Federal acquisition processes must be on the cutting edge of technology to stay operable and efficient. Federal leaders have worked to modernize their acquisition systems to increase the adoption rate of innovative solutions, including information technology (IT), cloud and other critical emerging technologies. Agencies need to continue to implement...
A joint venture between Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary received a $143.2 million delivery order to help the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force address logistical requirements for Osprey military tiltrotor aircraft parts. Bell Boeing Joint Program Office will deliver and repair components of Osprey’s MV-22B and ...
A ManTech International (NASDAQ: MANT) business has won a potential seven-year, $100 million contract to provide architect-engineer services and sustainability support for U.S. Navy ranges around the world. ManTech SRS Technologies will help the Navy operate and maintain testing and training ranges as part of the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quant...
Barbara McQuiston, who is performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said the Department of Defense has established a steering group focused on innovation, Nextgov reported Tuesday. “We’re very lucky we just started the innovation steering group under Deputy Secretary [Kathleen] Hicks, and what we...
A new McAleese & Associates report says the Biden administration proposed a $769 billion budget for non-defense domestic programs for fiscal year 2022, a 16 percent increase over enacted FY 2021 spending levels, plus $753 billion for the Department of Defense and national security programs, up 1.7 percent from current funding levels. Jim McAlees...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $447.2 million order under a U.S. Navy basic ordering agreement to manufacture 12 MH-60R Seahawk multimission helicopters for South Korea. The order, which is intended to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement, covers production and delivery services, the Department of Defense said Monday. Naval Air S...
GovCon Wire will feature Dave Zvenyach, deputy commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service and director of Technology Transformation Services at the General Services Administration, as the keynote speaker for an upcoming event about government procurement trends. Zvenyach will speak at the Innovation and Modernization in Federal Acquisitions For...
President Joe Biden has nominated Christine Wormuth, director of the RAND Corp.’s International Security and Defense Policy Center, as secretary of the U.S. Army. Wormuth served as the Department of Defense’s undersecretary for policy during the Obama administration where she helped inform the defense secretary’s decisions on national...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2021 — Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS) and cybersecurity services provider Steel Root have formed a partnership with the intent to help defense companies address compliance requirements while preparing for an audit under the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, ExecutiveBiz reported Ma...
Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) aviation defense unit will help the U.S. Air Force maintain T-6 training aircraft under a sole-source indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth potentially $95.1 million over five years. Contract work covers sustaining engineering and program management support for the platform used to train military pilots, ...
