Add Two. In addition to Leidos, which last week said it is a recipient on Customs and Border Protection’s potential $379 million multiple-award contract to supply high-energy rail inspection systems for rail cars entering the U.S., the agency told Defense Daily that OSI Systems and Smiths ...

While the U.S. Air Force has had advanced information capabilities on fifth generation Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-22 and F-35 fighters and the sensor-shooter MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft systems by General Atomics, the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) is to bring that ...

The Senate last week adopted language that would scale back, but not eliminate, some of the new oversight and influence the chamber’s Armed Services Committee proposed to give the Pentagon over civilian nuclear weapons budgets via the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. On Thursday, ...

Telework Forever! A strong majority, 81 percent, of Defense Department information technology and program managers surveyed want the department to allow more frequent use of teleworking even after the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ends, according to the results of a survey done by MeriTalk. The study, ...

The Defense Department is working with the government of Japan to address its concerns after it suspended the planned two Aegis Ashore system deployments due to technical and cost issues. “We’re working very closely with them to resolve concerns and issues,” Missile Defense Agency director ...

Taiclet’s Focus. New Lockheed Martin President and CEO Jim Taiclet will be pursuing four primary missions, which include leading the defense industry with the best technology, developing an innovation culture throughout the company, further improving operational excellence, and keeping a focus on ...