A BAE Systems–Iveco Defence Vehicles team has beaten the team of Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and ST Kinetics for a potential $1.2 billion U.S. Marine Corps contract to build amphibious combat vehicles. BAE said Tuesday it will aim to deliver the first 30 ACVs under the contract, which has a $198 million initial val...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehdHoO6YfOQ Jon Piatt, vice president for strategy and business development at L3 Insight Technology’s L3 Warrior Sensor Systems business, discusses the company’s partnership with Air Tractor on the AT-802L Longsword aircraft, its US Army night-vision goggle contract and expansion plans within that market,...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 19, 2018 ” The U.S. Air Force has awarded Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory two indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth $57.1 million combined to support research and development of computer software platforms, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Johns Hopkins APL aims to develop a t...
Leonardo DRS‘ sustainment systems division has landed a potential two-year, $192.5 million contract to support the modernization of U.S. Army main battle tanks. The fixed-price-incentive contract covers the supply of active protection systems, countermeasures and calibration and maintenance kits for version 2 of the Abrams M1A2 ...
SRI International has received a potential six-year, $91.1 million contract to provide digital video laboratory support for U.S. Air Force test programs. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based nonprofit research institute will update the TerraSight mobile processing units through an $11,150 initial delivery order, the Defense Department said Friday....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTjsmtTYLVQ #USArmy scientists at Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center are experimenting with brain stimulation to enhance learning.The research is through a partnership with Tufts University. See http://www.army.mil/article/206197...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 15, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has selected Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) to supply the updated Distributed Aperture System sensor technology for future F-35 fighter aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. DAS, which utilizes infrared cameras that work to provide imagery to pilots for increased battlespace sit...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 15, 2018 ” Concurrent Technologies Corp. will support the U.S. Army‘s research and development efforts on materials and additive manufacturing techniques for tactical shelter systems, vehicle platforms and air assets under two subcontracts worth $1 million combined, ExecutiveBiz reported June 7. The company sa...
On Wednesday June 13th, the Potomac Officers Club held the 2018 Navy Forum: Agility, Adaptability and Resiliency, featuring keynote speaker James F. “Hondo” Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development & acquisition. Geurts discussed the Navy’s need to rethink information technology research and develo...
Gerry Fasano, an executive vice president and chief of business development and strategy at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has said the company will continue to provide information technology expertise to federal clients through its position on the General Services Administration‘s Alliant 2 contract. Leidos said Thursday it will vie for IT ta...
