Tag Archives: Pentagon

Todd Probert, vice president for Raytheon’s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, said the U.S. military should focus first on data management and talent recruitment efforts before leveraging the predictive and analytic capabilities of artificial intelligence, C4ISRNET reported Friday.

David Norquist, comptroller at the Department of Defense and a 2019 Wash100 winner, has received Senate confirmation and been sworn in as the 34th deputy DoD secretary.

The Department of Defense is expected to award in August the potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) or Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), Bloomberg reported Thursday.

Richard Spencer, secretary of the Navy and a 2019 Wash100 winner, assumed Monday the role of acting secretary at the Department of Defense after the White House sent to the Senate the official nomination of Army Secretary Mark Esper for DoD’s top civilian post.

On Wednesday, it was reported that Vice Adm. Michael Gilday, director of the Joint Staff, was the frontrunner to assume the role due to his experience in cyber warfare. That report was confirmed on Thursday with President Trump approving Gilday’s nomination during a meeting with Navy officials at the White …

The U.S. Navy has selected National Technical Systems' business in Huntsville, Ala., to test and evaluate manned air vehicles for Naval Test Wing Atlantic/Pacific squadrons under a potential five-year, $81.2M contract.

DynCorp International has won a potential five-year, $308.6M contract to help the U.S. Air Force manage command and control programs within the Air Force Central Command's area of responsibility.

Yulista Support Services has landed a potential five-year, $226.9M contract to maintain command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance flight activity platforms for the U.S. Army.

Boeing's (NYSE: BA) Insitu subsidiary has landed a potential three-year, $390.4M contract to manufacture 80 RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aerial vehicles to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and three foreign military sales clients.

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has secured a $90M firm-fixed-price contract to deliver repair, operations and maintenance items to the U.S. Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine Corps.