SkyWater Technology (Nasdaq: SKYT) has secured $99 million in additional funds from the Department of Defense to productize and qualify a process for manufacturing 90-nanometer electronics designed to withstand harsh radiation environments. The award follows a $170 million DOD investment announced three years ago to add a radiation-hardened semicond...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $158 million contract for the second early operational capability production of the U.S. Army’s new surface-to-surface missile system. The new order came after the service branch completed its manufacturing readiness assessment of the Precision Strike Missiles program, Lockheed said Tuesday. The Army o...
Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering OUSD(R&E) at the Department of Defense (DoD), recently accepted her 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest annual honor bestowed to the highest members of the government contracting (GovCon) community, during a visit by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Executive Mosaic is thrilled to recog...
Engineering consulting company ERC has secured a potential five-year, $145 million contract that covers laboratory support services and operations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Under the LASSO II award, ERC will operate and maintain developmental shops, laboratories and test facilities that support the KSC Center Engineering, Safety and Oper...
Irvine, California-based semiconductor manufacturer Mobix Labs has agreed to acquire EMI Solutions, a supplier of electromagnetic interference filtering products for defense and aerospace applications. EMI Solutions manufactures inserts, connectors and modules that are compliant with manufacturing and testing standards for military equipment, Mobix ...
In recent years, the U.S. intelligence landscape has seen a clear shift away from counterterrorism and a pivot toward “hard target” adversaries like China, North Korea, Russia and Iran. Within the intelligence community, this shift has spurred a reevaluation of intelligence tradecraft, a more concentrated focus on technology and an increased rel...
Todd Borkey, most recently chief technology officer at HII’s (NYSE: HII) Mission Technologies division, has assumed the role of executive vice president and CTO of the Newport News, Virginia-based defense and technology services contractor. He will report directly to HII President and CEO Christopher Kastner and oversee research and development an...
The defense subsidiary of Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) has won a $263.2 million contract to manufacture Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter System trailers and provide logistics support services to the U.S. Army. Dutch special transport builder Broshuis B.V. will serve as the main subcontractor in efforts to deliver as many as 466 trailers to the service br...
The Department of Energy is investing up to $50 million in a new program to help private sector organizations develop fusion power systems. DOE said Thursday the funding initiative provides U.S. businesses an opportunity to partner with national laboratories and universities to demonstrate the commercial viability of fusion pilot plant concepts. The...
Jay Moorman, chief technology officer of Chesapeake Technology International, has been named CEO at the Maryland-based defense software and system development services provider. He will work closely with CTI founder Dustan Hellwig and its board of directors to drive organic growth and pursue expansion opportunities across adjacent markets that suppo...
