Jeff Dalton, vice chair of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body’s board of directors, has been elected to assume the chairman position in 2022. He will succeed outgoing Chairman Karlton Johnson, who did not seek a second term after holding the post since the start of 2021, CMMC-AB said Monday. Dalton will lead the...
Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit organization CNA has received a potential 10-year, $1.22 billion contract to run a federally funded research and development center that will focus on conducting key issues that affect the Department of the Navy and other defense agencies. CNA will support operates at the Navy Studies and Analysis FFRDC under the ...
On Wednesday, the Potomac Officers Club hosted its Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum, which gathered notable leaders from the U.S. Air Force and industry who spoke on leveraging public-private partnerships to accelerate infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity and other digital transformation initiatives during an era ...
Optum‘s federal business will continue to provide a range of medical services to U.S. military personnel under the $172.4 million contract modification from the Defense Health Agency. DHA extended its sole-source bridge contract with OptumServe Health Services for work at military component designated sites in U.S. states and territories, the ...
Significant leaders from the U.S. Air Force and its industry partners will discuss the information technology modernization initiatives currently driving the Air Force’s digital transformation strategy during a Dec. 15 panel discussion hosted by the Potomac Officers Club. Jim Huso, enterprise architect for CACI International, will moderate the exp...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has closed its $350 million cash acquisition of Washington, D.C.-based digital and systems engineering company Gryphon Technologies. The deal was first announced in November and ManTech said Friday the transaction brings in new programs, customers and skilled professionals for the company’s defense business...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its Defense Acquisition Priorities Forum on Tuesday, during which prominent leaders in the public and private sectors spoke on the advanced technologies, areas of interest and urgent challenges impacting procurement and acquisition strategies within the Department of Defense as well as how industry can help drive innov...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Amentum a $461.8 million contract to run the Bahamas-based Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center, which provides a testing environment for military maritime warfare research. Six proposals were submitted to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport Division for the AUTEC operation and maintenance contract, the Depart...
Philip Perconti, former top science and technology executive within the U.S. Army, has joined Leonardo DRS as chief technology officer. He will oversee the Arlington, Virginia-based defense contractor’s corporate strategy for research and development, advance innovation and broaden partnerships to facilitate the development of integrated techn...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will continue to help the U.S. Navy modernize sensor hardware and software for Super Hornet and Growler military aircraft platforms under a $71.4 million contract modification. The award includes work to update sensor instrumentation and interfaces related to the anti-surface warfare technical baseline of F/A-18 and...
