Over the last few years, modernization in the federal government has shifted from a helpful yet optional initiative to a necessary and critical component of defense, intelligence and national security missions, among others. As federal leaders adopt new technologies, methodologies and practices to stay ahead of the curve, they’re also discovering ...
Since the close of William LaPlante’s service as assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics in 2017, he has noticed a significant and much-needed increase in the amount of prototyping and experimentation activity within the Department of Defense. Now, LaPlante, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, has re...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 24, 2022 — Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has secured a $1.58 billion task order from the State Department to modernize technology and network infrastructure at U.S. embassies across the globe over a 10-year period, ExecutiveBiz reported. The Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions award also covers information technology services such as ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will serve as the principal contractor on a State Department-cleared $162 million foreign military sale of sustainment items and services for Australia’s fleet of MH-60R submarine hunter and anti-surface warfare helicopters. The proposed sale will add pieces of non-major defense equipment to a previously awarded FMS...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, and other DOD leaders hosted the Defense Innovation Board’s meeting on Monday and joined DIB Chair Michael Bloomberg in welcoming the seven newly named board members. Established in 2016, DIB provides department leaders with independent expert advice on how DOD c...
Four companies have each won two-year contracts from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply retail electricity and ancillary or incidental services to multiple U.S. federal departments and military branches. DLA‘s energy organization received six offers for the procurement effort through a competitive bidding process, the Department of ...
Pegasystems (Nasdaq: PEGA) has formed a government-focused entity to help address compliance and product requirements in the U.S. federal civilian and defense sectors. Pega Government has the Department of Justice as its initial sponsor and will develop and deliver all cleared work for agencies and support customers and their partners that are opera...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Wes Anderson, vice president of defense at Microsoft, to discuss the Department of Defense and industry being “inextricably linked” and the company’s partnership with DOD for over four decades now. The Q&A also focused on Microsoft’s recent growth initiati...
Raiza Basilio, a 15-year GovCon industry veteran, has joined McLean, Virginia-based federal information technology services contractor Steampunk as vice president for citizen service and defense portfolio. She brings to the role her experience building client relationships and supporting customers in the Department of Homeland Security and federal i...
The Department of Defense has stepped up efforts to encourage defense contractors to start decoupling their supply chains from China and begun using artificial intelligence to quickly determine whether raw materials, electronics and aircraft components come from China and other potential competitors, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The U.S....
