The Department of Defense’s effort to field thousands of autonomous drones has reached a major execution milestone. The Army’s Switchblade-600 loitering munition, built by AeroVironment, has been selected for accelerated fielding under the first tranche of the Replicator program, the DOD said in a release on Monday. The Army’s acquisition hea...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $169.7 million contract to provide sustainment engineering and logistics support services for the MQ-4C Triton remotely piloted aircraft systems of the U.S. Navy and Australian air force. The contract covers the provision of life cycle program planning, spare and repair parts, support equipment, engineering...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond To ensure adequate preparation for a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 assessment, the Cyber AB advises contractors to start preparing for it at least six months in advance, depending on their current cybersecurity readiness and resources. In OSIbeyond’s experience, most organiza...
Carahsoft Technology has secured a potential $172.8 million blanket purchase agreement to provide the Department of Navy with VMware by Broadcom products and services. The DON Enterprise License Agreement BPA was made as part of a reseller or software publisher software category management deal for commercial-off-the-shelf information technology ass...
The Potomac Officers Club, the most esteemed events organization in the government contracting industry, has an exciting calendar of events planned for May 2024. These engagements will cover a broad range of relevant GovCon topics, from 5G to joint warfighting and even major trends characterizing this continuously evolving landscape. POC events...
Eight companies have won spots on a five-year, $701 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to repair, maintain and modernize non-nuclear surface ships homeported in Mayport, Florida. The contractors will conduct continuous maintenance emergent maintenance of the ship and provide short-term support to the Chief of...
Joint warfighting is a major focus for the Department of Defense as it works to adapt to the challenges of the modern battlefield, a constantly shifting landscape in which success is determined by data and digital capabilities. Interested in getting a comprehensive look into the intricacies of joint warfighting initiatives? The Potomac Officers Club...
5G is becoming increasingly critical to defense missions at home and abroad, and the technology is evolving more rapidly than ever before. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 5G Forum on May 22 takes a deep dive into the U.S. government’s top 5G priorities, opportunities, challenges and initiatives as advancements in this vital technology area con...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Those familiar with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, especially its updated 2.0 version, know that its most significant shift from earlier Department of Defense cybersecurity efforts lies in the introduction of a tiered certification process. Unlike past standards, such as NIST SP...
Like many government agencies, the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection manages petabytes of data flowing through it every day. They perform an estimated 50 billion data exchanges and 10 billion transactions daily. This also means there are roughly 100 million cyber attack attempts per day on their network, accordin...
