The concept of zero trust has been widely discussed yet enigmatic in recent years; now, as the Department of Defense moves forward with codifying zero trust and putting a strategy for implementation in place, the U.S. Navy is taking a closer look at its own transition to zero trust. Scott St. Pierre, deputy director for...
Air Combat Command has released its final request for proposals for a potential $5.3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle meant to help warfighters gain information advantage as they operate in the cyber domain. Offerors have until Oct. 26 to submit bids for the Enterprise Cyber Capabilities acquisition program, which has...
The Cyber AB, which functions as an accreditation body for the Department of Defenseās Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, has established a subsidiary to manage the development of training and certification programs for professionals within the CMMC ecosystem. The Cybersecurity Assessor and Instructor Certification Organization wi...
SkyWater Technology (Nasdaq: SKYT) has secured $99 million in additional funds from the Department of Defense to productize and qualify a process for manufacturing 90-nanometer electronics designed to withstand harsh radiation environments. The award follows a $170 million DOD investment announced three years ago to add a radiation-hardened semicond...
Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineeringĀ OUSD(R&E)Ā at the Department of Defense (DoD), recently accepted herĀ 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest annual honor bestowed to the highest members of the government contracting (GovCon) community, during a visit by Executive Mosaic CEOĀ Jim Garrettson. Executive Mosaic is thrilled to recog...
The Department of Defense continues to issue accelerated payments meant to help defense contractors withstand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic even after the White House declared the health crisis over, Bloomberg reported Monday. In March 2020, DOD issued a memo that increases the progress payment rates for large businesses from 80 percent to 90...
Connected Alliances has received a five-year, $99 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force operationalize a strategy framework for sustaining weapon systems. The military branch expects the output from the project to drive policy improvements and requirements document production, as well as inform concept of operations and performance work statem...
Todd Borkey, most recently chief technology officer at HIIās (NYSE: HII) Mission Technologies division, has assumed the role of executive vice president and CTO of the Newport News, Virginia-based defense and technology services contractor. He will report directly to HII President and CEO Christopher Kastner and oversee research and development an...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Wes Anderson, vice president of defense at Microsoft, to discuss the Department of Defense and industry being “inextricably linked” and the company’s partnership with DOD for over four decades now. The Q&A also focused on Microsoft’s recent growth initiati...
Raytheon Technologiesā (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary will provide military services, non-Department of Defense organizations and foreign military customers with spare parts for the F-135 aircraft propulsion system under a potential $769.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy. DOD said Friday the vendor will also supply mod...
