The Missile Defense Agency has begun market research on potential industry sources and their capabilities to help inform the development of its acquisition strategy for the MDA Integration and Operations for Enterprise Solutions contract. The MIOES contract seeks to enable stakeholders to meet missile defense objectives in five technical areas...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $7.63 billion contract modification to continue lot 15 production of F-35 fighter jets and technical hardware for U.S. and international defense customers. The modification covers the delivery of 129 units of the aircraft’s conventional takeoff and landing, short takeoff/vertical landing and carrier varian...
Greg Bateman, regional vice president of Defense – 4th Estate at Salesforce, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Friday. He discussed the recent acquisitions the company has made and how they contributed to its federal and defense portfolio and drove value for the business and customers. Bateman also talked about Sales...
The Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration have extended the deadlines for solicitation responses to two separate information technology contracts reserved for small businesses. DHS posted a notice Thursday on SAM.gov to inform vendors of a 14-day extension and they can submit second phase bids for FirstSource III co...
As today’s cyber threat landscape grows ever more dangerous, federal officials are looking to zero trust for answers to their toughest cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The zero trust model operates on a foundation of “trust nothing, verify everything,” and today, organizations are moving away from the castle-and-moat approach to security an...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has been awarded a one-year, $236.2 million contract modification to continue helping the U.S. Navy design and engineer operational strategic and attack submarines. The modification will extend Electric Boat’s engineering, technical, design agent and planning yard support to the service branch, the Depa...
Don Parente, a 25-year veteran of AT&T (NYSE: T), has been named a vice president at MetTel‘s federal business where he will be responsible for driving sales to the Department of Defense and through systems integrators. In his new capacity, Parente will aim to expand MetTel’s business with defense organizations and oversee its collaborat...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected five companies to compete for environmental remediation task orders under a firm-fixed-price contract worth up to $100 million over five years, according to a Department of Defense notice published Monday. Contractors will support customers serviced by USACE Alaska District. Solicitation documents releas...
QinetiQ Group’s U.S. arm has agreed to buy Avantus Federal from NewSpring Holdings for approximately $590 million to expand its U.S. footprint and establish a growth platform to address the defense and intelligence challenges facing government clients. QinetiQ US said Friday it expects the acquisition to close by the end of calendar year 2022, pen...
Applied Research Associates has won a potential 10-year, $582 million contract to provide operational support to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s research and development directorate The New Mexico-based company will implement R&D enabling capabilities for the directorate, which is tasked with helping the U.S. military counter weapons of ...
