The Navy intends to make the Boeing MQ-25A Stingray a key element in its unmanned campaign plan, an enterprise-wide effort aimed at harmonizing the service’s unmanned aerial, surface and undersea platforms. In an interview with USNI News, Navy acquisition czar James Geurts, a 2020 Wash100 winner and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, noted […]
Engineering company Jacobs has received the six-year, $455M Integrated Tactical Warning / Attack Assessment and Space Support Contract II from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Strategic Warning & Surveillance Systems Division. The contract calls for operations, maintenance and sustainment of missions at the North American Aerospace Defense Command Cheyenne Mountain Complex. In addition, […]
Jacobs, a Texas-based company specializing in consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery, has addressed return to work environment concerns with its industrial internet of things data integration and visualization platform. Using the ion solution, a Jacobs client was able to maintain personnel safety at its job site by implementing capabilities for automated contact tracing and […]
The Department of Defense intends to issue an update regarding the awarding of the $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract to Microsoft by the end of August, according to DoD Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy, a member of the Potomac Officers Club and a recipient of the 2020 Wash100 award. During a recent online press […]
Constellis has received a potential seven-year, $198M task order requiring the delivery of security services to Department of Defense personnel deployed at Camp Arifjan and Camp Buehring in Kuwait. Services outlined in the task order will be performed by Constellis company Triple Canopy. The award extends Triple Canopy’s nine-year security services support in Kuwait, where it […]
Science Applications International Corp. has secured a $63.5M single-award task order from the Navy to provide mission engineering and integration services to Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division's Global Deterrence and Defense Department. The task requires SAIC to provide expertise, facilities, equipment and administration services in support of the Global Deterrence and Defense Department’s advanced […]
Cubic Global Defense will provide services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division’s Surface Training Immersive Gaming and Simulations initiative under the terms of an indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity contract worth over $99M. The contract requires the delivery of total life cycle support to a new virtual environment training system, which will […]
Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy wants to strengthen the cybersecurity of the Commercial Virtual Remote Environment to facilitate more secure types of collaboration among the department’s remote workforce. In a recent interview, Deasy confirmed that pilots are underway to enable the CVR to operate at Impact Level 5, allowing DOD’s employees to work on mission-critical […]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is now reaping the benefits of its previous pandemic and disease research investments as the government continues its response against the COVID-19 pandemic. In a recent interview, DARPA Acting Director Peter Highnam noted that findings from DARPA-sponsored research programs over the last 15 years are now being used to […]
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification accreditation body is looking for ways to ensure that defense contractors’ cybersecurity safeguards remain competent during the three-year gap in between CMMC audits. Speaking at a SecurityScorecard-hosted webinar, CMMC accreditation body board member Chris Golden described the renewal of CMMC certifications as “a snapshot in time,” noting that companies may […]
