To maintain preparedness for current and future conflicts, the U.S. Army has embraced the “Army of 2030,” a momentous modernization effort designed to shift the service branch’s priorities to fit the characteristics of today’s international competition and deploy the technologies necessary to succeed in the evolving battlefield. The pla...
Eleven small businesses have won spots on a five-year, $95 million contract vehicle for program management and industrial engineering consulting services to the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, according to award notices posted Wednesday on SAM.gov. The PMIECS indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is reserved f...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International A new bipartisan legislation, the Cybersecurity Awareness Act, would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to launch a public-private campaign that would promote access to cybersecurity resources and expand outreach to small businesses and underserved communities on...
Helen Soln, former vice president of proposal operations at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has taken on the same role at cyber and signals intelligence engineering company Eqlipse Technologies. She will build, manage and expand Eqlipse’s proposal development center and help identify new business opportunities in the defense and intelligence sectors, the...
Joseph DiNoto, former vice president for national security programs at Ignite, has been elevated to the position of senior VP and chief strategy officer. DiNoto will support corporate strategy development and coordinate Ignite’s business relations with defense, civilian and intelligence community customers, the professional services company sa...
The U.S. government is expected to receive an approximately $3 billion purchase request from Israel for 25 F-35 aircraft manufactured by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defense minister, approved a proposal to expand the air force fleet to 75 stealth fighter jets by acquiring a third squadron of the “Adir” F-35 air...
Frontier Electronic Systems has received a five-year, $94.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide hardware and engineering services for ship data distribution systems. The Defense Department said Friday the company will work to meet hardware and support requirements of the AN/SPQ-15(V) DDS progra...
Eleven companies will continue providing the U.S. Transportation Command with logistics services under a Multimodal Transportation Program contract modification. The award has a combined option value of $178.5 million and a 24-month additional period that could bring the potential contract value to $457.2 million if exercised, the Defense Department...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will help the Department of the Treasury migrate to a multicloud information technology environment under a $1.3 billion contract. SAIC said Thursday the single-source award includes professional IT support for the Treasury to centralize the management of cloud services from Amazon Web Services, ...
The Texas-based joint venture between Rothe Development and Ares Technical Services Corp. has won a seven-year, $96.3 million contract to perform cybersecurity test and risk assessment work for the Missile Defense Agency. ROAR JV will help MDA’s security control assessors identify potential risks to business, mission support and warf...
