By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet When an executive from a government contracting firm reaches out to me, seeking ideas about how they can distinguish themselves from the crowd to win more project business, oftentimes Iâll point them to the practice of earned value management and the systems that support it. EVM...
Multi-cloud has been touted by Pentagon leaders as the future of defense and the foundation of widespread technology modernization and digital transformation efforts. Cloud is inextricably intertwined with software modernization, JADC2, zero trust and a myriad of other top DOD priorities and programs. With the DODâs Joint Warfighting Cloud Capabil...
BAE Systems has received a $463.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to maintain 155 mm lightweight towed howitzers for domestic and foreign military customers. The firm-fixed-price award covers the provision of catalog parts and manpower services to support the life cycle sustainment of the U.S. and Australian M777A2 howitzer fleet and Canada̵...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) will support the research and development of a soldier-as-a-system concept for Department of Defense mission partners under a potential $919 million task order. The company said Tuesday it aims to identify, mature and transition warfighter systems through the Engineering, Development, Integration and Technology-based ...
The Department of Defense has been working on creating a Defense Industrial Base cybersecurity strategy that is expected to be released by the end of the year, according to DOD Acting Principal Deputy CIO David McKeown, a 2023 Wash100 Award winner. âIf youâve done business with us, you know that thereâs a variety of folks withi...
New capabilities brought about by the digital revolution have transformed the way the Department of Defense approaches data and connectivity. While the department has already embarked on its journey to strengthen U.S. cyber capabilities, there are still steps that must be taken to ensure that data is secure at all levels. Though technology itse...
A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) business segment has received two U.S. Air Force contracts totaling $1.19 billion to manufacture cruise missiles. The company’s missile and fire control unit will produce lot 21 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile systems under a $750.5 million firm-fixed-price contract and lot seven Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile...
According to Air Force Lt. Gen. Mary OâBrien, chief information officer at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the speed at which technology is advancing and the extent of its potential impact on military operations have reached âunprecedentedâ levels. Technology has repeatedly impacted the character of war, said OâBrien. In the past, tanks repl...
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification has been divisive throughout its creation over the last decade-plus, but especially since its implementation in 2017 as a requirement for defense industrial base organizations. As part of the initiative, contracting companies working with the Department of Defense must have their cyber protection system...
A portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital, iNovex, has purchased software engineering company Innoplex for an undisclosed sum to create a middle-market technology provider in support of Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers. The private investment firm said Tuesday that iNovex will operate with nearly 1,000 employees supporti...
