The Army Futures Command has issued a draft request for proposals for a potential five-year, $65 million contract that will involve the experimentation of concepts and technologies for the Cyber Battle Lab at Fort Gordon in Georgia. A presolicitation notice posted Friday on SAM.gov says the command is seeking a contractor to assess proposed new...
Firefly Aerospace has formed a business unit that will focus on producing rocket engines and other space vehicle components. The Cedar Park, Texas-based company said Friday its new business will look to expand offerings to include parts from development partners in a push to help space industry customers acquire products a single source. “Our goal...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has signed a plan designed to guide the military’s implementation activities aimed at ensuring U.S. electromagnetic spectrum advantage and providing warfighters with “freedom of action” in the EMS. The Department of Defense said Thursday its operations in air, land, maritime, space and cyberspace doma...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has teamed up with AE Industrial Partners to create AEI HorizonX, an independent venture capital group that will combine the aerospace, technology and private equity expertise of both companies to promote start-up innovation. Boeing said Thursday AEI HorizonX will further support sustainability and will focus on investments in conn...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a new initiative to drive the development and execution of cyber defense operations plans in partnership with the private sector, federal interagency and state, local, tribal, territorial government stakeholders. The Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative is aimed at reducing cyber inciden...
Daniel Ragsdale, former principal director for cyber in the Department of Defense’s research and engineering office, has been appointed vice president and architect at Arlington, Virginia-based Two Six Technologies. The retired U.S. Army colonel brings his three decades of military experience and his knowledge of cybersecurity to the technolog...
Biniam Gebre, senior managing director at Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and head of management consulting for its federal business arm, will be nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as administrator for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy within the Office of Management and Budget. The White House said Wednesday Gebre has more than two decades...
Saab will develop and produce system replacements for a ship-based continuous wave target illuminator under a potential $104.8 million firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed fee and cost-only contract from the U.S. Navy. The contract for the MK 9 Tracker Illuminator System replacements has a $32.2 million base amount and a two-year initial performance pe...
IntelliBridge, a McLean, Virginia-based portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital, has purchased U.Group to expand its technology portfolio and client base across federal civilian, defense and homeland security agencies. U.Group is a digital transformation company founded in 2010 and provides Agile development, consulting support, data science, Dev...
U.S. Space Command leaders have emphasized the importance of intelligence data, commercial technology and workforce diversity in its mission to help other combatant commands protect the country’s space assets from adversarial threats. Sean Kirkpatrick, deputy director of intelligence at SPACECOM, said the U.S. must leverage space technology be...
