Army Brig. Gen. Charles “Rob” Parker, J6 deputy director at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will address the Potomac Officers Club on Wednesday for a virtual forum about the role of data and technology in the Pentagon’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control strategy. Parker was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in January 2021...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and a Global Ordnance division will compete for orders under a potential $750 million contract to supply special ammunition and weapons systems to the U.S. Army. The service branch’s procurement organization received 10 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract through an online solicitation, the Department of Defense...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a five-year, $104.5 million contract to modernize the U.S. Army’s gunnery training simulation systems. The company will perform technology refresh and concurrency updates to the simulators, the Department of Defense said Monday. Army Contracting Command received three bids for the cost-no-fee, firm-fixed-price contr...
ACR Group, a provider of satellite-based tracking, communications and location products and services, has acquired TRX Systems, a U.S. Army contractor for dismounted assured positioning, navigation and timing system. David Knowles, CEO and president of ACR Group, said in a statement published Wednesday the TRX offerings will add to the company’...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has won a potential five-year, $514 million task order to modernize outside plant infrastructure and facilities that support data communication networks at 40 U.S. Army installations nationwide. The single-award task order covers the development and installation of an underground fiber optic cable platform intended to...
BAE Systems has secured a three-year, $97.3 million contract modification to produce additional M109A7 self-propelled howitzers for the U.S. Army. The company will also continue to supply the service branch with M992A3 carrier, ammunition, tracked vehicles, the Department of Defense said Friday. BAE’s howitzer platform is designed to provide i...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $102.4 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce components and spares of the Apache attack helicopter’s updated sensor system. The military service is procuring the hardware items for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation/Pilot Night Vision Sensor System from the company’s missiles...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will continue to help the U.S. Army install turbine engines on AH-64E Apache military helicopters under a five-year, $239.6 million contract. The service branch obligated $18 million at the time of award for Apache Improved Turbine Engine Integration Phase II work using fiscal 2021 and 2022 research, development, test and evaluatio...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a five-year, $1.38 billion contract to produce a system the U.S. Army intends to use for detecting and tracking enemy missiles and other airborne threats. Army Contracting Command received two bids for the Integrated Battle Command System production contract via the internet, the Department of Defense said Thursd...
John Sherman assumed the role of chief information officer at the Defense Department after serving as the acting DOD CIO for the past 11 months. Sherman was sworn into his office Dec. 17 and oversees the Pentagon’s information enterprise functions that include cybersecurity, data systems and communications. He is also responsible for advising ...
