The Department of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin three F-35 program contracts worth a total of $1.4B. The largest contract is a $1.29B hybrid contract for logistics services, including ground maintenance activities, action request resolution, depot activation activities, automatic logistics information operations and maintenance and reliability. Under the terms of the one-year deal, Lockheed will […]
Congress has provided an additional $130M for the Missile Defense Agency's Hypersonic Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor, a satellite constellation designed to track hypersonic weapons. Under the fiscal 2021 appropriations bill, the MDA and the Space Development Agency will jointly develop and deploy the HBTSS architecture and constellation under a memorandum of agreement, C4ISRNET reported. The […]
Avaya provided its cloud-based contact center platform for North American Aerospace Defense Command's annual NORAD Tracks Santa program. Avaya Vice President of Public Sector Jerry Dotson, a Potomac Officers Club member, said the capability will help users create more meaningful connections across multiple platforms during the holiday season, ExecutiveBiz reported. “At Avaya we know every call […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will launch a new technology accelerator in St. Louis, Missouri, to support startups in the geospatial technology industry. Vice Adm. Robert Sharp, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and two-time Wash100 winner, said NGA Accelerator is part of a larger effort to establish St. Louis as a premier geospatial ecosystem, […]
NuWave Solutions has announced its acquisition of ProModel Government Services, a provider of predictive and prescriptive analytic software solutions for government customers. ProModel Government Services has more than 25 years of experience in building custom model-based software solutions designed for data visualization and resource optimization, NuWave said Tuesday. NuWave CEO Reggie Brothers, a Potomac Officers […]
The recently discovered SolarWinds hack of the federal government endangers some of the Department of Defense's newer digital modernization projects, including its software factories, according to the Air Force's acquisition chief. Will Roper, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and three-time Wash100 winner, said the hack poses a challenge for the Air Force's Cloud […]
The Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released the latest version of the Trusted Internet Connections policy for public comment. CISA is asking stakeholders to provide feedback on the agency's recommended methods for securing mobile and personal devices that connect to agency networks, Nextgov reported Tuesday. “The draft use case is […]
IBM has won a spot on a blanket purchase agreement to provide software development services and digital modernization to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Production and Conservation mission area. The company may now compete for task orders with a combined worth of $620M over the next five years. The FPAC mission area focuses on […]
Chief of Space Operations John Raymond, a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker and 2020 Wash100 winner, has become the eighth member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In accordance with the law, Raymond was appointed exactly one year after the official founding of the Space Force as a military service, Defense .gov reported. "But […]
ECS has been awarded a recompete contract to provide information technology service and support to the Marine Corps' Department of Manpower and Reserve Affairs. The $28.8M firm-fixed-price contract is aimed at helping the Marine Corps efficiently manage and expand its human resources initiative across all active and reserve members, ECS said. “ECS is honored to […]
