The Japanese government aims to expand its air defense capabilities with the procurement of anti-air and anti-surface interceptor missiles and related equipment from the U.S. government through a $450 million foreign military sales agreement approved by the State Department. Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense unit will ser...
The General Services Administration is soliciting feedback on a draft request for proposals for the third iteration of the Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract that federal agency customers can use to procure information technology platforms and services. The Alliant 3 GWAC supports Agile and other IT development methodologies and includes IT...
Once Frank Whitworth began his duties as the eighth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, he asked his team what their desired goal was for the end state, or ultimate mission completion, of the organization. They replied with a resounding, ambitious answer: “GEOINT [or geointelligence] supremacy.” At first, Whitworth was a b...
There have been major shifts in the GovCon landscape in recent years; with the rise of remote work, the increase in M&A activity and the growing competitiveness of the sector, government contractors must be adaptable, agile and quick in order to stay ahead of the curve and grow their businesses. To learn more about the...
BAE Systems has received a potential five-year, $143 million contract from the U.S. Navy to continue providing engineering, management, information technology and maintenance support services to the military branch’s Surface Combat Systems Center in Wallops Island, Virginia. The company said Tuesday such services to be provided under the contract ...
The U.S. Army plans to launch a competition for a potential $1 billion multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract as part of a push to speed up the migration of existing systems to the cloud, Federal News Network reported Wednesday. Raj Iyer, the Army’s chief information officer and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said the servi...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has finalized its purchase of EverWatch from investment firm Enlightenment Capital, as part of efforts to accelerate mission delivery and technology development cycles in support of national security customers. Booz Allen said Friday the acquisition gives the company access to EverWatch’s cleared personnel and exper...
Todd Hughes, former senior vice president of technology of BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), has been appointed VP and chief innovation officer at autonomous software provider Scientific Systems Company Inc. Hughes will lead SSCI’s efforts to grow its work in the artificial intelligence-powered mission autonomy software area, the company said Thur...
NASA has issued a presolicitation notice on a potential five-year, $375 million contract vehicle that will consolidate procurement efforts for environmental restoration and compliance services across the space agency. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers technical consultation, contamination detection, sampling and remediation...
Michael Williamson, vice president and general manager of missiles and fire control at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), will assume the role of senior VP for the company’s global business development and strategy on Nov. 1. He will succeed Tim Cahill, who will transition to the role of executive VP of the company’s MFC business segment,...
