Cyber
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Business/FinancialSBI Chief Sees Second Contract Option For Boeing If Improvements Continue
By Calvin Biesecker With the ink barely dry on Boeing‘s [BA] first one-year contract option for the Secure Border Initiative (SBI) program, if the company’s performance on the program continues […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Delivers First LRIP Airborne Mine Hunting Systems To Navy
By Geoff Fein The Navy last month took delivery of its first of five low-rate initial production (LRIP) airborne mine neutralization systems (AMNS) and Raytheon [RTN] will have the remaining […]
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CongressGAO: Recent DHS Acquisition Management Efforts A Step Forward But Still Fall Short
By Calvin Biesecker Oversight of major acquisition programs at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been improving, particularly in the past year with new management guidance, but still falls […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Gets $93 Million For SM-6 Block I LRIP
By Geoff Fein Earlier this month, the Navy awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $93.8 million contract for low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the company’s Standard Missile- 6 (SM-6) Block I that […]
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CyberMarines Reducing Weight of Radios Without Impacting Ruggedness
By Geoff Fein Reducing the gear, including communications equipment, an individual Marine has to carry is a significant challenge due to the complexity of bridging advanced technologies into form factors […]
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Business/FinancialONR Effort Rapidly Fields Solutions To Meet Warfighter Needs
By Geoff Fein While the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is largely focused on advancing science and technology efforts, the organization’s Quick Reaction Technology Solutions area looks to quickly assist […]
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CyberCNO’s ’10 Guidance Calls For Leveraging S&T; Improving Info Ops
By Geoff Fein The Navy needs to leverage science and technology initiatives to provide sailors a warfighting edge, and sustain that edge into the future, the Chief of Naval Operations […]
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Business/FinancialSAIC Posts Strong 2nd Quarter Results; Awaiting Details On Insourcing
By Calvin Biesecker SAIC [SAI] on Tuesday reported strong earnings and sales for its second quarter and maintained its outlook for the fiscal year but is still awaiting key policy […]
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Business/FinancialAARGM Successfully Completes Final Missile Live Fire Test In SDD Phase
By Geoff Fein ATK‘s [ATK], the U.S. Navy and the Italian Air Force successfully launched and scored a direct hit on a simulated enemy air defense target during the final […]
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Business/FinancialCOTS Solutions Bring Cost Savings For F/A-18s As Well As Challenges
By Geoff Fein While the Navy procures commercially available components for its surface, undersea and network platforms and systems, incorporating off-the-shelf technologies into aircraft, in particular the F/A-18 Hornet, is […]