The Department of Defense has terminated its draft solicitation for the Advancing Artificial Intelligence Multiple Award Contract, or AAMAC. In a notice published Wednesday on SAM.gov, DOD noted that the AAMAC program is “currently on hold.” Draft RFP for Advancing AI Multiple Award Contract AAMAC is a potential 10-year, $15 billion inde...
A U.S. Air Force squadron has awarded Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) a task order to perform research and development efforts focused on minerals and materials with potential munition application. The 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron task order is valued at $276 million and aims to enhance the Defense Technical Information Center’s knowledge repository...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of Maxar Technologies, into the 2022 Wash100 class of leaders who have grown in prominence throughout the government contracting sector for driving innovation and executing strategic vision. Jablonsky was appointed to his current dual role after Maxar completed its U.S. dome...
Jason Weiss, a senior information technology modernization professional, has been appointed chief software officer at the Department of Defense, FedScoop reported Friday. He will lead efforts to modernize legacy applications and implement modern software development practices across DOD. Weiss joined the Pentagon in January as director of software m...
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the Department of Defense should continue its focus on intellectual property and security and address challenges related to those two factors to safeguard and further advance innovation. He...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 2, 2021 — The Australian defense department has received Maxar Technologies‘ (NYSE: MAXR) high-resolution 3D data and satellite imagery products as part of multimillion-dollar contract awards to the company, ExecutiveBiz reported June 24. Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar and a...
The Department of Defense’s office of inspector general concluded that the awarding of the potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) was consistent with federal acquisition laws and policies, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday....
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency (NSA), as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 for his efforts to protect U.S national security and U.S. elections through cybersecurity initiatives and advancements. This marks Nakasone’s fourth con...
President Donald Trump intends to nominate Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to serve as Pentagon chief on a full-time basis, The New York Times reported Thursday. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House press secretary, announced the president™s intention in a tweet posted Thursday. œIf confirmed by the Senate, I will continue th...
The Defense Department has decided to reduce the size of a cloud services contract awarded to REAN Cloud to $65 million and limited the provision of such services to the U.S. Transportation Command, Nextgov reported Monday. Col. Robert Manning, a spokesman for DoD, announced the department™s decision at a press briefing Monday. REAN Cloud recei...
