One joint venture and four independent firms have won spots on a potential five-year, $975M contract for design-build and design-bid-build services to general construction projects within Naval Facilities Engineering Command's Mid-Atlantic area of responsibility in North Carolina.

The Defense Information Systems Agency has renewed its anti-virus software license agreement with McAfee to allow Department of Defense employees working at home to protect their personal computers from viruses, spyware and other cyber threats.

The U.S. Space Force plans to issue a potential 10-year, $12B other transaction agreement for the management of the Space Enterprise Consortium focused on prototyping space-based technology such as satellites, ground systems and payloads.

Six companies have been awarded an $85M modification under a U.S. Navy indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for contingency construction services worldwide.

Private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners and Peter Goldstone, former CEO of real estate media firm Hanley Wood, have teamed up to acquire a significant stake in Atlantic Media’s Government Executive Media Group and establish a data-driven platform focused on serving federal, local and state government contractors and executives.

The potential impact of coronavirus fears on the implementation of new Department of Defense cybersecurity standards for contractors is not known, with DoD officials considering teleconferencing and online training sessions for third-party evaluators, FCW reported Monday.

Katie Arrington, chief information security officer in the office of the defense undersecretary for acquisition and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said DoD would not require prime contractors and subcontractors on a contract to meet the same level of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements, FedScoop reported Friday. Arrington will deliver the keynote speech at the Potomac Officers Club's CMMC Forum 2020 on April 2. Click here to register for the event.

Seven firms have landed spots on a five-year, $350M contract from the U.S. Army to deliver weapons, optics, accessories, parts and manuals for obsolete weapon platforms.

The Trump administration has announced that the nation’s government will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of the border wall between the United States and Mexico, the administration announced in Feb. 2020. 

The U.S. Navy has issued a $92M award to eight contractors under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for building construction services at government-owned installations within Naval Facilities Engineering Command's southwest area of responsibility.