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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
Amyx has secured a task order from the Defense Logistics Agency under the J6 Enterprise Technology Services contract to provide support for DLA’s key applications. The task order marks the company’s 52nd award under DLA’s JETS contract and brings its total contract awards booked during the fourth quarter to seven.
A team composed of L3Harris Technologies, Leidos and MAG Aerospace will compete for a U.S. Army program to develop a fleet of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to gather operational intelligence against the country’s adversaries. L3Harris will lead the industry team for the Army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System program, which seeks to equip Bombardier Global 6500 business jets with deep-sensing platforms.
Todd Probert, president of national security and innovative solutions at CACI International, said at the Association of the U.S. Army convention in Washington that the technology company is focusing on “signals of interest” to meet the Army's demand for technology that would enable it to operate in a “more sophisticated peer environment”.
BAE Systems and the U.S. Army fired the XM1155-SC guided projectile from an M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer, demonstrating the capability of the round to extend the range of the artillery system. The test fire was conducted at Yuma Providing Ground in Arizona.
Concurrent Technologies Corp. is increasing its investments in three strategic focus areas – digital engineering, artificial intelligence and machine learning and cybersecurity – to develop technological capabilities meant to support the missions of Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and federal agency customers.
The Defense Logistics Agency's energy division plans to award a task order under the Department of Energy's fourth-generation Energy Savings Performance Contract to develop and operate a project at Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex in Alabama to help the installation achieve net-zero emissions and reduce greenhouse gases through the implementation of energy conservation measures. Responses to the NOO are due no later than Nov. 7.
Rocket Lab USA has unveiled a 144,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Long Beach, California, to support the production of its two rocket engines. The new engine development center will house the development and production of the company’s 3D-printed engine Rutherford for its Electron launch vehicle and the Archimedes engine for its reusable medium-lift rocket, dubbed Neutron.
LMI will further develop its Rapid Analysis and Prototyping Toolkit for Resiliency platform in support of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center and the Space Security and Defense Program under two task orders awarded by the U.S. Air Force through the Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract.
LMI is sponsoring the Potomac Officers Club’s 2023 Homeland Security Summit. Join this important event on Nov. 15 to hear government and industry leaders discuss the latest digital transformation efforts to protect and secure the homeland amid evolving global threats. Register here.
The Defense Contract Management Agency, on behalf of the U.S. Army, accepted the first GE Aerospace-built flight test engine for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft on Sept. 28. The second T901 engine is going through the acceptance process under the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program and the service is set to hand over the two engines to two vendors working on two FARA competitive prototypes – Raider X from Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky business and 360 Invictus from Textron's Bell subsidiary – by the end of October.
SRI International will further develop its space object tracking technology under the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity’s Space Debris Identification and Tracking program. The nonprofit research organization is working on the Space Object Tracking and Evaluation via Radar Integration and Analysis project in collaboration with Leidos and SCOUT Space through IARPA's SINTRA program.
Mary Griggs, a retired Senior Executive Service member, and Thomas Todd, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, have joined the board of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense as outside directors and members of the government security committee.
Josh Jackson, senior vice president of the Army business unit within the defense and civilian sector at Science Applications International Corp., said rapid design to prototype, integration of emerging technologies and increased warfighter touchpoints are the three factors that drive the U.S. Army’s adoption of digital engineering to accelerate capability development and modernization.
