The U.S. Air Force has awarded an additional 23 positions on a potential $950 million contract to build and operate systems across all domains in support of the Joint All Domain Command and Control program. Vendors will compete for future orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to mature, demonstrate and proliferate capabil...
The Department of Defense has released the implementation plan for the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept that aims to help the Joint Force facilitate information sharing and decision making through a warfighting network that will use artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation and predictive analytics. “Command and Control...
The Department of Defense has selected Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) to complete application development work for a 5G-based warehouse project at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego. An assessment team for the NBC 5G Smart Warehouse project evaluated applications from Vectrus and two other companies as part of a down-select process during the initial phase and...
Saalex has purchased Netsimco, a Middletown, Rhode Island-based information technology services provider, for approximately $30 million in a transaction that expands its IT capabilities in the Department of Defense and aerospace markets. Established in 1999, Netsimco is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that provides IT, war game suppo...
Six companies have landed spots on a $249 million contract to support maintenance activities within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command‘s southwest area of operations. The contractors will maintain, repair and support facility systems including those used for refrigeration, fire protection, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, t...
Margaret Palmieri, founder and former director of the Navy’s digital warfare office, has been appointed deputy chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of Defense. John Sherman, chief information officer at DOD and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, announced Palmieri’s appointment in a LinkedIn post published Friday. Palmie...
The Senate on Thursday voted 68-31 to pass a $1.5 trillion budget package to fund the federal government through the end of fiscal year 2022, sending the bill to the White House for President Joe Biden’s signature, The Wall Street Journal reported. The omnibus package would provide $782 billion for the Department of Defense, which...
Stu Whitehead, deputy director for cyber and C4 integration at the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s J6 directorate, will keynote a Potomac Officers Club forum on April 7 to discuss the importance of data exchange between U.S. defense agencies and their mission partners. Whitehead was appointed to his current position in April 2012 and oversees joint...
VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC) has received a $100 million contract from the U.S. Navy to extend by one year the company’s mission-critical support for eligible foreign naval platforms. Naval Sea Systems Command issued the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to ensure the service branch’s foreign military sales cust...
A joint venture of KBR (NYSE: KBR) and Tier One Relocation will begin the nine-month transition phase of the potential $6.2 billion Global Household Goods Contract after the Government Accountability Office denied protests of the contract award. GHC was initially awarded to HomeSafe Alliance in November and covers the provision of household goods tr...
