Over the last year, the U.S. government has cracked down on cybersecurity. Following the May 2021 issuance of the White House’s executive order on improving the country’s cybersecurity, federal agencies and their commercial service providers have been focused on complying with more stringent security standards while protecting themselves fr...
Liz Martin, Department of Defense director at Amazon Web Services, underscored the U.S Army’s use of the AWS Cloud to create a tactical cloud environment envisioned to help with their data processing and resource scaling. In a blog posted Tuesday, Martin shared how the XVIII Airborne Corps– an Army data centric force headquartered at For...
Chris Pehrson, chief growth officer of Parry Labs, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding his motivation for joining the company as well as what he hopes to accomplish and focus on the mission of its customers and growth efforts for Parry Labs in the federal landscape. In addition, Chris Pehrson also discussed the work that Parry Labs...
A Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business unit has received a $422.7 million contract modification to produce hardware for a U.S. Navy family of air and missile defense radars. Naval Sea Systems Command will obligate the full amount on the award to cover options for AN/SPY-6(V) production work to be performed by Raytheon Missiles & Defense,...
John Galer, formerly an assistant vice president at the Aerospace Industries Association, has joined Aerospace Corp. as chief of government relations, replacing John Plumb, who moved to the Department of Defense to serve as assistant secretary for space policy. The company said Monday Galer will drive engagements with state and local governments, Co...
LMI holds a position on a $10 billion Defense Health Agency contract vehicle intended to address medical research and development requirements in the U.S. military. The nonprofit consulting firm said Friday it will pursue work in all four market segments under DHA’s Omnibus IV indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Fifty-five other ...
ExecutiveBiz featured James Koch, president of federal programs and services at Michael Baker International, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Thursday. He discussed the company’s strategic growth goals and its reorganization aimed at driving focus on the federal market and delivering value to its customers. Koch also share...
Six companies have won positions on an eight-year, $784.3 million contract to design, build and maintain mission systems for Air Combat Command. The ACC Acquisition Management and Integration Center received 17 offers for the Squadron Operations Center-Enterprise Program through a small business and 8(a) set-aside competition, the Department of Defe...
Over the course of the last two and a half years, the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, known as CMMC, has undergone multiple changes, organizational shifts, revisions and updates. Now, DOD officials are expecting to include CMMC requirements in federal contracts as soon as May 2023 — but there is s...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has received a $313.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to support industrial base development and expansion efforts for the Columbia, Ford and Virginia class ballistic missile submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat will also manufacture kits for the British Strategic Weapon Support System ...
