Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force and a previous Wash100 Award winner, took her oath of office as the new chair of the Defense Business Board during a ceremony held Tuesday at the Pentagon. Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary at the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, swore in...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Fall 2021 5G Summit to bring together some of the most influential executives from the federal government and industry to explore the impact that 5G integration has on the private and public sectors, as well as future programs, plans and priorities as the nation aligns with emerging technology. Jay...
The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting white papers for a planned broad agency announcement that will focus on geospatial intelligence processing and exploitation efforts in support of the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. A presolicitation notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov said ARFL is seeking submissions for research a...
The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking proposals for novel platforms that could help improve mission effectiveness of service members and address national security challenges through the Commercial Solutions Opening process. DIU plans to award other transaction agreements to traditional and nontraditional defense contractors to develop prototypes of...
Patrick Shanahan, former deputy secretary of the Department of Defense and senior vice president at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has joined the board of directors of Zanite Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ZNTEU) as an independent Class III director. The special purpose acquisition company said Wednesday Shanahan, a previous Wash100 awardee, will become a member of...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Bolstering Climate Resilience for National Security Forum on Tuesday to bring together the members of the federal sector and government contracting (GovCon) industry to explore the national security implications of climate change and how data analytics can inform agencies’ climate adaptation strategies. Senio...
On Tuesday, Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Bolstering Climate Resilience for National Security Forum featuring Dr. Erwin Villiger of LMI, Dr. Kathleen White from the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Dr. Terence Thompson of the Climate Service as panelists during a full discussion exploring the implications of climate c...
Axonius has established a new subsidiary that will focus on delivering the needs of U.S. federal agencies looking to meet the requirements of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program and other government initiatives centered on strengthening national cybersecurity. Axonius Federal Systems will offer agencies foundational asset management ca...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $2.01 billion contract to provide logistics support for the F-35 air systems of U.S. and foreign military sales customers as well as non-Department of Defense participants in the fighter aircraft program. A Lockheed-led industry team will perform ground maintenance work, resolve action requests, maintain an ...
Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) will operate and maintain dark fiber infrastructure for the Defense Department under a potential seven-year, $196.5 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency. An initial task order under the single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will cover the $1,000 minimum guarantee, DOD s...
