Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
John Dietrich, president and CEO of Atlas Air Worldwide, has joined the board of directors of aviation services provider AAR. AAR Chairman, President and CEO John Holmes said in a statement published Friday Dietrich’s leadership and industry insights will help the board advance the company’s capabilities. At Atlas Air, Dietrich is in charge of executing strategies and expanding […] More
The State Department has approved the Poland government’s request to procure 800 AGM-114RR2 Hellfire missiles under a foreign military sales agreement valued at approximately $150 million. Lockheed Martin will serve as the principal contractor in the FMS deal, which includes four M36 Hellfire Captive Air Training Missiles as well as technical, spare, repair, storage, logistics and […] More
NetImpact Strategies has appointed software industry veteran Debra Curley as director of capture management to help drive the company’s strategy and process for winning business pursuits. Curley will act as a partner to business development and executive management teams in her new position, NetImpact said Tuesday. “I am thrilled to join the NetImpact team at this exciting […] More
Iceye has inked a blank purchase agreement with NASA to supply high-resolution synthetic aperture radar commercial earth observation data products. A comprehensive suite of the Finnish microsatellite manufacturer’s SAR products including small constellation satellite data, evaluation and assessment, data cadence, data latency, area coverage and data usage policy will be delivered to the space agency in support […] More
The State Department has cleared Romania’s request to buy 95 more Joint Light Tactical Vehicles equipped with a protected gun mount under an approximately $104 million foreign military sale deal. Romania originally ordered 34 Oshkosh-built M1278A1 JLTV heavy gun carriers from the U.S. government for approximately $43.7 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday. […] More
NASA has picked Axiom Space to carry out the third private manned mission to the International Space Station. Axiom Mission 3 is set to take off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than November 2023 to support private astronauts’ in-orbit activities for two weeks with the help of ground flight controllers and crew members aboard […] More
Susan Kemp, a 27-year Booz Allen Hamilton veteran and former senior manager at Prometheus Federal Services, has joined Sierra7 as director of consulting and analytics. She will be responsible for expanding client relationships and providing continuous support for the Veterans Health Administration, the Falls Church, Viginia-based consulting company said Monday. The new director will also be in charge of […] More
Infoscitex, a DCS subsidiary, has promoted three company executives and made a new hire in line with its current strategy to continue business expansion. In a statement on Monday, IST Executive Vice President and Sector Operations Manager of Air and Space Operations Mike Gilkey said the reorganization is aimed at positioning the company “to pursue new […] More
General Dynamics’ information technology business will update the legacy systems of the U.S. Space Systems Command under an $18 million contract from the Space Enterprise Consortium. SpEC manager National Security Technology Accelerator said Friday General Dynamics Information Technology will handle the Enigma prototype project aimed at creating a digital network that allows for platform-as-a-service capability and […] More
Boeing has started building its second facility at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida, WJCT News reported Thursday. The company will use the new component operations facility for inspecting and repairing U.S. Navy and Air Force aircraft parts and will stand near Boeing’s other maintenance facility that is also being built in the same area. Construction of […] More
Red 6 will integrate its augmented reality training platform into the TF-50 jets that Lockheed Martin, Korea Aerospace Industries co-developed. The Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System is intended to provide pilots and ground operators with new capabilities to spot and react to real-time, high-speed synthetic threat environments, Lockheed said Tuesday. Under the partnership, ATARS will be applied […] More
Microsoft’s federal business has completed a Defense Contract Management Agency test that examined the company’s cybersecurity capabilities. The company said Tuesday it received a perfect score of 110 from DCMA’s Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center and certified third-party assessment organization Redspin for the Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment Program. Per federal rulemaking, the DIBCAC High Certificate […] More
