Tag Archives: U.S. Army

Charles River Analytics has received almost $1 million in funds from the U.S. Army to develop an agent-based algorithm that could provide teams of robotic and human caregivers with direction and assistance in treating traumatic injuries.

The U.S. Army has selected six companies to design, build, sustain, modernize and restore military and civilian facilities under a $76M multiple-award contract. The construction companies will compete for task orders under the firm-fixed-price contract and work to complete duties by Jan. 21, 2026, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Stuart Harlow, former senior director of finance at BAE Systems' ship repair business, was named chief financial officer at Qlarant, effective Tuesday.

Leonardo DRS secured an initial award under a potential five-year, $600 million contract from General Dynamics' land systems business to manufacture 28 mission equipment packages for the U.S. Army's Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense platforms being developed by the latter.

William King, an executive adviser at Booz Allen Hamilton and a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, has said the complexity of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear explosive defense missions demands an integrated and mission-focused approach to counter weapons of mass destruction.

The Department of Defense has given Northrop Grumman the green light to produce a software-defined anti-air and missile threat system following a Milestone C decision that required amounts of development and testing work between the company and the U.S. Army.

Jason Henneke, formerly director for growth, operations and strategy at the defense segment of General Dynamics' information technology business, has assumed the role of vice president of business development for military health and veterans affairs at Ventech Solutions, FedHealthIT reported Monday.

The National Ground Intelligence Center wants to identify potential market sources of software development and data science services in support of the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. NGIC said Friday in a SAM notice it seeks market information on the said services needed to support intelligence analysts and adopt DevSecOps as the center transitions from outdated methods of development and systems management.

Amentum has secured a two-year, $68.3M contract modification from the U.S. Army for simulator flight training services and academics for undergraduate entry-level rotary-wing and selected graduate courses.

Sal D’Itri, chairman of the National Spectrum Consortium, told Federal News Network in an interview posted Wednesday that NSC expects the Department of Defense to provide requests for proposals this month and in February for 5G technology development projects under a potential five-year, $2.5B other transaction agreement.

HackerOne and the Defense Digital Service have launched the third iteration of a competition designed to identify the U.S. Army's cybersecurity gaps. Hack the Army 3.0 challenges civilian and military parties to discover vulnerabilities within the Army's digital systems and inform the service branch about needed security changes, HackerOne said Wednesday.

Leonardo DRS and Israeli defense technology company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have delivered the last batch of active protection systems built for installation into the U.S. Army's Abrams battle tank fleet for enhanced ground vehicle survivability.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 6, 2021 — Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) will continue to support the Operations, Maintenance and Defense of Army Communications in Southwest Asia and Central Asia program under a five-year, $882.5M contract, won through a recompete, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 30.

Army Futures Command seeks white papers on ideas to prototype a future agile software development facility whose staff will exclusively be from the military. The command said Monday in a beta SAM notice it wants to establish the AFC Soldier-Led Software Factory with operations and training that comply with modern-day industry standards.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 29, 2020 — KBR (NYSE: KBR) will help the U.S. Army's cargo helicopter project management office acquire and increase the reliability of CH-47 Chinook aircraft systems as part of a $49M recompete task order, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 17.