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Raj Shah, head of the Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, resigned from his post Thursday after a nearly two-year stint with the organization, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Navy Capt. Sean Heritage will step into the acting leadership role at DIUx. Shah, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, took the helm in May 2016 after then-Defense Secretary Ashton […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded Mayvin Consulting Group a potential five-year, $47.5 million contract to provide scientific, engineering and technical assistance services to the U.S. Special Operations Command. Mayvin will support USSOCOM’s manager for special programs through the company’s program, business and project management, logistics and engineering services, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD expects the company to […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded potential three-year contracts to business units of Cubic and Lockheed Martin to develop quantitative methods to assess and explore combined arms concepts for urban military operations. Cubic’s defense applications business and Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit are two of the five selected contractors for a project that will revolve around human capacities, systems, plans, software […] More
Thales‘ defense and security business has received a one-year, $7.2 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to repair five items related to H-1 helicopter program. The sole-source order will include repair work on H-1 modules and helmets, the Defense Department said Friday. The Navy will obligate $3.5 million at the time of award from its fiscal […] More
General Dynamics‘ information technology business has won a potential $53.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support services to help address command and control requirements within the Joint Staff J6 Directorate. GDIT will provide research, development, technical, engineering and analytical support services to the J6 organization’s command, control, communications and computers assessments division, the Defense […] More
Millennium Engineering and Integration has won a one-year, $9.9 million task order to support the U.S. Air Force‘s certification process for two proposed launch vehicles. MEI will provide systems engineering and integration services as the government evaluates United Launch Alliance‘s Vulcan rocket and Orbital ATK‘s Next Generation Launcher system, the Defense Department said Thursday. Work under the order will occur through […] More
Boeing‘s Digital Receiver Technology subsidiary has secured a $23.8 million contract to provide ruggedized surveillance equipment and peripherals to the U.S. Navy‘s Combat Direction Systems Activity Dam Neck. The Defense Department said Thursday that CDSA Dam Neck will use the equipment in engineering, technical design and acquisition activities. The service branch will obligate $30,610 in initial contract funds slated to expire at the […] More
Four companies have won positions on a potential $49 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide architectural and engineering services for Defense Department petroleum, oil and lubricant facilities. DoD said Wednesday the service branch received 21 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and subsequently made a total of 13 awards. The four initial awardees are AMEC Foster Wheeler […] More
Boeing and Switzerland-based technology and engineering firm Oerlikon have agreed to collaborate on the development of standard metal-based 3D printing processes and materials. The companies will use the data from their collaboration to help additive manufacturing companies qualify their 3D-printed metallic components for aerospace applications under a five-year agreement, Boeing said Tuesday. “This agreement is […] More
Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat Government, has said she believes an integrated satellite communications architecture should incorporate industry’s technological advancements to change the cultural misperception about military and commercial satcom. “For space programs, it remains imperative to incorporate advancements from the commercial sector into the baseline [Defense Department] architecture as a […] More
The U.S. Army looks to expedite the process for developing a prototype of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle, Defense News reported Thursday. Army Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Thursday that the service branch aims to accelerate various programs, including NGCV, to help address goals of the Defense Department’s National Defense Strategy. In September 2017, the Army awarded […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a $50.9 million contract modification to produce and engineer twin line towed-array sonars for the U.S. Navy. The company will supply two TL-29A systems as well as provide one spare array and refurbishment services to the program executive office for submarines at the service branch’s Maritime Surveillance Systems Program Office, the […] More
