The Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has published an update to its long-term open call for new technologies to support the adoption of artificial intelligence/machine learning as well as data and digital analytics. The invitation was launched in cooperation with the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Is...
Eric Fanning, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association and a previous Wash100 Award winner, highlighted the key role of government investment in ensuring the security of the U.S. critical mineral supply chain amid competition with China during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the state of the U.S. defense industrial base ...
Five companies will compete for orders under a five-year, $75 million contract to perform design, construction, repair and maintenance services at the Grand Forks Air Force Base and Cavalier Space Force Station in North Dakota. The Grand Forks AFB’s 319th Contracting Squadron received 10 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity c...
The U.S. Army has awarded AM General a potential 10-year, $8.66 billion contract to produce up to 20,682 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and 9,883 JLTV trailers for the joint force and foreign military sales customers. The recompete contract has a five-year base ordering period and five option years, the Army said Thursday. “From the start...
The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has embarked on a project to develop and test an AI application to help agency users simplify contract writing and acquisition processes, Federal News Network reported Thursday. Efforts to build the Acqbot contracting platform are part of CDAO’s Tradewind – a fund...
Walsh Construction, DPR-RQ Construction, StructSure Projects, Gilbane Federal and JE Dunn Construction were tapped to provide the U.S. Army with construction services under a six-year, $900 million firm-fixed-price contract. The Department of Defense said Thursday the five contractors will compete for orders of integrated design-build initial outfit...
Since he began at Army Futures Command in 2020, Lt. Gen Thomas Todd has focused on aligning the Department of Defense’s technology arsenal with its fast-moving targets and battle demands. As deputy commanding general for acquisition and systems management, Todd is in charge of envisioning and leading research on the next generation of wa...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded approximately $3.5 billion in indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to 18 companies for fuel supply at military bases over a one-year period. Phillips 66, Petromax Refining– both with contracts amounting to more than $600 million– and the other 16 contractors were selected out of 28 bi...
Leonardo has received a $91.9 million contract from a U.S. combatant command to modernize the avionics system of a fixed-wing aircraft that supports the missions of special operations forces. Under the Special Operations Command contract, the Italy-based defense and aerospace conglomerate will be responsible for designing, modifying, integrating and...
Mark Kersh, most recently the director of NAVSEA programs within Peraton’s defense solutions sector, has transitioned to a new role as vice president of maritime solutions within the defense mission systems business. He announced his new VP position at the Reston, Virginia-based national security and technology contractor in a LinkedIn post Tuesda...
