President Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, for the role of undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. Brown has been serving as head of DIU within the Department of Defense since 2018. Under his leadership, the unit transitioned 26 tech capabilities to warfighters and b...
The U.S. Army has awarded Kokolakis Contracting a potential three-year, $112.4 million contract to build a cyber instructional facility. The Army Corps of Engineers received seven bids for the firm-fixed-price contract and obligated the full contract amount using fiscal 2021 military construction funds at the time of award, the Department of Defense...
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is looking for potential sources that can provide assistance for AI development efforts across the Department of Defense. The U.S. Army Materiel Command said in a request for proposals posted Wednesday that the Data Readiness for AI Development basic ordering agreement covers data preparation and related serv...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has won a 10-year, $95 million contract to provide consulting and oversight for regulatory processes at U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. The company will also provide contract research support to the under the hybrid contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesd...
The U.S. Army has awarded $577 million in contract modifications to Textronâs (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary and a team of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martinâs (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky business to perform work on the second phase of the competitive demonstration and risk reduction effort for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program. Army Contr...
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have received separate firm-fixed-price contracts to manufacture cartridges for the U.S. Army’s 120mm Tank Training Ammunition program. The service branch awarded $65.3 million to General Dynamics’ ordnance and tactical systems unit and $54.5 million to Northrop’s Alliant...
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason Universityâs School of Business, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Defense News that the current administration should take a âsteady as she goesâ approach toward mergers and acquisitions in the aerospace and defense market by relying on the stre...
The U.S. Army has reserved at least 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s AZD7442, a long-acting antibody product designed to prevent COVID-19 infection or treat the coronavirus disease, through a $204.9 million contract modification. The service branch obligated the full amount using its fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation funds, ...
Greg Brundidge, vice president and business development executive for defense at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said the Department of Department needs a unified platform as it works to transform talent management and the experience for military and civilian employees. Brundidge discussed how a unified system like Salesforce Customer 360 could help DOD ove...
Matthew Travis, former deputy director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, will serve as the first CEO of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body starting April 1. CMMC-AB said Monday that Travis will lead day-to-day operations of CMMC-AB in line with the Department of Defenseâs cybersecurity vetting ...
