Frank Kendall, who served as acquisition chief at the Department of Defense from May 2012 to January 2017, has been confirmed by the Senate to assume the U.S. Air Force’s top civilian position. He will be the 26th secretary of the Air Force and will replace John Roth, who has held the SecAF role on...
The U.S. Army has awarded five companies approximately $299.4 million in contracts to come up with digital concept designs for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program. BAE Systems, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Oshkosh Defense, American Rheinmetall Vehicles and Point Blank Enterprises will participate in the concept design phase to help inform...
Four companies have been selected to provide mission support services for the U.S. Army’s Futures and Concepts Center through a potential five-year, $240 million contract. The Army Field Directorate Office in Virginia received 15 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation, the Department of Defense said Monday. Contracto...
NASA is looking for contractors to design free-flying facilities for the initial phase of a low-Earth orbit marketplace the space agency wants to establish for use by public and private sector customers. Interested vendors must submit proposals for commercially owned and operated LEO destinations by Aug. 26 and the agency expects to award up to...
NASA and the Department of Energy have selected BWX Technologies, General Atomics and Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies to further develop their reactor design concepts for a nuclear thermal propulsion system that could be used in future deep space exploration missions. Each company will receive a potential 12-year, $5 million contract from DOE’s Id...
Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and three-time Wash100 winner, reported on Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks speaking about the Department of Defense’s move to create a Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve to facilitate joint warfighting concept development competition across service branches. McAleese’s new rep...
GovCon Wire Events, the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its Army: IT Management and Transformation Forum on Thursday, June 17th. If you missed the Army: IT Management and Transformation Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by vi...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its Army: IT Management and Transformation Forum on Thursday featuring an opening keynote address from Raj Iyer, chief information officer with the U.S. Army and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, discussing innovative initiatives and concepts that will strengthen the Army’s warfighting ability. If you missed the Army: IT ...
Randy Soper, lead data strategist at Illuminate Mission Solutions, acted as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during GovCon Wire Events’ Data Innovation Forum on June 15th, 2021. The following panelists discussed the federal government’s data innovation goals and priorities featuring Chris Borneman of Software AG Government Soluti...
GovCon Wire, the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its Data Innovation Forum on Tuesday, June 15th. If you missed the Data Innovation Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting the GovCon Wire Events Archive. The Data Innova...
