The Washington Headquarters Services plans to issue $420 million in modifications under a previously awarded $496 million small business set-aside contracting vehicle for support services to the Pentagon’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. American Systems, Applied Research and Associates and Modern Technol...
Air Combat Command has released its final request for proposals for a potential $5.3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle meant to help warfighters gain information advantage as they operate in the cyber domain. Offerors have until Oct. 26 to submit bids for the Enterprise Cyber Capabilities acquisition program, which has...
Jon Gruen, executive chairman of Fortem Technologies, has assumed additional duties as CEO of the Pleasant Groves, Utah-based airspace awareness technology developer as part of a strategic reorganization that seeks to address the rising market demand for counter-unmanned aircraft systems support and strengthen the company’s focus on pursuing growt...
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has received a contract extension valued at $229 million to continue working with the Army Research Laboratory on the experimentation and implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning applications across the U.S. military. The new award is an addendum to the $99.9 million contract announced in...
Fourteen companies have won spots on a five-year, $1.89 billion contract to supply initial spare parts for the KC‐46 aerial refueling fleets of the U.S. Air Force and international military customers. The competition for individual delivery orders under the indefinite‐delivery/indefinite‐quantity contract will begin after the service branch is...
With the release of the Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication-8, Information in June 2022, the U.S. Marine Corps recognized information as an important component of warfighting. Now, the service is working on a new document that translates the concept into practical application. Lt. Gen. Matthew Glavy, USMC’s deputy commandant for information, said t...
The Cyber AB, which functions as an accreditation body for the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, has established a subsidiary to manage the development of training and certification programs for professionals within the CMMC ecosystem. The Cybersecurity Assessor and Instructor Certification Organization wi...
SkyWater Technology (Nasdaq: SKYT) has secured $99 million in additional funds from the Department of Defense to productize and qualify a process for manufacturing 90-nanometer electronics designed to withstand harsh radiation environments. The award follows a $170 million DOD investment announced three years ago to add a radiation-hardened semicond...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $158 million contract for the second early operational capability production of the U.S. Army’s new surface-to-surface missile system. The new order came after the service branch completed its manufacturing readiness assessment of the Precision Strike Missiles program, Lockheed said Tuesday. The Army o...
Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering OUSD(R&E) at the Department of Defense (DoD), recently accepted her 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest annual honor bestowed to the highest members of the government contracting (GovCon) community, during a visit by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Executive Mosaic is thrilled to recog...
