ASRC Federal has acquired Manassas, Virginia-headquartered Broadleaf as part of government portfolio and market expansion efforts. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and ASRC Federal said Monday the company gains 600 employees who provide support to the U.S. Army, Navy and the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. “Th...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has booked a potential $2.45 billion contract modification from the U.S. Army to produce guided air and missile defense systems. The aerospace and defense contractor will manufacture the Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target Advanced Capability-3 missiles at its facility in Grand Prairie, Texas, through the e...
By Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek In March, the Office of Management and Budget officially released the Biden Administration’s initial fiscal year 2024 discretionary budget request. This initial budget proposal includes a total of approximately $1.8 trillion in top-line discretionary budget requests fo...
Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, said that DOD will introduce a new “effort” to facilitate industry collaboration in bringing commercial space platforms to the U.S. warfighter mission, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. “The goal of this effort is to incorporate [t...
The final two weeks of Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 Popular Vote contest have begun, with the top 20 inductees receiving more votes than the previous week. Carahsoft President Craig Abod, a nine-time award recipient, still has the most supporters keeping him at the top spot. Microsoft Federal President Rick Wagner and Defense Secretary Lloy...
Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has secured a $215.6 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Defense to modernize and expand its facilities at three sites that produce rocket propulsion systems as part of efforts to help DOD meet the increasing demand for tactical missile systems. The company will use the funds from the agreement to...
In recent years, the U.S. government has seen a notable increase in contracting work – a shift that has caused the Defense Contract Audit Agency’s workload to grow rapidly. To keep up with the accelerated pace of today’s federal contracting activities, the DCAA has begun to reevaluate its methods and embrace change to transform into an...
Chief information officers are the technological architects of organizations. In today’s world, because everything is digitized, this means these C-level executives are essentially responsible for shaping and designing the way a company runs day-to-day. They oversee and facilitate information technology systems in order to result in optimal busine...
The Department of Defense has released a plan to implement the goals of the Software Modernization Strategy and develop capabilities to streamline software delivery efforts. John Sherman, chief information officer of DOD and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, approved the Software Modernization Implementation Plan on March 30, the department said Tuesday. The ...
In a government contracting ecosystem often defined by bureaucratic processes and long timelines, the Space Development Agency has built a refreshing reputation of speed, agility and innovation. As the race for space superiority intensifies, more and more GovCon companies and federal agencies are noticing SDA’s success and looking to adopt the age...
