The U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance program has been a top priority for the service branch in recent years — NGAD is one of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s famed seven operational imperatives — but the effort has been somewhat shrouded in secrecy. As the Air Force formally moves forward with its selection process...
The U.S. Army has selected 29 small businesses to compete for information management communication service orders under a five-year, $900 million contract vehicle. Army Contracting Command received 31 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract through an online-based solicitation, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. IMCS providers will suppor...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured a $146.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to update the Coyote unmanned aircraft system with intelligence, surveillance and renaissance and precision strike technologies. The company will finalize the Coyote Block 3 configuration and conduct flight tests in support of developmental testing and operati...
Five small businesses have secured positions on a $947 million contract to provide life cycle acquisition management, strategic financial and business management support services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Credence Dynamo Solutions, Compass, Exacta Solutions, Innovate Now and Logic Gate will compete for eight individual task ord...
Rhonda Casper, a 24-year human resources professional within the aerospace and defense industry, has been appointed senior vice president of HR at Herndon, Virginia-based information technology and cybersecurity company NetCentrics. Her new responsibilities cover talent acquisition and management, and organizational growth and planning, NetCentrics ...
Jon Rucker’s penchant for being at the forefront of innovative technology development was sparked during his time as an undergraduate at Virginia Tech. He was drawn to aerospace engineering, which led him to a job post-college at Lockheed Martin, where he focused his efforts on the tactical part of the business, conducting highly complex engineeri...
By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet When an executive from a government contracting firm reaches out to me, seeking ideas about how they can distinguish themselves from the crowd to win more project business, oftentimes I’ll point them to the practice of earned value management and the systems that support it. EVM...
Blake Nelson, a two-decade federal information technology market veteran, has joined IT services provider T-Rex Solutions as vice president for national security growth. Nelson will oversee business development, capture and growth initiatives within T-Rex’s national security business with a focus on supporting the departments of Defense and Homela...
Due to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare space has been pummeled over the last few years to answer the manifold and ever-growing needs of citizens. Many of these needs have solutions that can only be resolved through agencies’ information technology systems. “For us, during COVID, it was really about, how quickly can...
Rocket Lab USA (Nasdaq: RKLB) is in the final stages of completing a purchase agreement for Virgin Orbit’s manufacturing site and production assets in Long Beach, California, after winning the bid through an auction. The $16.1 million deal includes Virgin Orbit’s 144,000-square-foot facility, machinery, equipment and other assets located...
