The Defense Information Services Agency has pushed back the planned release of the final solicitation for the Defense Enclave Services information technology contract from late September to mid-late first quarter of fiscal year 2021.
Read More »Smiths Detection to Begin Chemical Detection Adapter Production Under Potential $91M DoD IDIQ Award
Smiths Detection is set to start producing solid liquid adapters for the Department of Defense's joint chemical agent detection system under a $90.8M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an ordering period of nine years.
Read More »Perspecta Gets SDA Tranche 0 Mission Systems Engineering, Integration Support Task Order
Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has received a potential $17.9M task order from the Space Development Agency to provide mission systems engineering and integration support for Tranche 0 capabilities.
Read More »Keith Nakasone: GSA to Continue Adding Cyber Requirements Into GWACs
Keith Nakasone, deputy assistant commissioner for acquisition within the General Services Administration’s office of information technology category, said GSA will continue to integrate cybersecurity requirements into governmentwide acquisition contracts to help ensure the security of sensitive data, FedScoop reported Wednesday.
Read More »Intel, DoD Enter Chip Integration Project’s Second Phase; Jim Brinker Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 22, 2020 — Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) will help the Department of Defense develop a multichip packaging system for the second phase of DoD's State-of-the-Art Heterogeneous Integration Prototype program, ExecutiveGov reported Oct. 2.
Read More »DoD Awards $197M in Microelectronics Tech Dev’t OTAs; Michael Kratsios Quoted
The Department of Defense has awarded $197.2M in other transaction agreements to four companies to pursue the development of microelectronics technologies.
Read More »Raytheon Technologies Gets $239M USAF Contract Modification to Produce More ‘StormBreaker’ Munitions
Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business has secured a $239.1M contract modification with the U.S. Air Force to produce a sixth batch of Stormbreaker weapons equipped with a tri-mode seeker technology.
Read More »Dave Spirk: Data Strategy Reinforces DoD’s Priority Focus Areas
The Department of Defense released a strategy to facilitate its transformation into a data-centric organization that considers data as a strategic asset critical to building and maintaining operational advantage on the battlefield. The Data Strategy "reinforces DOD’s priority focus areas of joint warfighting, senior leader decision support and data analytics,” Chief Data Officer Dave Spirk said.
Read More »General Dynamics IT Gets $364M SOF Digital Enterprise Support Contract; Leigh Palmer Quoted
General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) information technology business has received a potential five-year, $364M contract from the General Services Administration to continue delivering digital enterprise support services to special operations forces.
Read More »Cue Secures $481M DoD OTA to Manufacture Coronavirus Diagnostic Tests
Medical diagnostic technology maker Cue Health has been awarded a $481M other transaction agreement by the Department of Defense to increase manufacturing capacity for testing kits meant to detect COVID-19 infections.
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