The National Institutes of Health has released a solicitation for the third iteration of the multiple-award Public Information and Communication Services contract. PICS III is a potential five-year, $1 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will be competed as a total small business set-aside program, according to the solicitat...
The State Department has approved the potential sale of RTX-built (NYSE: RTX) MK 54 all-up round lightweight torpedoes and related equipment to the German government under a potential $300 million foreign military sales deal. RTX’s integrated defense systems division will serve as the principal contractor on the proposed transaction, which cov...
Lorne Graves, formerly chief technology officer at Abaco Systems, has taken on the same role at Frontgrade Technologies, a provider of analog and radiation-hardened technologies for aerospace and defense applications. He has over two decades of experience in deploying and integrating mission processing, embedded computing and radio frequency platfor...
Samuel Swearingen has taken on the position of vice president of federal business development at Astrion, a services provider supporting defense, government, homeland, intelligence, science and space sectors. He announced on LinkedIn Thursday his move, transitioning from Deloitte, where he served as advisory specialist leader of the company’s tr...
The military healthcare system is a microcosm for the broader general healthcare challenges and setbacks the U.S. is facing: a lack of unification and standardization, resources spread too thin and deficiencies in technical modernization. All of these challenges, in addition to the added urgency and geographical expansiveness of the mission, makes d...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse as the next director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. He succeeds the retiring U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, a 2023 Wash100 awardee. Kruse currently serves as the director’s adviser for military affairs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Prior...
Twelve companies will compete for task orders on a potential five-year $975 million contract to provide training support services to the U.S. Army. Army Contracting Command received 18 bids for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will determine work locations and budget upon the issuance of each order, the Department of Defense ...
Mitch Stevison, a government contracting industry veteran, has joined Frontgrade Technologies as president and CEO. He succeeds Mike Elias at the helm of Frontgrade and comes to the Colorado Springs, Colorado-based company from Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY), where he served as an executive vice president and president of the mission systems divisio...
John Ratigan, formerly CEO and president of ST Engineering’s iDirect Government subsidiary, has joined Comtech (Nasdaq: CMTL) as chief corporate development officer. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in the satellite communications and defense technology industry and will oversee the company’s strategic business growth initia...
ASRC Federal and Noble Supply and Logistics have received firm-fixed-price contracts worth $185 million combined from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide maintenance, repair and operations support services at U.S. military facilities. The vendors will deliver MRO support to the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and the Coast Guard under t...
