TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 21, 2021 — David Appel, vice president of command and control data solutions at Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTN) intelligence and space business, said an open systems architecture has the potential to speed up data processing for the Department of Defense’s signals intelligence mission, ExecutiveBiz reported J...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has secured a potential five-year, $61 million contract to help the Department of Defense engineer and support systems intended for irregular warfare operations. Work under the contract will include program management, analytical, administrative and operational work for the irregular warfare technical support dir...
Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) has won a potential three-year, $1.18 billion contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide technical support services to Department of Defense personnel who use the company’s software products. The San Jose, California-based technology conglomerate will assist DOD clients through the Cisco Smart ...
As the Department of Defense moves forward with its phased implementation of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, several studies have offered insights within the defense industry about contractor preparations and expectations on the department’s CMMC process. A DOD interim rule, released in September 2020, provided a five-y...
During GovCon Wire Events’ Data Innovation Forum, luminaries in the public and private data innovation space will discuss the strategic importance of information technology (IT) and data management in national security. As the role of information technology in the federal government continues to grow, public and private leaders must be consc...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, cleared in May the strategy document for DOD’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept that aims to facilitate data sharing among services through a warfighting communications network that will use artificial intelligence, 5G and other emerging technology. L...
Michael McCord and Ronald Moultrie received Senate confirmation to serve as comptroller at the Department of Defense and as DOD undersecretary for intelligence and security, respectively, Defense News reported Friday. McCord, a 2015 Wash100 awardee, oversaw financial and budgetary functions at the Pentagon as its comptroller and chief financial offi...
The Department of Defense indicated in court documents filed Friday that it is preparing for more months of litigation over a contract protest filed by Amazon Web Services challenging the award of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Federal News Network reported. DOD, Microsoft and AWS sa...
ABL Space Systems has secured a Department of Defense contract to support the Defense Innovation Unit’s Responsive Launch II mission. Responsive Launch II seeks to send military payloads to their “mission-designated orbits” while reducing the risk of delays, ABL said Monday. ABL will use its RS1 launch vehicle and GS0 deployable ground systems...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2021 — KBR (NYSE: KBR) was tapped by the Defense Logistics Agency to maintain and sustain automated hydrant fueling systems at Department of Defense facilities under a potential five-year, $49.5 million contract awarded to the company, Executive Biz reported April 28. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract ...
