President Joe Biden has announced the establishment of a new task force within the Department of Defense that will be responsible for providing a baseline review of DOD programs, policies and processes with regard to the challenge and threat posed by China, DOD News reported Wednesday. Ely Ratner, a special assistant to Defense Secretary and 2021 Wa...
Jane Pinelis, an official at the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, said JAIC plans to award a multiple-award contract in February to provide testing and evaluation support services for all offices across DOD working on AI, FedScoop reported Tuesday. “What we are looking for is the entire spectrum of support,” said P...
Ellen Lord, former undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a four-time Wash100 awardee, has joined security and risk management advisory firm The Chertoff Group as a senior adviser. She will advise on defense programs, critical infrastructure protection and homeland security initiatives as part of the senior a...
Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky Aircraft subsidiary has received a $478.6 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to build a third batch of new presidential helicopters. The service branch is procuring five additional VH-92A low-rate initial production units, two cabin interior reconfiguration kits, spare parts and support equip...
Ellen Purdy, director of emerging capabilities and prototyping initiatives and analysis at the Department of Defense (DOD), recently discussed the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum, including spectrum competition in a contested and congested environment. She spoke about how enablers such as partnerships and technological innovation can ove...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $329.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to supply Australia with electronic warfare technology for mitigating the risk from explosive materials that can be detonated by radio signals. The company will provide mounted and dismounted systems for Increment One Block One of the Joint Counter Ra...
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted government agencies to accelerate information technology modernization to facilitate the delivery of citizen services and achieve their missions and Michael Houlihan, senior director for the Department of Defense sales team at VMware (NYSE: VMW), said the government should aim to establish a scalable, adaptable, fl...
An affiliate of global investment firm The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) has acquired and combined Two Six Labs and IST Research to establish a technology platforms provider, Two Six Technologies, to the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and other U.S. national security clients. Joe Logue, formerly an executive vice president at Booz Allen ...
LTM has been awarded a potential five-year, $124.1M contract to help the U.S. Navy's Fleet Readiness Center East integrate maintenance and supply functions across the naval aviation enterprise. The company will also perform logistical, technical and maintenance scheduling work to support NAE integration efforts, the Department of Defense said T...
Federal contract spending reached $681B in fiscal year 2020 driven by budget increases for agencies within the Department of Defense and efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloomberg Government reported Tuesday....
