Dana Deasy, chief information officer at the Department of Defense and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, told Breaking Defense in an interview published Tuesday that the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing program seeks to deliver a unique capability to troops operating at the tactical edge. He said JEDI satisfies several warfightin...
U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded 46 companies spots on a potential $950M contract for core services in support of USSOCOM’s domestic and international enterprise requirements. The Department of Defense said Friday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes knowledge-based services and subject matter expertise in suppo...
The U.S. Air Force has selected five firms to perform airfield and roadway construction work on military sites across Alaska under a potential seven-year, $350M contract. Contractors will compete for task orders to build, maintain, strip and pave roads, airfields and parking lots, the Department of Defense said Friday....
UMG/Del Medical will provide radiographic systems, related accessories and training services to U.S. military and federal civilian customers under a potential 10-year, $100M contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. Fifty responses were submitted to the DLA for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite‐quantity contract via a competitive acquisition pr...
General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) mission systems business has secured a potential 10-year, $400M contract to manufacture spare parts for a military network system used to facilitate on-the-move communications. The Defense Logistics Agency's land and maritime organization awarded the sole-source contract that supports the Warfighter Informa...
Less than 20 defense companies have applied for $17B worth of loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act and Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, said the Treasury Department is working with DoD as it considers how to expand the eligibility requir...
A Wisconsin-based subsidiary of Fincantieri has won a potential 15-year, $5.6B contract from the U.S. Navy to design and build up to 10 FFG(X) guided-missile frigates. Naval Sea Systems Command received four offers for the fixed-price incentive contract, which has a base value of $795.1M and covers engineering and class services, post-delivery av...
Katie Arrington, chief information security officer in the Department of Defense acquisition office and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, has said that DoD is looking to require suppliers of prime contractors to meet the foundational requirements for its new certification program, Federal News Network reported Friday.Arrington will serve as a keyn...
The Department of Defense plans to release a draft request for proposals for a potential five-year, $1.5B contract vehicle for research and development, administrative and technical services to support DoD and “fourth estate” entities, Bloomberg Government reported Friday....
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has won a potential five-year, $64.1M contract from the U.S. Air Force to support operational training activities of Air National Guard. The company will help ANG manage technical and programmatic functions at the Distributed Training Operations Center in Des Moines, Iowa, the Department of Defense said F...
