The RAND Corp. will conduct policy research and analysis work for the Department of Defense’s acquisition and sustainment office under a potential five-year, $417 million contract from the Washington Headquarters Services. DOD said Friday the nonprofit think tank’s federally funded National Defense Research Institute will study policies ...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Nika a position on a potential five-year, $125 million contract to help operate and maintain the Department of Defense’s medical facilities within the continental U.S. Nika said Thursday it will support maintenance, facility operations and systems, project development, occupancy, commissioning and gener...
Survice Engineering has won a six-year, $87.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to help the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center manage data across 22 technical focus areas. The Air Force Installation Contracting Center received two offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive procurement and ...
The Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has issued a solicitation for a multiple-award AI test and evaluation contract vehicle worth potentially $249.5 million. Proposals are due March 5 and JAIC anticipates awarding 15 to 25 blanket purchase agreements to procure the support services....
The departments of Health and Human Services and Defense have earmarked $3.65 billion to buy 100 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines each from Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (Nasdaq: MRNA), bringing the total number of vaccines bought from the companies to 600 million doses. The U.S. government agreed to pay $2 billion to Pfizer and its Ge...
Jane Pinelis, an official at the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, said JAIC plans to award a multiple-award contract in February to provide testing and evaluation support services for all offices across DOD working on AI, FedScoop reported Tuesday. “What we are looking for is the entire spectrum of support,” said P...
Jane Pinelis, an official at the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, said JAIC plans to award a multiple-award contract in February to provide testing and evaluation support services for all offices across DOD working on AI, FedScoop reported Tuesday. “What we are looking for is the entire spectrum of support,” Pineli...
Ellen Lord, former undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a four-time Wash100 awardee, has joined security and risk management advisory firm The Chertoff Group as a senior adviser. She will advise on defense programs, critical infrastructure protection and homeland security initiatives as part of the senior a...
Ellen Purdy, director of emerging capabilities and prototyping initiatives and analysis at the Department of Defense (DOD), recently discussed the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum, including spectrum competition in a contested and congested environment. She spoke about how enablers such as partnerships and technological innovation can ove...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a zero-based assessment of all advisory committees within the Department of Defense as part of a push to better align the efforts of advisory panels with the National Defense Strategy and other critical strategic priorities. Austin, an inductee into Executive Mosaic's Wash100 for 2021, signed a Jan. 30...
