The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 was signed into law at the end of 2023. Among its various mandates were that the Department of Defense cultivate private 5G networks at its service branch bases and outposts. These bases total around 800 globally, representing a clear opportunity for telecommunications providers to offer th...
Vipin Narang, principal deputy assistant secretary for space policy at the Department of Defense, will take on the role of acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy on Monday, May 20. Amanda Dory, acting undersecretary of defense for policy, said in a release published Friday Narang will replace John Plumb, who was confirmed as...
Valkyrie Enterprises has acquired Ship to Shore in a transaction that expands its corrosion-inhibiting products and remediation support services for the Department of Defense and other national security customers and industrial sectors. Virginia-based Valkyrie said Wednesday the corrosion-inhibiting products and related capabilities of S2S will be p...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $756 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce additional battery equipment for a ground-based hypersonic strike weapon system. The contract also covers the provision of logistics and systems and software engineering services in support of the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon system, the defense contractor ...
Advancements in digital technologies have reached every corner of the federal government, and healthcare agencies are exploring the unique benefits they offer for patient care and cutting-edge research projects. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Healthcare Summit on December 11 will convene healthcare leaders from both the public and private secto...
U.S. Transportation Command has awarded 29 companies spots on a five-year, $710 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide commercial seaport operations and transportation services in locations outside the continental U.S. The contractors will help operate seaports located within one of the designated geographic regions assi...
Venice Goodwine, chief information officer at the Department of the Air Force, is looking to expand the use of cloud services across the Air Force to include classified networks and applications in the tactical edge to address warfighters’ data needs, Federal News Network reported Thursday. Speaking at a recent Air Force-related event, Goodwin...
SAIC’s Hilary Hageman grew up in Southeast Asia and Africa and witnessed the political instability that threatened her family’s safety in many of the countries in which she lived. She quickly gained an appreciation for the safety provided by the U.S. military to Americans living overseas and drew inspiration from her Peace Corps-serving father a...
Project Convergence materialized in 2020 with a goal of connecting Army sensors, command and control nodes and shooters at the tactical level. While the initiative was originally created to tackle Army-specific problems, its reach has dramatically expanded over time. Now, Project Convergence serves as a key part of the Department of Defense’s Comb...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will provide diminishing manufacturing sources parts for the F-35 aircraft production and sustainment under a $79 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the procurement will support fighter jets of the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, foreign military sales customer...
