Since the close of William LaPlante’s service as assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics in 2017, he has noticed a significant and much-needed increase in the amount of prototyping and experimentation activity within the Department of Defense. Now, LaPlante, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, has re...
Intel’s (Nasdaq: INTC) foundry business has established an alliance to improve semiconductor design and production to meet the requirements of national security and government applications. Initial members of the U.S. Military, Aerospace and Government Alliance formed by Intel Foundry Services include Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS), Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS...
Charles “Chuck” Harris, a nearly 35-year industry veteran, has joined the U.S. arm of engineering and professional services firm WSP as Navy program director for the federal programs business segment. He will oversee growth initiatives for the Navy program, including a $500 million contract in support of the U.S. Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure...
The Department of Defense has started seeking proposals for a potential 10-year, $499 million contract to develop and test anti-tamper systems to protect critical program information and technologies from reverse engineering attempts and other adversarial efforts. The DOD Anti-Tamper Executive Agent Program Office expects the platforms to be procure...
The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a potential $476.8 million contract to provide Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. Army Contracting Command received one offer for the cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract and expects work to run through Aug. 15, 2025, the Department of Defense said Friday. The service will obligate ...
Herndon, Virginia-based FalconTek has acquired Core Mission Solutions for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to broaden the service-disabled veteran-owned small business’ support to defense, intelligence community and federal law enforcement agency clients. FalconTek said Wednesday CMS CEO David Courtney will join the company as executive v...
Six service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses have been selected to support financial improvement and audit readiness efforts at the Defense Logistics Agency under a blanket purchase agreement worth $181.1 million over five years. The DLA Contracting Services Office received 11 responses to an SDVOSB set-aside solicitation for the firm-fixed-p...
Continental Maritime of San Diego has secured a potential $204.5 million contract to help the U.S. Navy update, repair and maintain a pair of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. The shipyard operator will conduct depot modernization efforts associated with USS Chafee for fiscal year 2023 and USS Momsen for FY 2024 under the firm-fixed-pri...
Software, cloud and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence are rapidly expanding in the public sector. As federal agencies migrate to the cloud, they’re looking to industry for all-encompassing products, services and systems that can help smooth the transition and accelerate their modernization journeys. Tamara Greenspan, group v...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, and other DOD leaders hosted the Defense Innovation Board’s meeting on Monday and joined DIB Chair Michael Bloomberg in welcoming the seven newly named board members. Established in 2016, DIB provides department leaders with independent expert advice on how DOD c...
