The Department of the Navy has recognized the need for modernization and is working tirelessly to ensure that its forces are properly equipped for today’s constantly evolving battlespace. Informed by both Department of Defense-wide and internal strategies, the DON is taking major steps toward a future-ready fleet. For Rear Adm. Fred...
A new Deltek analysis shows that agencies under the Department of Defense spent $239 million on other transaction agreements for cybersecurity-related activities between fiscal year 2020 and fiscal 2022. After a spending growth of nearly 21 percent from FY 2020 to FY 2021, DOD components’ spending on cybersecurity efforts using OTAs rose by 59...
In an age of rapidly intensifying global competition, the U.S. Department of the Navy (DON) is investing heavily in numerous initiatives guided by Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s three enduring priorities: strengthening maritime dominance, empowering the DON’s people and strengthening partnerships. Since the release of these priorities in ...
NavalX, the innovation cell serving the Department of the Navy, is emerging from a five-year “culture campaign” during which top leaders took a hard look at how to foster an environment for rapid, meaningful innovation to support the nation’s sailors and Marines. Now, it’s moving into a new era: NavalX 2.0. “In 2018, Secretary Geurts...
Digital assets are becoming an increasingly valuable and influential aspect of the U.S. Department of Defense’s mission. Whether it’s cybersecurity fortification, electronic warfare or cloud migration, digital transformation efforts are widespread and come with a host of reforms, new programs and reinventions of preexisting systems. Here is a gu...
Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), will provide F-135 propulsion system spare parts and associated equipment to U.S. and international defense customers under an $888 million contract modification from Naval Air Systems Command. This award covers the procurement of parts; modules; packaging, handling, shipping an...
GE Aerospace will provide the Defense Logistics Agency supplies related to an engine product series that powers military fighter and bomber aircraft under a $422.8 million contract. The sole-source acquisition contract for F101, F110 and F118 engines has a firm-fixed-price, requirements-type structure, the Defense Department said Friday. Defense app...
Leaders at the U.S. Department of Defense have been looking for a way to centralize their Joint All Domain Command and Control endeavor. Under this ideal state, communications and data sharing would be interlocked in a seamless mesh network that includes all six military branches and is functional at the edge: wherever a warfighter is active....
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) will provide a cloud-based application factory to the Space Development Agency under a $64 million contract. The factory is intended to host battle management command, control and communications software apps that will support SDA’s low-Earth orbit satellite constellation, the company said ...
A Deltek market analysis team found that federal spending on cloud procurement contracts with the small business community increased from $307 million in fiscal year 2021 to $714 million in fiscal 2022. Alex Rossino, advisory research analyst at Deltek, reported Wednesday that cloud investments at the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Homeland Se...
