Over time, acquisition processes in the federal government, particularly in the Department of Defense and space realms, have become more flexible and amenable to specific situations and users. In the last half decade or so, veteran DOD servants say changes such as these and others have breathed new life into the development and production of...
The U.S. Navy has awarded two-year contract modifications to five companies to provide command and control technology and experimentation support services. The modifications on a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract cover C2 tech capabilities in the areas of science and technology research, systems engineering, design,...
Rapid technological advancements have made space more accessible than ever before, opening a new arena for competition between the U.S. and its adversaries. As space continues to grow in influence, the Department of Defense has made it a priority to ensure the security of the evolving domain. Though adversaries are actively working to dominate ...
By Mark Townsend, Vice President of Professional Services at Invicti Security With access to some of the world’s most sensitive and secure data and systems, the U.S. Department of Defense is a natural candidate to lead innovation on zero trust security. To that end, the department has set an ambitious five-year goal to deploy zero...
John Sherman, chief information officer of the Department of Defense and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, discussed how the Defense Information Systems Agency and its operations align with the National Defense Strategy and DOD’s strategic priorities during a fireside chat held Wednesday at a conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Sherman cited DISA’s wor...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) posted $1.2 billion in fiscal year 2023 first quarter revenue, 24 percent higher than sales reported during the same period last year. Contract award activity and the 2022 acquisition of Xator drove the growth in quarterly sales, according to the company’s financial report published Wednesday. Xator contributed $112 million...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has booked a five-year, $1.44 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to continue developing warfighting capabilities for the F-35 program. The company will develop Multiship Infrared Search and Track Increment 2, Electronic Warfare Band 2/5 Radar Warning Receiver, Beyond Line of Sight communications and Modernized Countermea...
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business will supply Taiwan with four MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned air vehicles under a $217.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. The Department of Defense said Monday the sole-source acquisition also covers two certifiable ground control stations, spares and support equipment to be provided over a t...
The Department of Defense’s long-awaited enterprise cloud effort finally got off the ground in December 2022, when four commercial cloud service providers landed a spot on the $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract. Executive Mosaic spoke with leaders from each of the awardee companies — Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft and...
Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) aeronautics business segment has booked a $7.8 billion contract modification from the U.S. Navy to manufacture 126 F-35 fighter jets for domestic and international military customers. The award reflects an option for lot 17 production and delivery services covering 81 F-35A, 26 F-35B and 19 F-35C units, the Depart...
