Viasat and AeroVironment will team up to provide the U.S. Army with small unmanned aircraft systems capable of deploying encrypted communications networks to counter adversaries. The two companies will work on a contract awarded under the Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems program to implement the advanced system in response to growing electronic warfare […]
The Office of the Secretary of Defense has partnered with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division to establish the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office Systems Engineering Field Activity at Naval Support Activity in Crane. OSD’s partnership with NSWC was meant to take advantage of the center’s increasing suite of government, industry, and academic capabilities. In […]
Vertex Aerospace has secured a spot on a potential 10-year, $14B indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain fixed and swing-wing aircraft. The Air Force Installation Contracting Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, awarded the Mississippi-based company one of the eight prime seats on the Aircraft Maintenance Enterprise Solution contract. Ed Boyington, […]
As Dynetics’ senior vice president for business operations and government relations, Ronnie Chronister is in charge of the daily strategic oversight of the company’s contracting, facilities, security and personnel departments. Before taking on the role in April 2020, he was a senior vice president for contracts for almost three years starting July 2017. He also […]
Frank Ruggiero has served as BAE Systems’ senior vice president for government relations since January 2013, overseeing the legislative and public sector affairs. Prior to the role, he was the vice president for international government relations from June 2012 to February 2013. He was responsible for assisting the organization’s foreign military and direct commercial sales […]
Mara Motherway is Booz Allen Hamilton’s vice president and head of government relations, a role she has held since June 2017. She brings into the position more than two decades of experience in intelligence, acquisition, congressional affairs, business development and organizational design. She leads the unit that maintains the company’s relationships with customers in the […]
AT&T has landed a task order to deliver FirstNet public safety broadband service to 72 U.S. army bases nationwide and in Puerto Rico. The Texas-based telecom company is set to roll out almost 3,200 service lines, together with over 3K devices and more than 700 indoor connectivity signal boosters, to help the agency’s emergency communications. […]
General Atomics and Boeing have forged a partnership to make a new high-energy laser system for air and missile defense networks. The collaboration calls for the companies to build a 100-kilowatt laser weapon that can be used as a standalone system or placed in ground vehicles, ships and aircraft. The technology can be upgraded to […]
Boeing has secured a $477M contract to provide logistics services to the Defense Logistics Agency. The performance-based logistics deal calls for the Washington-based aircraft maker to offer supplies, supply chain management and logistics operations to maintain the agency’s multiple weapon systems. The fixed-price, master services agreement also provides for the company to support individual contracts […]
BAE Systems has launched a new cyber threat detection and mitigation service meant to protect military networks from cyberthreats. Called the Fox Shield suite, the product is meant to help platforms identify, respond to and recover from cyberattacks in real-time. The system may be combined in ground, air and space vehicles to shield warfighters and […]
