As a collective entity united under the mission of achieving Joint All Domain Command Control, the U.S. military has intensified its spending on developing various technologies to benefit intelligence-gathering. Artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as various data-sharing and cybersecurity tools have undergone a renewed focus and in...
The government-focused subsidiary of global satellite operator SES has changed its name to SES Space & Defense as part of a rebranding effort that seeks to reflect its new strategy, structure and expanded capabilities meant to meet the needs of the Department of Defense and other U.S. government customers. The rebranding comes after SES Governme...
The Department of Defense has awarded Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud computing business, Google, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) positions on the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract worth potentially $9 billion over five and a half years. DOD said Wednesday JWCC is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity c...
James Lackey spent three decades serving as a civilian in the Department of Defense in various capacities. He began as a flight test engineer at Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland, where he quickly ascended to a department management position. After this, Lackey was promoted to the Pentagon as a senior executive working...
Scott Goldstein, head of advanced missions at Anduril Industries, has assumed additional responsibilities as chief scientist at the defense technology startup, GovCon Wire has learned. Goldstein, a U.S. Air Force Reserve major general, leads Anduril’s technical development initiatives for the company’s government partners. He brings to the dual-...
Tysons, Virginia-based management consultancy LMI has purchased Synaptech for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand into the space market and combine capabilities to advance innovation in mission support of Department of Defense customers. Synaptech CEO Zac Gorrell and Chief Technology Officer Elias Peroulas co-founded the Colorado-headqua...
ManTech will continue to provide specialized security support services to the U.S. Space Force under a one-year, $43.5 million contract modification. The company will help secure acquisition and operational mission areas at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. ...
Optum’s federal health care-focused business has received a $93.2 million bridge contract modification from the Defense Health Agency to continue delivering medical readiness support services to military branches. The Department of Defense said Tuesday OptumServe Health Services will assist service components in physical and mental healt...
IMT Defense has received a potential five-year, $391 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce, inspect, package and supply metal parts assemblies for 155mm M795 artillery projectiles. The Army Corps of Engineers in Newark, New Jersey, is the contracting activity and received one offer for the firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defens...
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command is requesting proposals for a potential $100 million single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that will cover procurement of support and sustainment services for meteorology and oceanography information technology software and systems. The contract will have a five-year ordering period...
