The Department of Defense has completed the market research for a program that will replace the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud initiative and expects to decide by the end of October which vendors will be allowed to take part in the new program, Federal News Network reported Thursday. The Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability program will...
Austal USA has received a potential $385.1 million contract to finalize the design and begin the construction of the U.S. Navy’s Navajo-class Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship. The Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilder will initially build two T-ATS vessels under a $144.6 million fixed-price-incentive modification to a previously awarded contract an...
The U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems will help the Defense Logistics Agency maintain operational technology used to manage the storage and distribution of fuel products for Department of Defense missions across the globe. Contract work includes preventive and corrective maintenance work on sensors, network communications, controls, alarms and gauges a...
In an effort to streamline the organization’s overlapping systems and harmonize challenges across centers and directorates, the Defense Intelligence Agency released its standardized framework for a coherent approach in achieving multilevel objectives in June. Lt. Gen Scott Berrier, director of DIA, said the 2021 DIA Strategy co...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and SupplyCore have each received a $90 million bridge contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to continue the companies’ maintenance, repair and operations support at U.S. military facilities. Both contractors will provide MRO supplies to the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and...
Kevin Leonard, former senior vice president of contingency operations at Vectrus (NYSE: VEC), has been named president and CEO at Charleston, South Carolina-based military logistics services provider Technica. The retired U.S. Army major general will lead Technica in efforts to support customers such as the Department of Defense and succeeds Amy Rod...
General Electric‘s (NYSE: GE) aviation subsidiary will perform modernization, repairs or replacement work two components of the T700 engine that powers U.S. Navy and Marine Corps helicopters. The Department of Defense said Friday that GE Aviation will also help the two military services manage engine inventories for the H-60 Seahawk and AH-1 C...
Delphinus Engineering and Epsilon Systems will provide services, equipment and facilities to help the U.S. Navy maintain the safety of military submarines under a potential three-year, $892 million, multiple-award contract. The contractors will perform technical and administrative services, deliver supplies and equipment and offer facilities to supp...
Jason Weiss, a senior information technology modernization professional, has been appointed chief software officer at the Department of Defense, FedScoop reported Friday. He will lead efforts to modernize legacy applications and implement modern software development practices across DOD. Weiss joined the Pentagon in January as director of software m...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 4, 2021 — Verizon‘s public sector business will provide its 5G wireless network service to seven additional U.S. Air Force bases under the company’s Offer to Lease 2b contract from the Department of Defense, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 21. The company said its new award follows the OTL 1a and 1b contracts...
