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...
President Joe Biden approved a stopgap bill Friday to keep U.S. government operations funded at the existing level through Dec. 16 and head off a federal shutdown before the midnight deadline, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Senate voted 72-25 Thursday afternoon to pass the continuing resolution, followed by the House’s passage of the legisl...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $273 million contract modification to support the production of guided air and missile defense systems for the U.S. Army and foreign military sales customers. The defense contractor will provide hardware, equipment and facilities, as well as technical, planning, management, manufacturing and testing services...
Seven companies have won spots on a potential eight-year, $1 billion contract managed by Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command to build, fix or renovate government-owned medical treatment facilities across seven U.S. states. Projects will include hospitals, dental and medical clinics, ambulatory care centers and research laboratories, th...
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has received a contract extension valued at $229 million to continue working with the Army Research Laboratory on the experimentation and implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning applications across the U.S. military. The new award is an addendum to the $99.9 million contract announced in...
Fourteen companies have won spots on a five-year, $1.89 billion contract to supply initial spare parts for the KC‐46 aerial refueling fleets of the U.S. Air Force and international military customers. The competition for individual delivery orders under the indefinite‐delivery/indefinite‐quantity contract will begin after the service branch is...
The Cyber AB, which functions as an accreditation body for the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, has established a subsidiary to manage the development of training and certification programs for professionals within the CMMC ecosystem. The Cybersecurity Assessor and Instructor Certification Organization wi...
SkyWater Technology (Nasdaq: SKYT) has secured $99 million in additional funds from the Department of Defense to productize and qualify a process for manufacturing 90-nanometer electronics designed to withstand harsh radiation environments. The award follows a $170 million DOD investment announced three years ago to add a radiation-hardened semicond...
Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering OUSD(R&E) at the Department of Defense (DoD), recently accepted her 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest annual honor bestowed to the highest members of the government contracting (GovCon) community, during a visit by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Executive Mosaic is thrilled to recog...
