The Department of Defense has appointed Senior Executive Service member Kelly Fletcher as its permanent principal deputy chief information officer. She previously held the role in an acting capacity, helping the DOD CIO advise the secretary of defense on matters related to information technology cybersecurity, communications, spectrum, position, navigation and timing, according to her DOD […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman its five-year, $111 million Integrated Modification and Maintenance Contract for the E-6B Mercury aircraft. Northrop will modernize the E-6B’s command, control and communications functions that connect the national command authority with the United States’ Nuclear Triad. The company would also set up a consolidated construction line for core […]
Dallas-headquartered AECOM announced it has been awarded a sole-source indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide master planning, architecture and engineering services to the United States Air Force Academy. The deal calls for the delivery of multi-disciplined planning and conceptual designs in support of USAFA’s efforts to approach the campus in a consistent and efficient manner, including new buildings […]
The U.S. Army has named Maj. Gen. Anthony Potts as the new leader of its Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical team. Headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, PEO C3T is responsible for driving the Army’s network modernization strategy and delivering tactical network, electronic warfare and cyber capabilities to warfighters, according to the team’s website. Potts […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has selected two universities as parters for a new pilot program in support of research and development activities. The universities will support the AFRL Regional Research Hub, a pilot program that will serve as a science and technology ecosystem that includes businesses of all sizes, government agencies and venture […]
Virginia-headquartered Valiant Integrated Services announced that it has won a $55 million task order to provide U.S. Army personnel stationed in Europe with language translation and related services. The deal was awarded under the Army Intelligence and Security Command’s Department of Defense Language Interpretation and Translation Enterprise II contract, Valiant said Sunday. In a statement, […]
Science and technology solutions provider Leidos has secured a $26 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a next-generation counter electronics weapon system that would defend against adversarial drone activity. Leidos will build a prototype for Mjolnir, a system that builds upon the successes of the Tactical High-Power Operational Responder demonstrator. […]
A ranking official of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency said efforts are underway to develop a list of commercial sources of imagery analysis and other geospatial intelligence products. The “buyers guide” is intended to help the NGA and its partners across the defense, intelligence and federal community to find the best services available from the private […]
The Department of Defense plans to set up regional innovation hubs to support domestic microelectronics development. According to a request for information, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering wants to hear from the U.S. microelectronics community about what the DOD is calling a microelectronics commons. The Pentagon wants the hubs […]
Virginia-headquartered Blue Halo announced the award of an initial $14 million contract for the development of a HIVE small unmanned aircraft system architecture for the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office. The contract calls for “transformational sUAS autonomous swarming capabilities” not currently available to the warfighter, Blue Halo said Thursday. In a statement, the […]
