Industry News

A shipbuilding arm of Huntington Ingalls Industries has begun to fabricate an America-class amphibious assault ship as part of U.S. Navy‘s LHA Replacement Program. The company said Tuesday fabrication of the Bougainville marks the shipyard’s readiness to start construction work on HII’s 16th large-deck vessel. LHA 8 is designed to have aviation-related features and a well deck for the U.S. Marine Corps […] More

Vectrus has won a potential $59.7M task order to support operations at a U.S. Navy  facility located in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The company will help the military service maintain grounds and manage utilities, electrical, wastewater, water and base support vehicles and equipment of the naval station, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Work will also include family […] More

Rockwell Collins has received a four-year contract to continue providing logistics support for the avionics display systems of the U.S. Navy‘s F/A-18 aircraft fleet. The agreement will extend performance-based logistics work the company has performed over the past 15 years on more than 1.2K F/A-18 units, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. Services under the PBL effort […] More

Matthew McFadden, cyber director for General Dynamics’ information technology business, has said federal agencies should continuously innovate as part of efforts to protect information systems. He wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday that government IT leaders should partner with companies and adopt new technology such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, security orchestration, automation and blockchain […] More

Engility has secured $27M in contracts to provide global training services and logistics management support to federal customers. The company said Tuesday it will also provide individual skills and collective training, procurement and advisory and assistance services through the contracts. Scott Whatmough, senior vice president of Engility’s defense and security group, said the company has […] More

Lockheed Martin has concluded a closed loop satellite tracking demonstration of a scaled version of the Long Range Discrimination Radar using tactical software, production hardware and backend processing equipment. The test is one of the technical milestones in the LRDR program needed to facilitate the delivery of the radar platform to the Missile Defense Agency in […] More

The FBI has decided not to conduct a full and open competition when selecting vendors for the bureau’s potential $5B contract vehicle covering information technology products and support services, Nextgov reported Monday. The report noted the bureau intends to award 15 to 22 spots on the IT Supplies and Support Services contract to multiple large and […] More