The Department of Defense is asking Congress to authorize a potential $17.7B block-buy contract for two Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines, Defense News reported Wednesday. The U.S. Navy and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) have been in talks over the terms of a two-ship procurement and the proposed block buy, if approved, would provide the comp...
Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for the Department of Defense’s acquisition and sustainment office and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said the initial version of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements could be included in solicitations by November, National Defense Magazine reported Monday....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2020 — KBR (NYSE: KBR) will develop tools to facilitate interoperability of U.S. military testing and training systems under a $63.9M task order from the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center, ExecutiveBiz reported April 27....
The Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is seeking industry input on AI systems that can support the development of predictive maintenance tools for H-60 Black Hawk medium-lift helicopters in line with the National Mission Initiative....
Amazon Web Services has filed an agency-level protest contesting the Department of Defense’s process to reconsider some aspects of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract, Federal News Network reported Thursday....
The Department of Defense has awarded 3M (NYSE: MMM) a $126M contract to increase the company's monthly production of medical-grade masks for COVID-19 response. Lt. Col. Mike Andrews, a DoD spokesman, said in a statement posted Wednesday the company will work to produce 26M N95 masks every month beginning in October....
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...
