Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is required for any potential government contractor to win contracts from the Department of Defense (DOD). The federal government requires cybersecurity certification to protect crucial information technology (IT) assets against hacking from hostile actors and mismanagement due to poor IT system prac...
President Joe Biden has unveiled a $715 billion budget request for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022, which reflects a 1.6 percent rise from the FY 2021 enacted amount of approximately $703.7 billion. The proposed defense budget proposal includes $27.7 billion in funds for nuclear modernization efforts, including $3 billion for B-21 Lon...
An expert panel is set to discuss the transition of artificial intelligence technologies from the research and development phase into real-world operational settings at a GovCon Wire virtual event scheduled for Thursday. How can emerging technology take part in national security strategies and goals? This is what GovCon Wire’s next forum, them...
Brian Blanchette, former director of technical and design engineering at Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), was appointed as vice president of quality and engineering at HII’s Pascagoula, Mississippi-based naval shipbuilding arm. The company said Thursday Blanchette will succeed Dave Belanger, who is re...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and Millennium Space Systems have received separate contracts to create digital models of sensor technology for the U.S. Space Force’s future missile warning satellite constellation. The Missile Track Custody Prototype contracts call for the two companies to perform modeling work as part of the Next Generation...
Charles Onstott, a nearly three-decade veteran of Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has joined Calibre Systems as vice president and chief technology officer. He will advance innovation and growth initiatives through the development and application of enterprise information technology platforms and help identify opportunities fo...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and General Motors (NYSE: GM) have partnered to construct a lunar rover to enable astronauts to explore the moon’s surface in support of NASA’s Artemis program. “Surface mobility is critical to enable and sustain long-term exploration of the lunar surface,” Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed’...
The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center has issued a request for proposals for the potential 10-year, $50 billion Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners follow-on contract for general, health care and biomedical IT services. CIO-SP4 is a governmentwide acquisition contract that has a five-...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $101.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to provide interim contractor support and assign logistics service representatives at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina where the KC-46 Pegasus refueling aircraft is stationed. The award exercises options on the contract for engineering, manu...
During a recent visit to Amazon Web Services, Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented Dave Levy, vice president of Amazon Web Services‘ (AWS) federal business, with his 2021 Wash100 Award for continuing focus on cloud efforts, cyber and driving the development of emerging technology capabilities across the federal sector. “Dave Levy is wel...
