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...
Terry Ryan, lead director at Constellis and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, took the helm of the Herndon, Virginia-based company as its CEO and executive chairman. He succeeds Tim Reardon, who stepped down from the chief executive position to “pursue other interests,” and brings more than two decades of government services industry experience t...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) will maintain and repair elevator support units aboard the U.S. Navy‘s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers under a five-year, $174.9M contract. The Navy awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive solicitation and will obligate funding at the ...
Eight companies, including two small businesses, have won spots on a potential $750M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support waterfront construction projects within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command’s Southwest area of responsibility. Awardees will compete for task orders under the multiple-award IDIQ to build, r...
A TechFlow subsidiary will help the U.S. Navy manage base operations at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland under a potential $129M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. EMI Services will support the management of the installation’s airfield facilities, utilities, special events and water and environments services, the Dep...
Leonardo DRS‘ Laurel Technologies business and Data Link Solutions — a joint venture between BAE Systems and Collins Aerospace — have each secured a two-year, $150M blanket purchase agreement to provide cabinets for U.S. Navy electronic equipment. Each company will manufacture up to 150 electronic equipment cabinets for the military ...
The Pentagon has recently announced the redistribution of the chief management officer (CMO) functions, Federal News Network reported on Wednesday. Of the changes, the Pentagon will strengthen the Department of Defense (DoD) comptroller’s office to head business process improvements across the department. The comptroller will serve as DoD’s perf...
Since the onset of COVID-19, the government and industry have expedited the development process of new technologies and offerings to remain competitive in the evolving landscape. Innovation units across the nation have focused on artificial intelligence, autonomy and robotics, to support data and networks. During Potomac Officers Club’s 7th Annual...
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the federal government to launch an initiative to drive the adoption of small modular nuclear reactor technology across national defense and space missions. The EO is aimed at revitalizing the country’s nuclear energy sector and space exploration initiatives while developing alternativ...
