help the service branch test system using common user terminal equipment under the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet p...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will maintain kinetic-force weapon systems for the Missile Defense Agency under a potential five-year, $621.4 million contract. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract comprises personnel, facilities and equipment support for the maintenance of exoatmospheric kill vehicles, the Department of Defense sai...
The Space Development Agency is asking industry for information on space payloads for the second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s transport layer. SDA expects the Transport Layer Tranche 2 Demonstration and Experimentation System to be composed of about 20 spacecraft configured into several variants and designed to t...
A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) business has received a $240 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a variant of the company’s cruise missile system offering. The missiles and fire control segment at Lockheed will conduct development, test and integration efforts related to JASSM AGM-158D, the Department of Defense said Thursda...
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has launched a full and open competition for a potential five-year, $99 million contract covering operations, training, communications and deployment support services to the CBP Office of Trade. CBP said Thursday in a solicitation notice the contracting process for this requirement will run in two phases and of...
The cyber domain has become more influential than ever before, bringing about new capabilities and new threats. To keep up with constant developments in the cyber realm, the public sector has ramped up its investments in cyber to protect civilians, empower military forces and gain an advantage in the complex domain. Federal efforts to embrace...
Thirty-seven vendors have won spots on a potential 10-year, $32.5 billion multiple-award contract for the design, development, production and sustainment of training systems. The Training Systems Acquisition IV indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers analysis, installation, integration and testing support for aircrew, maintenance and...
The U.S. Army has selected a dozen companies for a 10-year, $450 million contract vehicle to support its modernization and combat overmatch capability development efforts. Army Contracting Command received 27 bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation and will determine funds and work locations on a per-or...
Jo Ann Bjornson, a human resources executive, has joined V2X (NYSE: VVX) as senior vice president and chief HR officer. V2X said Tuesday she will directly report to President and CEO Chuck Prow as part of the executive team and will oversee recruitment, talent management, compensation, benefits, leadership development and other initiatives related t...
