Tag Archives: Defense Department

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a 2019 Wash100 winner, has expressed satisfaction with the $738B fiscal 2020 defense budget agreed upon by the White House and Congress as part of a $1.4T spending deal, Defense News reported Thursday.

The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Innovation Associates a potential 10-year, $450M contract to supply automated pharmaceutical systems and related accessories to the U.S. military. DLA received 36 responses for the firm‐fixed‐price, indefinite‐delivery/indefinite‐quantity contract via a competitive acquisition process, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

The Department of Defense’s potential 10-year, $8B contract for enterprise common cloud-based applications and services could be awarded as early as August, Nextgov reported Tuesday.

A new McAleese & Associates report says the full Senate is expected to decide Tuesday on the nomination of Army Secretary and 2019 Wash100 winner Mark Esper to be the next secretary of the Department of Defense.

Brit Systems has secured a potential 10-year, $400M contract with the Defense Logistics Agency to provide and maintain a digital imaging network of picture archiving communications systems. The system would function as an archive for medical images intended for the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has landed a two-year, $191M contract modification to continue producing a command and control communications system for the U.S. Air Force's nuclear-armed bomber fleet.

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $900M task order from the U.S. Air Force to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations of USAF's Air Combat Command. The company said Thursday it will perform work at USAF facilities located in Virginia, Texas, Nebraska and California.

The full Senate is expected next week to confirm Mark Esper, secretary of the U.S. Army and a 2019 Wash100 winner, as the next secretary of the Department of Defense after the upper chamber’s Armed Services Committee approved by a voice vote his nomination Thursday, Reuters reported.

Paradigm Mechanical Corp. and the Sapper West-Spectrum Service Group joint venture have won five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth $147M combined to build, alter, repair or renovate facilities for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has secured a 60-month, $87.7M contract to help the U.S. Navy's Forces Surveillance Support Center in Virginia engineer an over-the-horizon radar system. The company will provide engineering and programmatic services under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.