Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will develop a long-range electronic warfare system prototype for the second phase of a U.S. Army program aimed at providing higher echelons with situational awareness through the detection and disruption of signals of interest from adversaries. The Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade is designed to support EW...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) land systems division and American Rheinmetall Vehicles will move into the next phases of an industry competition to replace the U.S. Army’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle platform under separate contracts worth a combined $1.6 billion. The two manufacturers will conduct detailed design, prototype build and testing...
Digital assets are becoming an increasingly valuable and influential aspect of the U.S. Department of Defense’s mission. Whether it’s cybersecurity fortification, electronic warfare or cloud migration, digital transformation efforts are widespread and come with a host of reforms, new programs and reinventions of preexisting systems. Here is a gu...
A Corbin, Kentucky-headquartered nonprofit organization has secured a $102.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to manufacture advanced tactical assault panels for the U.S. Army. The Defense Logistics Agency awarded the contract to Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries and will use defense working capital funds for fi...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Huntsville Center has posted a draft request for proposals for a potential 10-year, $960 million small business set-aside contract vehicle for environmental and munition response-restricted services. The Army Ordinance and Explosives Directorate requires support to locate, identify, recover, evaluate, transpor...
Neil Thurgood, a 37-year U.S. Army veteran, has been appointed to a senior vice president role at defense technology provider Anduril Industries. Anduril said Tuesday the retired Army lieutenant general will lead the company’s strategy for addressing capability priorities related to counter-unmanned air systems, air and missile defense, tactic...
Leslie Smith, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has joined the board of advisers for Arlington, Virginia-based cybersecurity services provider Millennium. The 35-year Army veteran joins other former military leaders on the advisory board to provide strategic guidance and direction for the company’s executive team, the company said T...
Garry Schwartz, former president of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance group at HII’s (NYSE: HII) Mission Technologies division, has been elevated to chief operating officer within the same unit. Garry Schwartz The company said Thursday it also promoted Todd Gentry from a senior vice president role to president of the C5ISR group un...
The U.S. Army has selected a dozen companies for a 10-year, $450 million contract vehicle to support its modernization and combat overmatch capability development efforts. Army Contracting Command received 27 bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation and will determine funds and work locations on a per-or...
The U.S. Army awarded three companies positions on a five-year, $132 million contract to manufacture full-range practice bullet cartridges. Day & Zimmermann, Nammo and Canadian Commercial Corp. are the awardees on the firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. Under the contract’s terms, the companies will compete fo...
