Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has initiated measures on how the Department of Defense should work toward addressing China-related security challenges. The directive builds on recommendations from the Pentagon’s China Task Force, which launched in February and delivered an initial assessment in April, the department said Wednesday. DOD collabo...
Army Contracting Command has awarded Merck (NYSE: MRK) a one-year, $1.2 billion contract to deliver nearly 1.7 million courses of molnupiravir, an investigational oral antiviral agent intended to support the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the full contract amount was obligated on the firm-fixed-price contrac...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a potential 15-year, $3.12 billion contract to manufacture APG-82 radar systems for the U.S. Air Force’s F-15 fighter jet fleet. The company will also modernize and provide support services for the radar system through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense sai...
Bowhead Cybersecurity Solutions and Services has secured a five-year, $92.3 million contract to provide senior consultation services to Naval Information Warfare Systems Command. NAVWARSYSCOM will obligate $2.5 million at the time of award using the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance funds, the Department of Defense said Tuesday...
A McAleese & Associates report on President Joe Biden’s proposed $715 billion topline budget for the Department of Defense offers a look at how much money will go towards military branches and programs in fiscal year 2022. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and three-time Wash100 winner, reported military personnel and oper...
During GovCon Wire Events’ Data Innovation Forum, luminaries in the public and private data innovation space will discuss the strategic importance of information technology (IT) and data management in national security. As the role of information technology in the federal government continues to grow, public and private leaders must be consc...
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) will provide software licenses and information technology products and services under a potential five-year, $2.49 billion blanket purchase agreement with the U.S. Navy. The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific in San Diego received two proposals for the single-award BPA that was awarded through the Department of D...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, cleared in May the strategy document for DOD’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept that aims to facilitate data sharing among services through a warfighting communications network that will use artificial intelligence, 5G and other emerging technology. L...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary has won a potential $121.1 million contract to help the U.S. Navy update, repair and maintain systems of USS Pinckney guided missile destroyer. Naval Sea Systems Command received three offers for the DDG 91 vessel’s fiscal 2022 depot modernization effort through a full and open competition, ...
Oshkosh’s (NYSE: OSK) defense arm has won a potential six-year, $942.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to build and deploy a medium caliber weapon system for the Stryker armored fighting vehicle. Army Contracting Command received three offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract and expects work to conclude on June 2, 2027, t...
