Boeing announced the delivery of an upgraded CH-47F Chinook aircraft to the U.S. Army, the first out of 465 aircraft to undergo modernization as part of the Block II program. Heather McBryan, vice president and program manager of cargo programs at Boeing, said the Block II program will allow the service to “lift more, fly […]
Parallel Works and Rescale, the two companies tasked by the Defense Innovation Unit in 2022 to prototype solutions for the Department of Defense’s High Performance Computing Modernization Program, are set to transition to production contracts. According to the DIU, the two companies demonstrated after 18 months of prototyping that their solutions can expand the computing […]
The National Reconnaissance Office has launched its NROL-186 mission in collaboration with the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 and SpaceX. A Falcon 9 rocket carried the classified payloads, which marks the second deployment of the NRO’s proliferated architecture, a new generation of intelligence-gathering satellites, the NRO said. NRO Director Chris Scolese emphasized the […]
The Defense Manpower Data Center within the Department of Defense has awarded Dignari a five-year, multiple-award blanket purchase agreement for defense enterprise HR applications and data services. Valued at $1.4 billion, the contract award is aimed at modernizing DMDC’s enterprise services, particularly its identity management services and cybersecurity, Dignari said. Under the agreement, Dignari will […]
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency has created an 18-month road map to accelerate the modernization of the IT system for the National Background Investigation Services program, which saw delays in the integration of new capabilities over the past years. While $1.35 billion has already been spent on NBIS, the federal government’s one-stop-shop IT system […]
The Defense Logistics Agency has appointed Karyn Runstrom as its new chief of staff as announced by Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, the DLA director, via an email to senior leadership. As chief of staff, Runstrom will manage, among other things, the agency’s strategic planning, enterprise integration, organizational governance and strategic communications, the DLA said. […]
The U.S. Army is tapping into Kopin’s expertise to develop and produce a vital optical component that will form part of the Next Generation-Short Range Interceptor system. On Wednesday, Kopin announced that it had received a contract to work on a high-resolution eyepiece assembly that will go into the NG-SRI’s new Commanders Launch Assembly. The […]
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport has awarded Purvis Systems a $37.3 million contract to provide a wide range of engineering services for submarine systems. Under the new deal, the technology solutions provider will continue to be the NUWC Maritime Special Projects Office’s technical design agent, acquisition engineering agent and in-service engineering agent for […]
A change of command ceremony was held Monday at the Washington Navy Yard, transferring the responsibility to lead the Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers to Rear Adm. Todd Evans. Rear Adm. Thomas Dickinson, who was the NAVSEA Warfare Centers commander for nearly a year, is now the program executive officer for integrated warfare systems. […]
The U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center has awarded Trax International a $692 million prime contract for test support services. Under the five-year Aberdeen Test Center Support Services contract, Trax will be in charge of planning, conducting, analyzing and reporting results of tests on Army equipment, encompassing the developmental and production stages, Trax said. The new […]
