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McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from the remarks of Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, at a Defense Innovation Board meeting. Lord, a 2019 Wash100 recipient, discussed the need to bifurcate software development from hardware development and cited the Department of Defense’s effort to …

The U.S. Army plans to issue a final solicitation by the end of June for a potential 10-year, $5.1 billion contract vehicle for information technology hardware and services to support the development of a tactical communications network for warfighters, Bloomberg Government reported Monday. The Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems II …

Polaris Alpha has purchased Columbia, Maryland-based Fourth Dimension Engineering for an undisclosed sum in a push to expand its footprint in the cybersecurity market. Fourth Dimension co-founders Tom Conrad and Faith Horowitz will join Polaris Alpha’s leadership team as a result of the transaction that officially closed Wednesday, April 11, Polaris …

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $99.5 million contract option from the U.S. Navy to support the integration of large aircraft infrared countermeasure systems. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Northrop will provide hardware such as weapon replaceable assemblies, support equipment, signal processors, 302 advanced threat warning sensors and 41 control indicator units …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 22, 2016 — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has secured a potential seven-year, $26.6 million contract from the U.S. Senate’s sergeant-at-arms office to deploy, sustain, manage and operate a unified communications-as-a-service platform at 450 senate offices across 50 states, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday it will provide …

Parsons has landed a $455.1 million contract to assist in the Missile Defense Agency’s weapons and missile systems engineering projects. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will help MDA track weapons systems, integrate system and subsystem hardware and software, assess and verify performance and inspect target and countermeasure aspects of …

The U.S. Army Contracting Command has issued a request for proposals on a potential five-year, $20 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for software programming support services. The command said in a FedBizOpps notice published Thursday it plans to make up to four contract awards to provide technical analysis, hardware and software selection and database administration services …

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) have secured contracts worth $130.3 million combined to help reduce radar risks for the U.S. Air Force‘s Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Recapitalization program. The service branch awarded $70.3 million to Northrop’s systems business and $60 million to Raytheon’s space and airborne systems unit, the Defense …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 9, 2016 — Intelligent Decisions will compete for task orders to deliver on the U.S. Army‘s information technology infrastructure requirements under the potential $5 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 3 Hardware contract, GovCon Executive reported March 2. The company said March 1 it seeks to provide servers, storage systems, …

The U.S. Army has awarded 17 companies positions on the potential five-year, $5 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – 3 Hardware contract vehicle. The multiple-award contract covers commercial software, hardware and related enterprise-level, incidental support services for the service branch, Defense Department and other federal agencies, DoD said Monday. The …