The concept of zero trust has been widely discussed yet enigmatic in recent years; now, as the Department of Defense moves forward with codifying zero trust and putting a strategy for implementation in place, the U.S. Navy is taking a closer look at its own transition to zero trust. Scott St. Pierre, deputy director for...
The Washington Headquarters Services plans to issue $420 million in modifications under a previously awarded $496 million small business set-aside contracting vehicle for support services to the Pentagon’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. American Systems, Applied Research and Associates and Modern Technol...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $273 million contract modification to support the production of guided air and missile defense systems for the U.S. Army and foreign military sales customers. The defense contractor will provide hardware, equipment and facilities, as well as technical, planning, management, manufacturing and testing services...
Six companies have received seven contracts from NASA to build inflatable aerodynamic decelerator systems for spacecraft entry, descent and landing operations and aerocapture missions. The vendors will compete for task orders to design, produce and test materials, subassemblies, components, flight articles, engineering development units and concept ...
Fourteen companies have won spots on a five-year, $1.89 billion contract to supply initial spare parts for the KC‐46 aerial refueling fleets of the U.S. Air Force and international military customers. The competition for individual delivery orders under the indefinite‐delivery/indefinite‐quantity contract will begin after the service branch is...
Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm has promoted Keith Runtz and Vanessa Godshalk to respectively oversee the company’s defense and safety and citizen services portfolios. Runtz succeeds Vince Vlasho, who most recently served as a senior managing director and defense portfolio lead at Accenture Federal Services. Vlasho, a 2022 Wash100 awardee, r...
Phoenix International Holdings will help the U.S. Navy conduct worldwide deep ocean search and recovery operations under a five-year, $112 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Largo, Maryland-based company will perform engineering and technical support work for the Navy’s Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Di...
The State Department has approved Kuwait’s request to purchase operational and training ammunition for M1A2K tanks, related equipment and services under a potential $250 million foreign military sales agreement. General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) will be the principal contractor in the proposed FMS transaction, which will enable Kuwait to support the mod...
Twenty-two companies have won spots on a seven-year, $675 million contract to provide manpower, equipment and non-personal services for the U.S. Army’s electronic security systems. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received 34 bids for the procurement vehicle and estimated contract work to finish on Sept. 25, 2029, the Department of Defense sai...
Jeramie FitzGerald, most recently senior director for strategic initiatives at employee-owned engineering and tech services contractor Modern Technology Solutions Inc., assumed the role of vice president of business development at MTSI, he announced in a LinkedIn post. In this role, he will oversee the national security division’s planning, de...
