The State Department has approved Australia’s request to buy 29 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, built by Boeing (NYSE: BA), along with associated equipment and support services under a potential $3.5 billion foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. The transaction also includes 29 Modernized Target Acquisition Designation S...
Oshkosh’s (NYSE: OSK) defense arm has won a potential six-year, $942.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to build and deploy a medium caliber weapon system for the Stryker armored fighting vehicle. Army Contracting Command received three offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract and expects work to conclude on June 2, 2027, t...
President Joe Biden has unveiled a $715 billion budget request for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022, which reflects a 1.6 percent rise from the FY 2021 enacted amount of approximately $703.7 billion. The proposed defense budget proposal includes $27.7 billion in funds for nuclear modernization efforts, including $3 billion for B-21 Lon...
Michael McCord and Ronald Moultrie received Senate confirmation to serve as comptroller at the Department of Defense and as DOD undersecretary for intelligence and security, respectively, Defense News reported Friday. McCord, a 2015 Wash100 awardee, oversaw financial and budgetary functions at the Pentagon as its comptroller and chief financial offi...
The State Department has cleared Spain’s request to procure follow-on contractor logistics support for General Atomics-built MQ-9A Block 5 remotely piloted aircraft and related equipment under a foreign military sales deal worth approximately $110 million. The agreement includes aircraft components, accessories and spares, simulator software, repa...
Several Department of Defense officials participated in a two-day virtual conference, hosted by McAleese & Associates, to discuss topics such as acquisition, budget and military modernization. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and three-time Wash100 winner, highlighted takeaways from the FY2022 Defense Programs conference in his...
Following an opening keynote address by Morgan Adamski, chief of the National Security Agency (NSA) Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, GovConWire Events moved to the second part of Wednesday’s Defense Cybersecurity Forum with a can’t miss expert panel. Bob Renko, director of digital forensics at Peraton, acted as the panel’s moderator with Je...
Bill Rowan of VMware (NYSE: VMW) and Brian Whitenight of General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business said the partnership between VMware and GDIT is making it easier for Department of Defense agencies to move to the Defense Information Systems Agency’s milCloud 2.0 platforms in three ways. The partnership helps simplify the...
GovCon Wire, the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its Defense Cybersecurity Forum on Wednesday, May 12th. If you missed the Defense Cybersecurity Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting GovCon Wire Event Archive. The Def...
ARServices has won a potential $145.5 million contract to advise the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s research and development directorate on policy, financial and programmatic matters. The Alexandria, Virginia-based company will provide advisory and assistance services to the agency in R&D areas such as chemical, biological, radiological...
