Agencies obligated $7.9 billion on information technology contracts under the fifth iteration of NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement vehicle during fiscal year 2020, a 41 percent increase from the prior year, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. The report said SEWP V was the top IT governmentwide procurement vehicle in FY 2020...
The U.S. Army has issued three firm-fixed-price contracts worth $570 million combined for dry-dock and fleet maintenance services at designated locations in support of the military branch’s watercraft vessels. Fourteen companies landed spots on a $235 million contract for fleet modifications, on-condition routine maintenance, repairs and dry-dock ...
Lance Spencer, client executive vice president with AT&T Public Sector, moderated “The DoD Journey to 5G: Where We Are, Where Do We Need to Be, and What’s Next” Panel during Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Summit. The panelists addressed emerging programs, priorities and challenges within the integration process of the new 5G framework. The p...
With great power competition, information superiority is critical to success on the Digital Battlespace. During Potomac Officers Club’s Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the Digital Battlespace Virtual Event, notable leaders across the government contracting landscape will join together to discuss the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum. ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will aim to demonstrate a space-based sensor technology for defending against hypersonic weapons and other sophisticated missile threats under a $155 million prototype award from the Missile Defense Agency. The company will perform on-orbit demonstration, launch and initial orbit testing work under Phase IIa of MDA’...
Gigit has merged with information security consulting firm Peak InfoSec in a strategy to gain a foothold in the federal cybersecurity due diligence services segment. Boulder, Colorado-based Gigit said Friday it acquired the stock, assets and intellectual property of Peak InfoSec, which will operate as the former’s wholly owned subsidiary and w...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential five-year, $3.6 billion contract to develop, test and integrate an airborne communications relay system for the U.S. Air Force. The company will also help the service branch operate and maintain payloads and ground stations of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, the Department of Defense...
During Potomac Officers Club’s Future Battlefield Series: Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the Digital Battlespace Virtual Event on Jan. 26, notable leaders across the government contracting landscape will join together to discuss the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum, including spectrum competition in a contested and congested environment...
Congress has approved a waiver to facilitate the confirmation of Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, as defense secretary under the administration of President Joe Biden, Defense News reported Thursday. The House voted 326-78 and the Senate passed in a 69-27 vote a congressional waiver that would exempt Austin from a law that requires...
Kim Koster, vice president of GovCon Strategy at Unanet, co-author of the 2020 GAUGE Report and GovCon Expert, has published her latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Friday. In her most recent article, GovCon Expert Kim Koster shared her insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the influenc...
