In recent years, space has become a warfighting domain as global tensions rise, new threats emerge and the peer competition heats up. Now, more than ever, the ability to collect, process, and understand intelligence from space is critical to gaining and maintaining technological dominance on the global stage. Under its eighth director, Vice Admiral�...
Four U.S. lawmakers have urged the Department of Defense to strengthen its review process for mergers and acquisitions and be more transparent with the public about the findings of its reviews of such transactions while ensuring the need to safeguard national security and confidential business information. In a letter addressed to Defense Secretary ...
Christina Payne, most recently senior vice president of human resources and corporate relations at Precise Systems, has assumed the role of chief people officer at the company. She will continue to oversee people strategy, employee development and culture initiatives in support of the company’s growth efforts, Precise Systems said Monday. Payne is...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will engineer software for the U.S. Air Force’s B-52H Stratofortress bomber platform under a sole-source award valued at $19 million over five years. The service is using fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds to cover the initial obligated amount of $3.65 million on the firm-fixed-pr...
Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has won a $54.6 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to manufacture a hydrodynamic shaping material for U.S. Navy submarine applications. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, received two bids for the HYSHMA procurement effort and the service branch will obligate $3...
A business unit of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) will supply drones for the U.S. Army’s aerial target activity under a firm-fixed-price contract worth $95 million over five years. The service is procuring subscale unmanned aerial target systems from Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems and will determine funds upon issuance ...
Officials from the White House, Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense will hold on Tuesday a classified briefing on artificial intelligence with senators as lawmakers work to advance legislative measures for AI, Reuters reported Monday. Avril Haines, director of national intelligence; Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of defense; Arati...
The U.S. Army has awarded seven companies positions on a five-year, $610 million contract to provide program support and related services for the military branch’s live, virtual, constructive and gaming integrated training systems. Army Contracting Command in Orlando, Florida, received 16 offers for the firm-fixed-price contract and expects work t...
A Textron business (NYSE: TXT) will continue providing the U.S. Army with engineering and technical services in support of unmanned aircraft system sustainment and technology integration efforts. According to an award notice on SAM.gov, Textron Systems will conduct the said services under a potential $144.1 million follow-on contract that has a five...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will support technical refresh work on pilot and maintainer training equipment for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program under a U.S. Navy contract modification worth $122.7 million. The Department of Defense said Thursday the funds will cover training site standup, schedules, support capability and system maintenanc...
