President Joe Biden has nominated William LaPlante, president and CEO of Draper Laboratory and a national security leader, to serve as undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense. LaPlante has nearly 40 years of experience in the defense industrial base, acquisition, technology and sustainment, the White House said Tu...
Extreme weather events continue to increase in frequency and severity on a global scale, and climate change is gaining greater importance across federal government agencies’ priorities and concerns. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information, the U.S. has experienced at least...
Potomac Officers Club hosted its The Cost of AI Forum, the latest event in the Data-Driven 2021 Series, on Tuesday to bring together the elite public and private sector leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities involved with integrating innovative AI solutions and infrastructures as organizations work to keep pace with evolving adversarial...
A Deltek analysis shows that 79 percent of the total value of the top 10 federal professional services opportunities in fiscal year 2022 fall under follow-ons to existing contracts and that 90 percent of those opportunities in FY 2022 are expected to be single-award contracts, Federal News Network reported Wednesday. The U.S. Agency for Internationa...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Fall 2021 5G Summit this past Thursday to bring the members of the government contracting (GovCon) community together with executives and personnel from across the federal government, military branches and intelligence community to explore the impact 5G integration has on the private and public sectors, as well...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Fall 2021 5G Summit to bring together some of the most influential executives from the federal government and industry to explore the impact that 5G integration has on the private and public sectors, as well as future programs, plans and priorities as the nation aligns with emerging technology. Jay...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has opened a new facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where its teams will work to deliver missile defense capabilities and strategic deterrent systems to government and military customers. The company said Monday the new building has advanced engineering, research laboratories and software development factories, and ...
Johns Hopkins University will provide technology research and development services to the U.S. Air Force’s nuclear enterprise under a potential 10-year, $530 million contract. USAF issued a $23.7 million task order for the Maryland-based university to conduct R&D efforts associated with the branch’s future Ground-Based Strategic Dete...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has won a potential $2.24 billion contract from the Missile Defense Agency for engineering and technical support services. MDA received two offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through a competitive procurement process and will obligate $36.4 million in research, development, test and evaluation funds for fiscal year 2021,...
Tony Mitchell, formerly vice president of business development and strategy at Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics group, has been appointed VP of advanced technology and strategy at military electronics supplier CAES. He will be responsible for coordinating CAES’ independent research and development projects and its partnerships with governme...
