The U.S. Army has awarded 10 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $921.1 million contract to help prolong the service life of the military branch’s tactical engagement simulation systems. The Department of Defense said Thursday Army Contracting Command launched an internet solicitation and received 10 offers for the hybrid contract. The...
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has begun conducting market research for professional analytical services supporting efforts to counter and deter weapons of mass destruction and other emerging threats in the continental and outside the continental United States. Enhancing Anti-WMD Capabilities According to the sources sought notice pos...
Following the sunsetting of Task Force Lima last year and coming on the heels of the AI Rapid Capabilities Cell is Thunderforge, the Department of Defense’s newest artificial intelligence endeavor. With the project, the Pentagon is looking to boost its planning, decision-making capabilities and operational protocol. And it has recruited a maj...
Jeff Burdett, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has been elevated to senior vice president of command and control intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or C2ISR at SAIC. Vincent DiFronzo, SAIC executive VP for Air Force and COCOM Business and two-time Wash100 Award winner, announced the promotion on LinkedIn Wednesday. I...
By Amy Hilbert, executive vice president of government solutions at Casepoint and Kelly Swank, vice president of business development for government solutions at Casepoint Like other federal agencies, the Department of Defense requires resources to conduct investigations, manage litigation and respond to a growing number of Freedom of Information Ac...
By Tom Kennedy, General Manager at Axonius Federal Systems Data silos are a government efficiency and cybersecurity killer. Agencies that operate in silos lack cross-department collaboration and experience data fragmentation, both of which can result in duplication of efforts and an incomplete picture of potential risk. The Trump adm...
The State Department has approved Israel’s three foreign military sales requests worth approximately $3 billion combined for munitions, guidance kits, bulldozers and related equipment and support services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday it has notified Congress of the proposed FMS deals. MK 84, BLU-117 General Purpose Bomb...
IBM has finalized its acquisition of HashiCorp to broaden its capabilities designed to help organizations automate hybrid-cloud environments to drive innovation and strengthen security amid the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence tools. “Organizations globally are looking to deploy modern, hybrid cloud-ready apps, which require automated...
Augustine Consulting Inc. has received a $276 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide technical services for the Nett Warrior program. The Department of Defense said Wednesday ACI will perform the work for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract at its headquarters in Hamilton, New Jersey. The project is expected to be comp...
Lockheed Martin has secured a $211.7 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to provide maintenance and sustainment services to two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, batteries in the United Arab Emirates. The Department of Defense said Wednesday that the requirement was solicited from Lockheed Martin Space as the o...
