The Department of State has approved a potential $780 million foreign military sale of Javelin missile systems to Poland, with RTX and Lockheed Martin as the principal contractors. The Potomac Officers Club will host the 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit on Oct. 16 at the Hilton-McLean in Virginia. Now in its second year,...
The General Services Administration has issued the list of 53 apparent awardees as part of the rolling awards process for the 8(a) small business set-aside track of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus, or OASIS+, contract program. In a SAM.gov notice published Wednesday, GSA said it will send formal awards and notices to...
MANTECH has secured a potential seven-year, $910 million task order to provide enterprise-level cyber and data-informed IT services for U.S. Southern Command, or SOUTHCOM, and mission partners. The company said Thursday the General Services Administration awarded the task order. “Always advancing the capabilities of our warfighters and deliver...
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a $1.5 billion contract to establish a domestic uranium enrichment capability to provide nuclear fuel for defense requirements. DUECE Pilot Plant Under the contract, BWXT said Tuesday it will initiate requirements to construct the Domestic Uranium ...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International The Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is more than a compliance checklist. It is, in my view, a strategic transformation designed to strengthen the entire defense industrial base against today’s and tomorrow’s cyber adversaries. What...
Hitachi Vantara Federal has appointed Majed Saadi, a tech and growth executive, as chief technology officer. Saadi announced his move to Hitachi Vantara Federal in a LinkedIn post published Monday. He brings to the role over two decades of leadership experience in IT transformation, strategy development and consulting, as well as expertise in IT ser...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a request for proposal for the National Weather Service Commercial Data Program, or National Mesonet Program. National Mesonet Program Contract Scope According to the solicitation notice posted on SAM.gov Wednesday, the NOAA seeks contractors that can provide meteorological, hydrolo...
General Dynamics Information Technology has named Melissa Frye, a 14-year GDIT veteran, vice president of program. “From starting in Contracts, making the leap to Ops, and now VP — my journey proves that with grit, mission focus, and treating people right, anything is possible,” Frye said in a LinkedIn post announcing her new role. Who...
The General Services Administration has released the lists of apparent awardees under the rolling awards process for the Unrestricted, Total Small Business and three socioeconomic small business set-aside tracks of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus, or OASIS+, contract program. In separate notices published Tuesday on SAM.gov...
While the AI boom seemingly began in Silicon Valley with OpenAI’s ChatGPT three years ago, 2025 has been proof that China is highly competitive in the artificial intelligence field — if not the frontrunner. The Eastern superpower is building its own open-source AI programs that have demonstrated high performance as they put ubiquity and eff...
