The defense subsidiary of Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) has won a $263.2 million contract to manufacture Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter System trailers and provide logistics support services to the U.S. Army. Dutch special transport builder Broshuis B.V. will serve as the main subcontractor in efforts to deliver as many as 466 trailers to the service br...
Ten companies will compete for vehicle production task orders from the U.S. Army’s program executive office for ground combat systems under a five-year, $1.61 billion firm-fixed-price contract. Army Contracting Command received 10 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation and will determine performance locations and fun...
Eric Trexler, formerly a vice president at Forcepoint, has assumed the role of senior VP for the U.S. public sector unit at Palo Alto Networks (Nasdaq: PANW), G2Xchange FedCiv reported Monday. Trexler led domestic and international sales functions within Forcepoint’s global governments and critical infrastructure business for more than four ye...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit has secured a $414.8 million contract modification to provide multiple items used in U.S. Army ground vehicles. General Dynamics Land Systems will deliver the articles for the branch’s family of light armored vehicles, Abrams main battle tanks, Stryker family of vehicles, Buffalo and Cougar mine-resi...
Peter Hall, a 39-year federal service veteran, announced Thursday in a LinkedIn post that he has moved on to pursue a career in the private sector as senior director of growth at Peraton. Prior to this appointment, Hall was the National Security Agency’s senior representative to the Department of Defense. He previously held a short-stint as...
In the U.S. Army’s exploration of how it can harness 5G networks, security has become of paramount importance. The fifth generation of mobile networks, or 5G, was deployed globally in 2019 and offers major improvements from its predecessors, like lower latency, higher bandwidth and faster connectivity. But as the U.S. military and government...
A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) joint venture will manufacture man-portable, anti-tank guided munitions for the U.S. Army as part of a $311.2 million contract modification. The full-rate Javelin production award includes foreign military sales to Jordan and Lithuania, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Contra...
The U.S. Army has awarded AM General a potential $527.4 million contract to manufacture contact maintenance trucks for the service branch and foreign military sales customers. Army Contracting Command issued the award on a sole-source basis and expects the company to finish work by March 9, 2028, the Department of Defense said Friday. According to...
Charlie Pelham, who joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) in early 2021, has been named director of business development operations at the company’s Dynetics group. In a LinkedIn post, Pelham shared he took on the new role after serving as senior director of business development and strategy at the Leidos Innovation Center, which researches and develops ...
The U.S. Army is planning an industry competition for the next iteration of a multiple-award contract vehicle designed to address technology research and development requirements at the branch’s Space and Missile Defense Command. A sources sought notice posted on SAM.gov says the Army estimates a $2.6 billion ceiling value for the full and ope...
