A new position and office needs to be created to properly manage the United States’ alliances with other nations and support its success in the Great Power Competition, according to the Defense Innovation Board. In a mid-July report, the Department of Defense advisory group said that the DOD is lacking a “central standing mechanism for...
The U.S. Navy has awarded three companies positions on a potential five-year, $145.9 million blanket purchase agreement to provide Appian commercial off-the-shelf software and hardware, propriety appliances and information technology maintenance support. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific in San Diego...
Through two major plans this year, the Department of Defense announced its intention to take seriously the need for commercial space products. The DOD Commercial Space Integration Strategy and the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Strategy were released within weeks of one another in April and declared that the rapid advancements taking pla...
By Harris Quddos, Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General chief information officer and chief AI officer AI is rapidly changing the game for everyone, including public sector organizations. It’s changing the way we work and make decisions. For organizations to effectively realize value from AI, they will need to make sure their data...
West 4th Strategy has purchased Integrated Systems Inc., an information technology and management platforms provider, for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand the delivery of IT and professional services to federal government customers. West 4th said Tuesday it will operate ISI as a subsidiary as part of its mission support division...
Rheinmetall is set to acquire for $950 million Loc Performance, a vehicle specialist headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan, with a workforce of around 1,000 employees and customers in the civilian as well as defense sectors. Loc Performance’s offerings include drivetrains, suspensions and track systems, many of which are used by U.S. military gr...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a U.S. Navy contract modification worth $611.3 million to develop infrared and radar detection capabilities for the F-35 program. The Department of Defense said Friday the aerospace and defense manufacturer’s aeronautics business is tasked with providing Multi-Ship Infrared Search and Track Incremen...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond As the implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program draws closer, Department of Defense contractors and subcontractors should be considering not only how to prepare for a CMMC 2.0 assessment, but also how to maintain ongoing CMMC 2.0 compliance. Central to understandi...
The U.S. Army has launched a potential 10-year, $50 billion acquisition vehicle for information technology and professional services. The Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services contract vehicle was formed after the Army’s Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems and Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground ...
Arlington, Virginia-based BlueHalo has appointed industry veteran Brian Morrison as corporate executive vice president and sector president of the company’s intelligence portfolio. Trip Ferguson, chief operating officer of BlueHalo, said in a statement published Monday Morrison’s appointment comes as the defense technology company looks to inves...
