The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has awarded contracts to four U.S. frontier artificial intelligence companies to advance the Department of Defense’s adoption of AI capabilities. Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI were awarded contracts with a $200 million ceiling to develop agentic AI workflows for various mission are...
Counterintelligence and cyber tools developer Sphinx has acquired Enigma International to expand its portfolio of intelligence and cybersecurity offerings for defense and commercial security customers. Enigma Offers Sphinx Access to More Federal Contract Vehicles Sphinx said Monday it expects the transaction to broaden its presence in the federal go...
The U.S. Navy has awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with a shared ceiling of $262.4 million to four Virginia-based companies to support repair, maintenance, modernization and sustainment for shipyard messing and berthing barges. The contracts were awarded to East Coast Repair & Fabrication, Lyon Shipyard...
MP Materials and the Department of Defense have entered into a public-private partnership to boost the supply of U.S. rare earth magnets and reduce dependence on foreign sources. Construction of ’10X’ Magnet Manufacturing Facility Through the partnership, MP Materials said Thursday it will build the “10X Facility,” its second domesti...
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary has received two Defense Logistics Agency contracts worth $419.5 million combined to provide spare parts and support services for H-60 and H-53 helicopters. Helicopter Spare Parts Contract Details The Department of Defense said Thursday the firm-fixed-price contracts have a five-year base term and an optio...
Summit 7 has welcomed Bill Wilshire as its new chief delivery officer, a strategic move that underscores the company’s focus on delivering exceptional results to clients in the areas of cybersecurity, compliance and managed services. Wilshire steps into the role with over 25 years of experience in IT services, security and managed solutions, Summi...
QinetiQ US can continue working on Department of Defense contracts involving controlled unclassified information after passing the assessment of its compliance with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level 2 standards. Securing the CMMC Level 2 certification validates the implementation of 110 security controls outlined in the National I...
Peraton has appointed Paul Aronhime, a seasoned business executive and strategist, as chief growth officer for the citizen security and public services sector. Aronhime announced his move to the Reston, Virginia-based national security and technology company in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. He brings to the role over 25 years of experience in g...
CFM International, a General Electric-Safran joint venture, has secured a potential $2.85 billion contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide F108 military aircraft engine supplies for the U.S. Air Force and Navy. F108 Engine Supplies Contract Scope The Department of Defense said Tuesday the firm-fixed-price, requirements-type contrac...
The Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting research team at George Mason University’s Costello College of Business has issued an inaugural index that analyzes the federal contracting industrial base’s current structure, GovCon trends and GovCon firms’ financial performance. The Baroni Center said Tuesday the 2025...
