President Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, for the role of undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. Brown has been serving as head of DIU within the Department of Defense since 2018. Under his leadership, the unit transitioned 26 tech capabilities to warfighters and b...
The General Services Administration will offer a 180-day extension for entities whose registrations on the agency’s federal contracting website are expiring between April 1 and Sept. 30 as part of an effort to reduce burden during the implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act. GSA said Monday the extension will be implemented automatically an...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a three-year, $130 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide updated Rolling Airframe Missile rounds to the service branch and three foreign military sales customers. This award covers fiscal 2021 RAM Block 2 and 2A guided missiles, spare replacement parts and recertification ser...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a $518.4 million contract to manufacture lot 34 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles and associated systems for U.S. and international defense customers. The basic award from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center in Florida will include the production of AMRAAM captive air training missiles. t...
The Potomac Officers Club’s 3rd Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit will feature Yll Bajraktari, executive director of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, as opening keynote speaker; Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence, as midday keynote speaker; and Lt. Gen Michael Groen, director o...
Mike Rosa and Alicia Rosenbaum of Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) said government agencies seeking to protect users and data in the cloud should adopt a zero trust framework. Under the zero trust model, an individual “seeking information is authenticated every step of the way, data is isolated and protected, and administrators have the ability to audit...
Steve Schorer, chairman and CEO of Alion Science and Technology, and Hector Cuevas, an executive vice president at Parsons, will introduce keynote speakers during the 2021 Industrial Space Defense Summit on Tuesday. They will also serve as moderators of question-and-answer sessions during the virtual event. Schorer (2021 Wash100 awardee) will provid...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has reported $102.4 million in contract and task order awards to help the U.S. Navy operate facilities in the United Arab Emirates and provide power generation services to U.S. Air Force personnel operating at a military air base located in Saudi Arabia. Work under a potential eight-year, $67.4 million deal with Naval...
Garth Graham, director and global head of health care and public health partnerships at YouTube, has joined Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) as a member of the board of directors. He will serve on the human resources and compensation committee and his appointment increases the members of SAIC’s board to 10, the company said...
Since its inception in 2019, the Space Development Agency (SDA) has continually worked to develop and modernize architecture concepts, systems designs, innovative technologies and emerging capabilities to enable leaders across the space domain to leverage next-generation space capabilities that increase warfighters’ lethality, maneuverability and ...
