The Department of Defense (DoD) and the General Services Administration (GSA) awarded General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) a potential 10-year, $7.6B blanket purchase agreement on Thursday to replace legacy DoD IT office applications with a standard cloud-based platform across the U.S. military. GDIT secured the Defense Enterprise Of...
Arthrex has won a five-year, $375M contract to provide hospital equipment and accessories for the Defense Logistics Agency's electronic catalog. DLA received 89 responses for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive bidding process, the Department of Defense said Thursday....
Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, wrote about a recent press briefing where Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord discussed ongoing procurement reform and innovation efforts at the Department of Defense. He noted that Lord, also a 2019 Wash100 awardee, hinted at proposed fiscal 2020 National Defense...
Potomac Officers Club hosted its 2019 Security Vetting Process Modernization Update on August 14th. The forum brought together GovCon leaders from the public and private sector to discuss the initial implementation of National Security Presidential Memorandum-9 and how future plans will continue to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of vetting...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has secured a potential four-year, $367.2M contract from the U.S. Navy to update a radar-guided missile defense system and related hardware for domestic and foreign military customers....
Christopher Scolese, formerly director at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, has taken the oath to lead the National Reconnaissance Office. In his new role, Scolese will oversee, guide and direct all aspects of NRO and perform tasks from the director of national intelligence and the secretary of DoD. “I am looking forward to fulfi...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a potential nine-year, $637.6M contract to perform engineering and integration work on the U.S. Navy’s combat management system for missile defense....
Katrina McFarland, a director at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), cited training as key to better prepare the future acquisition workforce during an interview at the National Contract Management Association's World Congress 2019 event, Government Matters reported Sunday....
On Monday, GovConWire reported that President Trump would nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to succeed Dan Coats as the director of National Intelligence. “I think that John Ratcliffe is going to do an incredible job, if he gets approved,” Trump told reporters at the White House via CNN. “I think we need somebody like th...
SSFM-NOEI has secured a potential five-year, $100M contract from the U.S. Navy to provide architect-engineer services for Naval Facilities Engineering Command's structural projects within Hawaii....
