Amazon Web Services will provide the Department of the Navy access to a cloud computing environment under a blanket purchase agreement worth potentially $723.9 million over five years. DON personnel will also receive training, certification and professional services from the cloud provider through the Enterprise Software License BPA, the Department ...

Proposed legislation regarding the sharing of radio frequency spectrum space between government and industry could negatively impact U.S. national security, Navy Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler said in his keynote address Wednesday at GovCon Wire’s Military Services Intelligence: Plans and Priorities Forum. Trussler, who concurrently serves a...

Client Solution Architects has received a potential three-year award to help the Department of the Navy manage and sustain an information technology system that supports active-duty personnel budget execution. The Naval Supply Systems Command’s Fleet Logistics Center has tasked CSA to continue IT services for the Military Personnel, Navy Appro...

The Department of the Navy has zeroed in on the cyber warfare environment with a new cyberspace superiority vision, according to Christopher Cleary, principal cyber adviser for DON. In the current warfare landscape, strategies and attacks have evolved to enter the non-kinetic space of the cyber world. As cyberattacks continue to advance, enhancing c...

The U.S. government has arrived at a seemingly widespread acceptance of the importance of maintaining and evolving its cybersecurity protections, particularly within the Intelligence Community. Without these measures, classified information could be at risk from both state-based and independent bad actors from across the globe looking to exploit vul...

Aaron Weis, chief information officer of the Department of the Navy, was recently presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award to recognize the most influential members of the government contracting (GovCon) for the coming year, by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a visit. Executive Mosaic recognizes Aaron Weis as a three...

The U.S. Navy is paving new paths toward innovation and getting more creative about how it harnesses new talent while developing and retaining its workforce. Christopher Cleary, principal cyber advisor for the Department of the Navy, said he thinks younger, newer Navy members should be given more responsibility and oversight of long-term initiatives...

Brent Wildasin, a retired U.S. Army veteran, and Dawn Legere, a two-decade defense industry veteran, will assume the roles of CEO and chief operating officer, respectively, at systems integration firm PD Systems starting on June 1. Wildasin will succeed Martin Ried, who will move to a new role on PD Systems’ board of directors, and...

A joint venture between AECOM (NYSE: ACM) and Ensafe has won a five-year, $400 million contract from the Department of the Navy to perform architectural and engineering work for environmental action projects within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command’s Atlantic area of operations. Resolution Consultants will also help manage DON&#...

The Department of the Navy has awarded five companies positions on a five-year, $999.6 million contract vehicle for financial, accounting and business process services. DON will obligate a total of $250,000 to the awardees to cover the minimum amount of its Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cont...