The General Services Administration has issued a draft request for quote outlining its plan to establish under GSA’s Multiple Award Schedules contract a potential 10-year, $919.7 million blanket purchase agreement for the acquisition of supply chain risk illumination tools and analytic support services. The proposed Supply Chain Risk Illumination ...
As it intensifies its digital modernization, the U.S. Army is quickly acquiring and incorporating new technologies that expand the service branch’s toolkit in a contested geopolitical era. This process has introduced new capabilities that demand power at a range of signatures. “We are literally a Christmas tree,” said the Army’s Young B...
The U.S. Navy awarded Nuclear Fuel Services, a subsidiary of BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT), a two-year $300 million contract to support the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. BWXT said Tuesday the company has begun producing fuel for the program, which is expected to be completed by mid-2025. The project involves manufacturing and delivering naval nu...
Hypersonic weapons are capable of traveling at five to 25 times the speed of sound. Generally the term refers to a specific class of missiles, which includes hypersonic glide vehicles, hypersonic cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu recently articulated the Department of Defense...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International With its broad national security role, the DOD has been a pioneer in the development of numerous innovative cybersecurity solutions. This makes sense given its lengthy history and the quantity and caliber of resources devoted to both research and development and the acquisition of technol...
Doug Magee is a U.S. Army veteran and seasoned business development executive currently leading Day & Zimmermann’s Government Services practice as president. He cut his teeth at companies like KBR, DynCorp International, Michael Baker International and, most recently prior to D&Z, as an operating company president at Akima. Magee commands ...
Ken Diller, a military and industry veteran, has joined Millennium Corp. as vice president of business development. In this capacity, he oversees the company’s business development strategy, proposal and capture activities and works with the operations team to create strategies meant to help address complex challenges facing customers. Diller&...
Every year, the Potomac Officers Club hosts the government contracting industry’s premier events featuring the most prominent and influential speakers from the public and private sectors. Now, POC is gearing up for its biggest, most exciting year yet. In 2024, POC will be hosting an exciting lineup of in-person events, including must-attend month...
The federal government has turned its attention toward quantum in recent years as quantum technology advances and the risks associated with it increase. But quantum is largely misunderstood, and experts in the quantum field are working to demystify the subject as its prevalence grows in both the public and private sectors. “Quantum information sci...
Government AI Events Guide: Top 10 Conferences and Summits provide essential detail about the Artificial Intelligence trends in the industry. Artificial Intelligence means the capacity of a computer or computer-controlled robot to perform jobs typically performed by humans. Initially, the purpose of artificial intelligence is to supplement human cap...
