Sarcos Technology and Robotics (Nasdaq: STRC) has completed its $100 million acquisition of Pittsburgh-based autonomous robot builder RE2. Sarcos said Monday it expects to add work through RE2’s government contracts and developmental partnership with Oshkosh’s (NYSE: OSK) JLG Industries subsidiary. The transaction, which was first announ...
Michael Polmar, a business development executive with over three decades of experience, has joined B&A as chief growth officer responsible for leading the information technology systems integrator’s strategic growth initiatives. B&A said Tuesday Polmar previously worked at the former Vencore company, ManTech International (Nasdaq:...
Craig Martell, former head of machine learning at Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT), has been named chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of Defense. He will oversee efforts to advance the adoption of data, AI, analytics and digital platforms to provide warfighters decision advantage on the battlefield, DOD said Monday. “With Craig...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) have submitted a joint proposal to the Space Development Agency to compete for a contract to manage and operate a $1.8 billion constellation of Transport Layer Tranche 1 satellites in low-Earth orbit, SpaceNews reported Saturday. In January, SDA issued a solicitation for the “gr...
A Leonardo DRS business arm has won a potential five-year, $72.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the first low-rate initial production of a shipboard energy magazine and related support services. DRS Naval Power Systems will design, fabricate, test and manufacture the power conversion technology as well as conduct risk reduction efforts for ...
The Department of Defense has created two deputy assistant secretaries as part of the reorganization of its industrial policy office to improve oversight of the defense industrial base amid supply chain challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Defense One reported Thursday. Jessica Maxwell, a spokesperson for DOD, said one of the new deputies will f...
Raytheon Wins $1.7B Navy Ship Engineering Contract; Henry Choi Named HII Mission Technologies Division VP for Business Development; 27 Inaugural Members to Serve on National AI Advisory Committee; Q&A With CACI EVP Steve Tolbert. Click to Unmute...
Jean-Francois (Boodi) Blanc, partner and chief strategy officer for SDV International, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding his motivations for joining the company back in March as well as his strategic goals for the rest of 2022 and beyond. In addition, Blanc also discussed the core values of SDV International’s company culture and a brea...
The U.S. Air Force is seeking a contractor to support research and development of space domain awareness technologies through a potential $176 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. A solicitation notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov says the Advanced Space Technology Research and Optimization program will support the mission at the ...
Space satellites serve as the foundation for a myriad of civilian, military, economic and commercial operations within the U.S.; everything from cell phone service to GPS systems to weather forecasting operates based on data and insights gathered from satellites on orbit. However, this dependence is being jeopardized by the increasing democrat...
