Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory will provide the Department of Defense with analytical assessments, recommendations and other mission support services under a potential five-year, $460 million contract from the Washington Headquarters Services. PSU-ARL, as a DOD-designated University Affiliated Research Center, will help ad...
The Department of the Air Force’s Office of the Chief Information Officer has released a new strategy that seeks to implement a zero trust approach as part of the DAF’s efforts to protect critical assets and strengthen its resilience against evolving cyberthreats. The DAF CIO announced the release of the Zero Trust Strategy in a...
Venice Goodwine, the Department of the Air Force’s chief information officer, is slated to give a keynote address at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Air Defense Summit on July 23. Learn more about the DAF CIO, her career history and her accomplishments below. Who Is Venice Goodwine? Goodwine is the Air Force CIO and a member...
The Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act, which provides a total discretionary allocation of $833.053 billion, cleared the House on Friday with a 217-198 vote. “This FY25 Defense bill ensures our defenders are equipped, trained, and prepared to protect the United States,” House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Ok., sa...
Who Is Melissa Dalton? Melissa Dalton currently serves as under secretary of the Air Force, a role she assumed in May. In this position, she oversees the organizing, training and equipping of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force to aid global military operations. Dalton is a foreign policy expert and has held numerous roles...
A new McAleese & Associates report indicates that the House Appropriations Committee’s $833 billion defense appropriations bill includes $294.3 billion for the Department of Defense’s operations and maintenance initiatives and $165.3 billion for procurement efforts in fiscal year 2025. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associat...
The Defense Innovation Unit has begun the strategic allocation of its fiscal year 2024 budget worth approximately $983 million to advance its DIU 3.0 strategy aimed at accelerating and expanding the delivery of commercial technology platforms to warfighters. DIU said Thursday it will allocate its FY 2024 budget across four categories designed to acc...
Peraton has won a position on the potential $1.4 billion Defense Enterprise HR Applications and Data Services blanket purchase agreement awarded by the Defense Manpower Data Center. The company said Wednesday the DEHRADS BPA covers support for DMDC in 25 task areas, including software development and sustainment, application rationalization and clou...
The State Department has cleared a potential $60.2 million foreign military sale transaction with Taiwan for the Switchblade 300 anti-personnel and anti-armor loitering missile system and related equipment. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday it informed Congress about the department approving the FMS request of the Taipei Economic ...
The State Department has approved the request of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. to procure Altius 600M-V unmanned aerial vehicles and related equipment for approximately $300 million. The possible foreign military sale to Taiwan includes 291 Altius 600M-V systems, Altius 600 inert training UAVs, Pneumatic Integrat...
