During Potomac Officers Club’s Future Battlefield Series: Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the Digital Battlespace Virtual Event on Jan. 26, notable leaders across the government contracting landscape will join together to discuss the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum, including spectrum competition in a contested and congested environment...
Congress has approved a waiver to facilitate the confirmation of Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, as defense secretary under the administration of President Joe Biden, Defense News reported Thursday. The House voted 326-78 and the Senate passed in a 69-27 vote a congressional waiver that would exempt Austin from a law that requires...
The U.S. Navy is looking for potential sources of data analytics and business intelligence services in support of teams that help manage the center’s product and department-level operations. Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic said in a notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov that the Management and Business Analytical Systems II contract covers a ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a $2.12 billion contract modification to produce the seventh batch of KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. The company will provide data, licenses, subscriptions and flat file to the service branch in addition to 15 tankers, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The Air Force will pay...
Ellen Purdy, director of emerging capabilities, prototyping initiatives and analysis at the Department of Defense, will be featured as a keynote speaker during Potomac Officers Club’s Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the Digital Battlespace Virtual Event on Jan. 26. As the future of warfare becomes increasingly reliant on information and digital ta...
A By Light Professional IT Services subsidiary has secured a potential one-year, $38.2M bridge contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to continue the provision of engineering and technical services in support of the Defense Information Systems Network. Phacil will provide expertise and information technology services as part of the DIS...
Terry Ryan, lead director at Constellis and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, took the helm of the Herndon, Virginia-based company as its CEO and executive chairman. He succeeds Tim Reardon, who stepped down from the chief executive position to “pursue other interests,” and brings more than two decades of government services industry experience t...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) will maintain and repair elevator support units aboard the U.S. Navy‘s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers under a five-year, $174.9M contract. The Navy awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive solicitation and will obligate funding at the ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a five-year, $254.7M contract from the Missile Defense Agency to maintain two batteries for the United Arab Emirates’ Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. The company’s space business will also manage logistics and associated product database, develop software, provide training, conduct fie...
Jeffrey Curtis, who previously worked for the Department of Defense and the Defense Logistics Agency, has been named vice president of defense and supply chain at Plymouth, Indiana-based blockchain technology provider Simba Chain. He brings 33 years of DOD supply chain and logistics experience to his new position and will help the company navigate t...
