The U.S. Army is all-in on modernization. To pave a path for continued mission success, the service branch developed its Army of 2030 concept, a massive effort that aims to revitalize the force and build up new capabilities to solidify an advantage on today’s battlefield. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Army Summit on June 13,...
The State Department has approved two foreign military sale agreements worth $1.95 billion combined to provide UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment to the governments of Austria and Sweden. Austria asked to procure 12 UH-60M aircraft, manufactured by Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary, and their associated compone...
The benefits of 5G are far reaching, but using spectrum outside the continental United States, or OCONUS, presents a unique set of challenges for military forces. One of these challenges is moving away from what Arthur De Leon, director of strategic spectrum policy for the Department of the Navy’s Office of the Chief Information Officer...
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific has released a draft solicitation for a small business set-aside contract to provide enterprise support and engineering services for Microsoft products and cloud services to defense and intelligence agencies. A notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov states that the Microsoft Enterprise Services II—Small Business ...
The Department of the Interior has selected seven companies for a potential 10-year, $2 billion follow-on contract for cloud license and support services. The awardees under the Foundation Cloud Hosting Services 2 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract are Accenture Federal Services, IBM (NYSE: IBM), CGI Federal, Cognosante, Science Applic...
Maria Demaree, vice president and general manager of national security space at Lockheed Martin’s space business, recently accepted her 2024 Wash100 Award during a meeting with Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the accolade. Wash100 annually highlights executives in the government contracting industry who have c...
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to release a final request for proposals for a recompete contract potentially worth over $100 million to provide enterprise engineering and operations support services to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The CEEOSS contract covers the provision of enterprise technology services str...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense business segment a potential $7.48 billion contract for Joint Direct Attack Munitions, JDAM tail kits, spares, repair and technical support services. The Department of Defense said Friday Boeing Defense, Space and Security will also supply Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition sensor kits und...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index marked another winning week, recovering from Thursday’s sharp loss and ending 0.64% higher at $5,055.57 before the Memorial Day weekend. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, gained 0.08% week-on-week for its sixth straight positive week. On Wall Street, the Nasdaq Comp...
The ability to quickly exchange information is a determining factor of success on today’s battlefield, and achieving seamless connectivity requires a strong arsenal of network technologies. Advancing these capabilities has become a core part of the Department of Defense’s modernization strategy in recent years, and its FutureG Office is leading ...
