GovConWire's Government Contracting News 10/24/2022

Oracle‘s (NYSE: ORCL) Cerner subsidiary has secured a pair of task orders worth $956 million combined to continue to the deployment of an electronic health record system to Department of Veterans Affairs-run facilities, FedHealth IT reported Thursday. The report noted Cerner Government Services will perform waves K to O deployments under a 27-month, $906 million

For decades, the U.S. intelligence community has been known for its highly classified work, secrecy and insularity. In recent years, the increasing need for information sharing, interoperability with mission partners and industry collaboration have prompted IC leaders to adapt and take a closer look at where classification is needed — and where it’s not. Mark

Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence, wrote a joint commentary with U.S. Navy veterans John Richardson and Michael Rogers urging organizations to start their efforts to migrate cybersecurity procedures to post-quantum cryptography. They warned that the “store now, decrypt later” technique could allow hackers to steal sensitive information from U.S. entities due

Engineering and consulting services company ERC will provide support services to the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Test Center under a five-year, $640.5 million contract. ERC will help military personnel at the facility located on Aberdeen Providing Ground in Maryland to plan, analyze, report and conduct developmental and other testing activities, the Department of Defense said Friday.

The U.S. Army has issued a solicitation for the second iteration of a potential five-year, $975 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for mission command training and technical support services. Mission Training Complex Capabilities Support II is a multiple-award task order contract with four task areas, according to a notice published Friday. Training and technical and communications are

Wesley Rice, a U.S. Navy veteran and a former vice president at professional services contractor ISN Corp., has been appointed chief operating officer at engineering research and development company D’Angelo Technologies, according to a LinkedIn post published Sunday. In his new role, Rice manages daily operations, strategic growth and business development, business operations strategy and

The U.S. Air Force has initiated a market research to identify potential industry sources that could provide capabilities in support of the 16th Air Force’s cyber operations and information operations formal training unit under a potential five-year, $100 million contract. The service plans to award the Cyber Operation Formal Training Support III indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract as

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a potential $476.8 million contract to provide Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. Army Contracting Command received one offer for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract and expects work to run through Aug. 15, 2025, the Department of Defense said Friday. The service will obligate funds and announce work

The U.S. Space Force plans to solicit industry offers to develop two Mobile User Objective System spacecraft in early 2023 as part of efforts to extend the life of the MUOS satellite constellation, C4ISRNET reported Friday. Barbara Baker, deputy program executive officer for Space Systems Command’s military satellite communications and positioning, navigation and timing directorate,