Cybersecurity has become the latest frontier in national security with the expansion and proliferation of the digital environment in recent decades. Today, cyber is also an emerging and important component of warfighting, and the U.S. government has placed a high priority on better protecting our critical information, data and cyber assets as the th...
Three companies have secured contract modifications worth up to $5.1 billion combined over a five-year period for sonobuoy production and delivery services to the U.S. Navy. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Sparton and Sonobuoy Systems, formerly Ultra USSI, can pursue individual orders through exercised options under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qu...
With the rise of new technologies and the expansion of the digital world, cyber has become a critical component of warfighting, national security and innovation for the United States. In February 2022, cyber took the global spotlight as Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, but U.S. cyber forces were ahead of the threat and played...
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Iron Bow Technologies a potential five-year, $743 million contract to provide software support services to the Department of Defense’s Fourth Estate agencies. The 4th Estate Cisco Software Enterprise Agreement has three support areas and the first one is the Global Enterprise Modernization Softwar...
Mitre has received a $486.1 million cost-reimbursement-option contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue serving as administrator of a federally funded research and development organization. The Department of Defense said Monday Mitre will support the National Security Engineering Center through Sept. 30, 2023, and conduct contract work in Bedford...
Eight companies have secured positions on a 10-year, $194.5 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide commercial aircrew and maintenance training services to domestic and international students. Each awardee will receive $2,500 at the time of award from fiscal 2022 administrative funds under the Pentagon’s foreign military sales program, the ...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured a five-year, $225.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop the next hardware and software increment for the U.S. Navy’s Sidewinder air-to-air missile system. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Raytheon’s missiles and defense business will perform updates as part of the AIM-9X Blo...
Ray Coleman, a U.S. Army veteran and an information technology professional, has joined Koniag Government Services to serve as chief information officer. KGS said Monday he will oversee operations related to its IT and cybersecurity programs. This includes providing technical leadership and presiding in strategic planning and project development to ...
The concept of zero trust has been widely discussed yet enigmatic in recent years; now, as the Department of Defense moves forward with codifying zero trust and putting a strategy for implementation in place, the U.S. Navy is taking a closer look at its own transition to zero trust. Scott St. Pierre, deputy director for...
The U.S. Navy has downselected 14 companies to repair, maintain and modernize non-nuclear amphibious and surface combatant ships in Norfolk, Virginia, as part of two indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts. The first award worth potentially $300.2 million will provide for maintenance services for Navy aircraft landing platfo...
