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...
Changes in global activity and geopolitical developments in the last few years have catalyzed a heavy focus on near-peer competition within the Department of Defense. As the DOD shifts away from its primary focus for the last two decades, counterterrorism, and toward the escalating global competition, defense leaders are reshaping their priorities t...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Andy Green, an executive vice president of HII and president of the HII Mission Technologies division, as a recipient of the 2023 Wash100 Award for his leadership in driving strategic growth through major contract awards and advancing innovation aligned with national defense priorities. “Andy is an engag...
The rapid growth of commercial space has unlocked exciting new opportunities for the U.S. federal government. Many of these possibilities lie in the field of geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, and space-based imagery, especially with the recent development of 3D and 4D capabilities. GovCon Wire spoke with six-time Wash100 Award winner&nb...
Quantum Computing Inc. (Nasdaq: QUBT) has created a subsidiary that aims to take QCI’s technology products to the Department of Defense and other government agencies. The company said Monday QI Solutions will conduct main business operations in Arizona and Sean Gabeler, a three-decade U.S. military veteran, will serve as president of the newly...
