President Donald Trump will nominate Anthony Tata, a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, as undersecretary for policy at the Department of Defense following John Rood's resignation in February, Bloomberg reported Thursday....
ECS Federal has been awarded a potential three-year, $83.1M contract to prototype integrated artificial intelligence and platforms for the U.S. Army. The company will perform work on AI-platform prototypes in Fairfax, Va., through March 26, 2023, the Department of Defense said Thursday....
Robert “Bob” Kolasky, an official at the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said a CISA task force will issue “supply chain essentials” guidance that integrates aspects of the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, Nextgov reported Thursday....
The U.S. Navy has awarded six companies contracts to provide integrated logistics services in support of the planning, management and implementation of mechanical, hull and electrical and construction systems and related initiatives. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division received eight bids and expects work to occur in several locat...
The accreditation body for the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program has issued a request for proposals for a continuous monitoring platform. The RFP posted Wednesday on LinkedIn says that certified third-party assessment organizations, assessors and companies seeking certification will use the continuous moni...
The Department of Defense has awarded contracts worth $133M combined to 3M (NYSE: MMM), O&M Halyward and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) to increase local production of N95 masks by over 39M in the next three months as part of the Defense Production Act Title 3 COVID-19 project....
John Sherman, who currently serves as the intelligence community's chief information officer, has been appointed to succeed the retiring Essye Miller as principal deputy CIO of the Department of Defense....
Tetra Tech has received a $117M initial task order to help the Department of Defense track the progress of various security cooperation programs through data analytics. The company said Monday it will work with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and DoD Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy in program evaluation efforts....
Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, said DoD expects to see contract delays of up to three months across Major Defense Acquisition Programs as contractors deal with challenges in the supply chain due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported M...
Ten companies have been awarded modifications worth $586M combined under a multiple-award U.S. Army contract supporting the coronavirus-related presidential national emergency declaration. The modification pushes the ceiling value of the original contract to $1.66B, the Department of Defense said Friday....
