Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory will continue to develop aerospace munitions and cyber and electronic warfare systems for the U.S. Air Force after the nonprofit research center received a $150 million contract modification. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a cumulative face value of $250 million an...
Ball Aerospace will build a second satellite for the U.S. Space Force‘s Weather System Follow-on – Microwave program under a five-year, $78.3 million contract modification. The company is expected to complete the development and fabrication of the additional WSF-M space vehicle by Nov. 15, 2027, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. USSF...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary has landed a potential $79.6 million contract to help the U.S. Navy carry out a dry-docking selected restricted availability on an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer ship. The firm-fixed-price award for USS Bainbridge services in fiscal year 2023 has a base value of $76.7 million and wi...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting market research to identify potential industry participants for a planned five-year, $249 million contract vehicle to carry out multiple construction projects within USACE’s Sacramento District area of responsibility. The Construction Multiple Award Task Order Contract will support the constructio...
Kevin Chlan, a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot, has joined Anduril Industries as director of business development for mission systems integration, he announced in a LinkedIn post. Before transitioning to his civilian career, Chlan was with the office of the chief of naval operations, where he served as director of Next Generation Air Dominance requi...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and Riverside Research have won contracts worth $79.2 million combined to provide research and development support for the U.S. Air Force. The contractors will research, build and demonstrate component prototypes to further develop open architecture approaches and standards for existing and future weapons systems of the Air Force...
Carl Jones, a U.S. Air Force veteran, has assumed the role of senior director of Space Force and USAF business development and sales at BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY). Jones moved to BlackSky after working for five years at Lentech, where he previously served as senior director/strategic advisor to Air Force multi-domain command and control, he...
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of the Department of Defense, met with members of the Defense Business Board and informed them about the initiatives to strengthen the defense industrial base’s resiliency, according to a DOD meeting readout released Thursday. During DBB’s first quarterly meeting for fiscal year 2023, the two-time Wash100...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), Noble Supply and Logistics and SupplyCore have received firm-fixed-price bridge contracts worth about $339 million combined from the Defense Logistics Agency to continue providing maintenance, repair and operations support at U.S. military facilities. The company will provide MRO supplies to the...
Tim Reardon, a 25-year GovCon industry leader and a four-time Wash100 awardee, has been appointed CEO and chairman of the board of Sayres Defense, a portfolio company of Charlotte, North Carolina-based private equity firm Broadtree Partners. He succeeds Joel Willett as chief executive of Sayres and will oversee sourcing, investment strategy and acqu...
