ManTech International has secured a five-year, $136 million contract to support the U.S. Marine Corps‘ science and technology research and development activities. ManTech will support the USMC’s Warfighting Laboratory in identifying and developing new capabilities that support Force Design 2030. The award was issued through the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s multiple-award contract. All […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is preparing to update its federal cybersecurity policy through a request for information that is expected to be issued in early 2022. Kevin Stine, chief of the applied cybersecurity division at NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory, said during an agency meeting that officials want to update the Cybersecurity Framework […]
NASA has awarded APR Consulting its potential 10-year, $500 million Temporary Support and Services contract. Work will support the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Aaron Stone, chief operating officer of APR Consulting, said the contract will allow the company to support JPL’s efforts to support the development of spacecraft and space-based hardware. […]
Teresa Weipert is the general manager and president of Maximus Federal. She oversees operations and financial and business development activities for Maximus’ federal portfolio. Weipert has over three decades of experience in strategic government contracting. She joined Maximus in April and has been holding her current leadership role since. The Maximus executive focuses on modernizing […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Palo Alto, California-based ThroughPut a contract to support the military service’s ability to combat supply chain disruptions. According to RAND Corp., supply chain disruptions come from different sources, from natural disasters to malign adversarial actions. A single instance of disruption is likely to trickle down across the supply chain […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded AT&T Communications a potential 11-year, $161 million task order to consolidate the U.S. Coast Guard‘s disparate data communications network. AT&T will integrate all of the Coast Guard’s networks into a single, modernized data communications platform. Specifically, the company will supply an internet protocol-based data network that will support […]
The U.S. Army Applications Laboratory is slated to start the second phase of its Robotic Combat Vehicle sustainment cohort, an exercise where the service learns how to manage robotic vehicles on the battlefield. Lt Col. James Templin, manager of the RCV cohort project at the AAL, said one of the challenges that officials are facing […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded Tetra Tech a potential five-year, $300 million contract for flood risk management services. Tetra Tech was awarded the contract as part of the Advancing Resilience in Communities joint venture. ARC JV will provide technical support services to assess and manage flood risks in the northeastern U.S. Tetra Tech […]
The Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum on Monday reminding agencies to apply President Joe Biden‘s cybersecurity executive order to the Federal Information Security Modernization Act data compliance reporting. New guidance from OMB requires organizations to incorporate multifactor authentication and data encryption requirements into FISMA reporting. It also sets the groundwork that would […]
The Department of Defense has tapped BAE Systems to qualify a more compact, new generation of integrated circuit technology that will be used in space. Ricardo Gonzalez, director of space systems at the Manassas, Virginia-based company, said transitioning to a smaller IC architecture will create room for additional transistors per chip and reduce power consumption […]
