By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet When an executive from a government contracting firm reaches out to me, seeking ideas about how they can distinguish themselves from the crowd to win more project business, oftentimes I’ll point them to the practice of earned value management and the systems that support it. EVM...
BAE Systems and four other companies will compete for waterborne surface shaft repair projects under a U.S. Navy contract worth $162 million over five years. The service branch officially awarded six positions on the multiple-award contract vehicle to include BAE’s ship repair businesses in Virginia and California, according to a Department of...
Due to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare space has been pummeled over the last few years to answer the manifold and ever-growing needs of citizens. Many of these needs have solutions that can only be resolved through agencies’ information technology systems. “For us, during COVID, it was really about, how quickly can...
The U.S. General Services Administration serves as the backbone of the government contracting sector, and as such, it’s responsible for delivering top-notch customer experience and value in technology services to the government and American citizens. One component of GSA in particular, Technology Transformation Services, carries much of this missi...
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) rotary and mission systems unit has won a potential $642.9 million contract to manufacture Vertical Launching System hardware for the U.S. Navy and foreign military customers. The company was granted a base firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee award valued at $194 million to supply customers with MK 41 VLS mod...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) will support the research and development of a soldier-as-a-system concept for Department of Defense mission partners under a potential $919 million task order. The company said Tuesday it aims to identify, mature and transition warfighter systems through the Engineering, Development, Integration and Technology-based ...
The Department of Defense has been working on creating a Defense Industrial Base cybersecurity strategy that is expected to be released by the end of the year, according to DOD Acting Principal Deputy CIO David McKeown, a 2023 Wash100 Award winner. “If you’ve done business with us, you know that there’s a variety of folks withi...
New capabilities brought about by the digital revolution have transformed the way the Department of Defense approaches data and connectivity. While the department has already embarked on its journey to strengthen U.S. cyber capabilities, there are still steps that must be taken to ensure that data is secure at all levels. Though technology itse...
By Cameron Chehreh, Vice President and General Manager of Public Sector at Intel and 2023 Wash100 Award winner Today, 93 percent of Americans are on the Internet. At least 85 percent have a smartphone. More than 300 million have access to 5G service, with 168 million 5G subscriptions forecast by next year. Meanwhile, 85 million...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary will build an additional fleet replenishment oiler for the U.S. Navy’s John Lewis class under a $736.2 million contract option, the Department of Defense said Monday. The service branch exercised the option to procure T-AO 213 design and construction services, as part of a $1.62 million awar...
