A top Department of Defense procurement official for artificial intelligence has shared the Pentagon AI office’s five major goals for the rest of fiscal year 2024. Quentin McCoy, director of procurement at the DOD’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, named goals that are both expansive and focused on specific acquisition processe...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a cumulative $750 million contract to TKC Global Solutions and HPI Solutions for communication and enterprise information technology services. The Department of Defense said Tuesday that the companies will provide IT support to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Springfield Air National Guard in Ohio, as well as Joint Bas...
The Defense Innovation Unit is entering a new phase and occupying a unique new role within the defense technology ecosystem. In April 2023, former Apple executive Doug Beck became DIU’s newest director, and DIU was elevated back to its historic position of reporting directly to the secretary of defense. DIU’s new chapter, dubbed “DIU 3.0,” ...
Mike Smith, a 30-year veteran of DCS, has been named executive vice president and manager of the Army and Marine Corps sector at the Alexandria, Virginia-based professional services firm focused on providing engineering and technical support for the Department of Defense and other national security agencies. DCS CEO Jim Benbow said in a statement pu...
Systems Application & Technologies has secured a $170.5 million contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Point Mugu Pacific Target and Marine Operations Division to maintain and operate aerial and seaborne assets for the U.S. Navy. The contractor will perform operational and intermediate-level maintenance and depot support ser...
Dallas-based investment firm CBRE Group has agreed to buy J&J Worldwide Services from Arlington Capital Partners for $800 million in cash as part of efforts to expand its capabilities in the public sector. J&J CEO Steve Kelley said the transaction will enable the company to continue expanding its platforms in support of military clients at m...
The General Services Administration has released a solicitation for the potential five-year, $1.8 billion Personnel and Readiness Infrastructure Support Management contract that seeks to provide enterprise platforms and professional services to improve capabilities that will enable soldiers and strategic partners to enhance readiness and meet missio...
The Army Futures Command was initiated in 2018 to prepare the U.S. Army for future fights and make sure it’s developing strategies that will be resilient to threats decades from now. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Wednesday, BG John Cushing, commanding general of U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development C...
Oviedo, Florida-based small business Shock Stream Phoenix Ventures has secured a $307.2 million contract to provide the U.S. Army with software development support services. The contractor will help the service branch develop, design, integrate, test, field, install, manage and document its software platforms under the potential seven-year contract,...
Science and technology are foundational elements of many U.S. Department of Defense initiatives and a key part of keeping pace with near-peer competitors. Though the nation has an expansive innovation ecosystem, there are still stovepipes that exist between S&T organizations, and according to defense experts, breaking down these barriers is nec...
