The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Pratt and Whitney a $4.38 billion contract modification to manufacture engines for the U.S. military’s 15th and 16th F-35 production lots. The Raytheon Technologies-owned (NYSE: RTX) engine builder will provide a total of 152 F135-PW-100 turbofans to the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, the Depar...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is soliciting proposals for a potential five-year, $650 million contract vehicle intended to augment technology design, development and testing efforts within the Veterans Health Administration. A solicitation notice posted on SAM.gov states that the Accelerating VA Innovation and Learning program calls for subject...
Engineering Research and Consulting will provide the U.S. Army with services in support of its Redstone Test Center under a $90.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. ERC was tasked to perform work at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama-based center through April 19, 2023, the Department of Defense said Monday. RTC serves as an Army Test and Evaluation C...
As U.S. adversaries accelerate their use and development of artificial intelligence and data, the intelligence community is driving advancements in these areas to avoid being outpaced and to ensure the country’s technological advantage on the global stage. But is enough being done, and at a fast enough rate? Marie Falkowski, director of artificial...
A joint venture between Strategic Alliance Business Group and BCF Solutions has won a five-year, $203.9 million contract to support the life cycle management of Missile Defense Agency facilities. The award to Strategic Alliance Solutions JV covers facility maintenance and repair oversight, real property alteration, building operations planning, spac...
Joshua Isner, chief revenue officer at Axon (Nasdaq: AXON) for more than four years, has transitioned to the company’s newly created position of chief operating officer. In his new role, Isner will support the office of Axon CEO and founder Rick Smith and will manage overall operational functions including policy execution and employee managem...
Peraton’s Perspecta Enterprise Services subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $562.9 million task order to provide digital and multimedia forensics, cyber analytics, technical platforms development and vulnerability sharing support for the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center. The General Services Administration’s Federal Systems In...
Consulting services company ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has agreed to acquire SemanticBits for approximately $220 million to expand its health information technology and digital modernization capabilities in support of federal health agencies. Fairfax, Virginia-based ICF said Wednesday it expects the acquisition to close in mid-July, subject to regulatory ap...
Marcus Fowler, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and a former senior official at the CIA, has been appointed CEO of Darktrace’s newly established division that offers artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity tools to U.S. military, intelligence and civilian agencies. His appointment comes three months after Darktrace Federal launched to help federal ...
The U.S. Air Force is increasingly focused on surmounting big data issues as the service pursues enterprise modernization and data-driven decision making capabilities. Problems like lack of ownership over telemetry data, an inability to easily develop software using data and widespread compartmentalization are inhibiting the Air Force from being abl...
