RTX (NYSE: RTX), formerly Raytheon Technologies, has secured a potential $118 million contract from the U.S. Army to update a common sensor payload for MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems, Inside Defense reported Wednesday. Dennis Teefy, project director for the Army’s sensors aerial intelligence, said the updated CSP system features a ...
The Department of Defense announced a $20 billion increase to the potential value of a contract vehicle for technology research and development services to the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center. DOD on Wednesday listed the modification awardees under its IAC Multiple-Award Contract, saying the ceiling boost brings the program’s...
The Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking feedback on a draft solicitation for its potential five-year, $300 million Engineering for Virtualized Enterprise and Remote Access Technology program. AFRL expects the EVEREST contract will have a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity structure and comprise software, hardware and r...
Recognized by the U.S. Department of Defense as a top priority, artificial intelligence offers numerous benefits for the warfighter – but these potential advantages are not limited to the nation alone. While the DOD has accelerated its work to develop and deploy AI technologies, so have U.S. adversaries, making the race to perfect AI tools mo...
DroneShield, an Australian publicly listed company, has expanded its U.S. headquarters in Northern Virginia and added new members to its team in response to the increasing demand for its counter-unmanned aircraft systems across the U.S. The company said Tuesday its headquarters in Fauquier County, Virginia, will serve as a hub to facilitate collabor...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has assigned its Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary to lead a research and development initiative to update defensive systems and countermeasures of the KC-46A Pegasus aircraft. The project will focus on the conceptual design and production of composite components at Aurora’s Columbus, Mississippi, factory to support tanker pl...
Jim Rittinger, a nearly three-decade practicing attorney, has joined Empower AI as general counsel and corporate secretary. He will be responsible for all legal and corporate governance initiatives at the Reston, Virginia-based government information technology and professional services provider, Empower AI said Tuesday. “Jim’s leadership an...
Lou Von Thaer, CEO of nonprofit science and technology company Battelle, was presented with his eighth Wash100 Award by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic, in a recent meeting at Battelle’s Washington, D.C. facilities. Garrettson founded the Wash100 in 2014 as a way of celebrating the finest talent in government contracting across the publi...
Scott Brock, vice president of strategy and business development for state and local at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said chief information officers at state and local government agencies should consider the platform technology they intend to adopt as they advance information technology modernization. “Most have moved into the cloud, but modernizing wi...
On July 18, Executive Mosaic’s Potomac Officers Club will host a summit for GovCon executives and government leaders to discuss how the Department of the Air Force is applying modern technology to support the national security mission, especially in light of renewed near-peer competition. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, a 2023 Wash100 Awa...
