The Senate voted 85-14 on Wednesday to pass a defense bill that would authorize $895.2 billion in fiscal year 2025 funding for national defense. The Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, would authorize $849.9 billion for the Department of Defense and $33.3 billion for the Department...
Current events are changing and shaping the military health landscape. From the global pandemic to increasingly contested environments, military branches are considering a wide range of emerging factors as they look to advance military health. GovCon Wire sat down with Corey Hastings, chief financial officer at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation f...
There are few people more qualified on the subject of wireless networking and communications than Dr. Thomas Rondeau. The highly knowledgeable, innovative official is currently steering research and development work on future generation, or FutureG, technologies at the Department of Defense as a principal director. He’s been at the DOD in var...
Oracle has named Bryan Beaulieu, a sales leader who has proven experience capturing and managing public sector acquisitions, as vice president of its homeland security portfolio. Beaulieu confirmed his new role in a LinkedIn post Tuesday. Who is Bryan Beaulieu? Beaulieu’s career at Oracle spans several years. He joined the IT services provid...
David Bradley was appointed vice president of space and strategy within the Electro Optics/Infrared Sensors Group at Leonardo DRS, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post Tuesday. Bradley most recently served as VP of strategy and business development for space and intelligence systems at General Dynamics‘ mission systems business. He initi...
The National Institutes of Health has awarded 17 companies positions on the third iteration of the potential five-year, $1 billion Public Information and Communication Services, or PICS, contract. According to an award notice published Tuesday, the NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations competed the multiple-award PICS III indefinite-del...
SOS International has promoted Mike Franz, most recently senior vice president for corporate operations, to chief operating officer and appointed business leaders Beth Caldera and Wendy Mills as vice president of contracts and procurement and VP of security, respectively. “Mike, Wendy, and Beth exemplify the exceptional talent that drives SOSi’s...
The intelligence tradecraft and landscape have shifted dramatically in recent years due to emerging technologies and increasingly sophisticated threats. We caught up with former CIA leader Jennifer Ewbank at the 2024 Baird Government & Defense Conference last month to get an update on how industry and IC agencies are adapting to and tackling tr...
Tony Gingiss has assumed new responsibilities as CEO of Millennium Space Systems, effective immediately. The executive will lead 1,000 employees in meeting the requirements of the commercial, civil, defense and national security space programs, the Boeing company said Monday. Who is Tony Gingiss? Gingiss brings to the role over 30 years of exp...
KBR has received a potential five-year, $445 million recompete task order to help expand capabilities for the Department of Defense’s Joint Mission Environment Test Capability, or JMETC, Program. The company said Monday it will support the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Test Resource Management Center, or TRMC, in broadening test and e...
