George Kovatch, former deputy comptroller at the Department of Defense and a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, has been appointed to Aeyon‘s board of advisers. He will serve as DOD chair on the board and provide guidance for strategic initiatives, the management consulting and data analytics services company said Wednesday. Patrick Collins, chief grow...
The Office of Strategic Capital was stood up in December of last year, marking a decisive move by the Department of Defense to direct financial support to the technology industry. OSC is particularly interested in funding projects and organizations related to “advanced materials, next-generation biotechnology and quantum computing,” per rep...
HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division and General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) Bath Iron Works subsidiary have received multiyear procurement contracts from the U.S. Navy to build nine DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers in Flight III configuration. Naval Sea Systems Command said Tuesday the fixed-price-incentive firm target a...
Sixty-six vendors have secured positions on a potential 10-year, $900 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force develop approaches needed to build multidomain systems in support of the service’s warfighting missions. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio received 70 offers for the indefinite-de...
Ten companies have won spots on a potential eight-year, $400 million U.S. Navy contract to carry out military construction projects for Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Northwest. NAVFAC received 22 proposals for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which includes a five-year option period, the Department...
At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2023 Air Force Summit on July 18, retired Maj. Gen. Lee Levy said that too often, commentators reduce the conundrum of carrying out warfighting logistics in a contested environment to simply getting goods and services to the battlefield on time. While this is an important piece of the contested logistics puzzle,...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) posted $9.6 billion in sales for the second quarter of 2023, up 9 percent from the prior-year period’s figure of $8.8 billion, and ended the quarter with a total backlog of $78.8 billion. The Falls Church, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor said Thursday its Q2 2023 net awards totaled $10.9 billion...
RTX (NYSE: RTX) has received a potential 10-year, $175 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide overhaul and repair support for advanced high-frequency radar components and related end items on the B-2 Spirit bomber aircraft. Work on the sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will occur in El Segundo, California, th...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has booked a five-year, $209 million contract from the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command to support the Naval Forces Logistics program. The company said Wednesday it will continue to build software and other technology platforms for the USFFC NFL mission under the single-award prime contract. USFFC is tapping into CACI&#...
Sarcos Technology and Robotics (Nasdaq: STRC and STRCW) has established an artificial intelligence-focused business segment to cater to the demands of the defense market, and selected Denis Garagic, the company’s chief technology officer, to lead the new unit. The Advanced Technologies division will market Sarcos’ AI and machine learning...
