Advanced Technology International has been awarded a one-year, $450.4M contract modification by the U.S. Army to produce antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19. The branch obligated the full contract amount for ATI's large-scale antibody manufacturing efforts, the Department of Defense said Tuesday....
Vigor Industrial's marine subsidiary has secured a potential $155.6M firm-fixed-price contract to help the U.S. Navy modernize and maintain the USS McCampbell guided missile destroyer. The company will update the ship's mechanical and electrical systems, hull and communications, digital video surveillance and warfighting equipment ...
Leonardo DRS has been awarded a five-year, $250M contract to replace the U.S. Army's satellite communications terminals designed for tactical users. The contractor will help the Army replace the terminals that are set for decommissioning in fiscal year 2025, the Department of Defense said Wednesday....
James Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), said the company has accelerated more than $1.1B in progress payments it has received from the Department of Defense to its suppliers to support the defense industrial base and national security efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $439.2M contract modification from the U.S. Army to build AH-64E Apache helicopters for Morocco. The company will also provide Longbow flight simulators to support crew training with the attack helicopter platform, the Department of Defense said Thursday....
Katherine Arrington, chief information security officer (CISO) for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (OUSDA) for the Department of Defense (DoD) and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, served as a keynote speaker during Potomac Officers Club’s (POC) CMMC Virtual Forum 2020 on June 24th....
Ty Schieber, board chairman of the accreditation body for the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, said certification and audit data of contractors seeking accreditation under CMMC will be hosted on the Department of Defense Information Network, Nextgov reported Tuesday....
Todd Gustafson, president of HP’s federal arm, wrote in a commentary published Monday on Federal News Network that the Department of Defense’s implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program marks “an important step in enabling a more secure government.”...
The Department of Defense has entered into an agreement with U.S. International Development Finance Corp. to earmark $100M in DoD funding to support DFC’s financing of COVID-19 response efforts....
Katherine Arrington, chief information security officer (CISO) for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (OUSDA) of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, will serve as a keynote speaker during Potomac Officers Club’s (POC) CMMC Forum 2020 on Wednesday, June 24th. Click here to register for POC...
