The U.S. Marine Corps has given BAE Systems the green light to commence full-rate production of amphibious combat vehicles and issued a $184M contract modification to procure an initial 36 FRP ACVs for the service branch's ship-to-shore operations.
Read More »Boeing-Bell JV Gets $170M Contract Modification for Navy Tiltrotor Production, Configuration Requirements
A joint venture between Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary will manufacture and deliver one CMV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to the U.S. Navy as part of a $170.4M contract modification.
Read More »Michael Conlin Joins Definitive Logic as CTO, Ryan Elliott Named Chief Growth Officer
Definitive Logic has named Michael Conlin, former chief data officer at the Department of Defense and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, as chief technology officer and appointed Ryan Elliott, former vice president of defense at GovernmentCIO, as chief growth officer.
Read More »House OKs $740.5B Defense Policy Bill for FY 2021; Rep. Adam Smith Quoted
The House on Tuesday voted 335-78 to pass a bill that would authorize $740.5B in fiscal year 2021 funds for the Department of Defense, The Wall Street Journal reported. The FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, named after Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, includes hazard pay for warfighters and directs the administration to send a comprehensive assessment of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan before it can use funds. The NDAA prevents the White House from pulling out warfighters from Germany until 120 days after the DoD secretary reviews the moves.
Read More »Amentum to Help Navy Develop Missile Launch Test Platform; Jill Bruning Quoted
Amentum has received a three-year, $22 million task order to conduct research, development, test and evaluation of launch test support equipment for the strategic systems hardware division at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division. Jill Bruning, president of Amentum’s IS4 strategic business unit, said the company will work to help NSWC Crane personnel to address issues such as flight test capability, data recovery and analysis, missile system engineering, and launch vehicle maneuverability, arrest, and recovery.”
Read More »Biden to Nominate Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin for Defense Secretary Role
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, to serve as secretary of the Department of Defense, Politico reported Monday. Austin would be the first African American to lead DoD if confirmed by the Senate and sources said his selection for the top civilian post at the Pentagon could be announced as soon as Tuesday.
Read More »DoD’s Christopher Miller Appoints New Defense Business Board Members
Christopher Miller, acting secretary at the Department of Defense, has named 11 individuals to join the Defense Business Board and advise the DoD leadership on business management matters.
Read More »Air Force Issues Draft Solicitation for Potential $499M C4ISR Prototype Development Program
The U.S. Air Force has released a draft solicitation for a program to develop, test, demonstrate, integrate and deliver prototypes in the areas of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance using Agile procurement methods. A beta SAM notice posted Thursday says the Air Force Research Laboratory plans to award the Open Technology and Agility for Innovation program as an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity-type other transaction agreement for prototype projects with a ceiling value of approximately $499M, project ordering period of five years and project performance of up to two years.
Read More »DoD Invests $75M to Help Defense Industrial Base Recover From Pandemic Impact
The Department of Defense has issued eight contract actions worth $74.9M combined to help five companies preserve manufacturing and workforce capabilities that support U.S. military programs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Heidi Grant: FY 2020 Foreign Arms Sales Hit $50.78B
Heidi Grant, director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, said foreign military sales in fiscal year 2020 reached $50.78B, including $3.3B in arms sales funded through the Title 22 Foreign Military Financing Program, Defense News reported Friday.
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