Contracts

DOD plans four-phase roll out of CMMC

The Defense Department expects companies will need two years to be fully compliant with this new standard for protecting information on their systems.

Opinion

UPDATE: CMMC's proposed rule is published

After much anticipation, the proposed new standard for the defense industrial base's overall cyber posture is available for download now.

Contracts

DHA starts 'Reboot' for planned application development contract

The Defense Health Agency is ready to share some of the intended evaluation criteria after a long pause in announcements.

Contracts

Navy kicks off work on training contract

The service branch wants a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business to support enterprise-wide training.

Contracts

ANC firms continue battle over $110M Army base support contract

The Army sided with one of the two Alaska Native Corporations vying for the work, but the service branch's pick was declared unfair.

Companies

Serco's U.S. subsidiary wins $84M Air Force analytical support contract

Serco Inc. will support air operations in Southwest Asia for the next five-and-a-half-years.

Companies

L3Harris shares the plan for its other major integration

L3Harris Technologies' acquisition of a secure communication product business from Viasat put the buyer on an information sharing network for the U.S. military and NATO, which is in need of continuous hardware and software updates.

Opinion

RTX's CEO transition follows three years of change and turbulence

Both the company and Greg Hayes' tenure started amid the coronavirus pandemic and essentially a pause in air travel. Chris Calio will move up to CEO in the spring amid rising demand for defense products.

Contracts

The defense industrial base is 'in crisis,' expert tells Hill panel

The defense establishment is not equipped to develop, acquire and onboard emerging technologies at scale, according to a draft report from the Pentagon, and witnesses at a recent House hearing called for deeper, stronger ties between government and industry.

Companies

L3Harris to review its business after pact with major shareholder

The multinational hedge fund involved in this agreement will also be represented on the board of directors of L3Harris Technologies.

Contracts

Army chooses 12 for $975M training services recompete

Communications, operations and logistics are other key lines of work for the new contract.

Contracts

AI’s military use is limited by maturity concerns, CENTCOM official says

A U.S. Central Command official noted that “performance is still quite up and down” with AI, even as officials continue to experiment with the emerging technologies.

Contracts

ManTech wins $261M AF engineering, IT solutions contract

The work will focus on air dominance, weapons systems engineering and network solutions.

Companies

Arcfield adds small satellite skills with new acquisition

The buyer is also adding more work in sensor and ground network development.

Contracts

DISA finalizes $1B testing support award

The Defense Information Systems Agency goes with a newcomer for this much-protested contract that evidently now has the green light to get going.

Contracts

Inside DARPA’s search for an 'autonomous scientist' to support its researchers

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is on the hunt for foundational AI models that can aid in the scientific discovery process.

Contracts

Army decides to reset $100M IT services contract

The service takes a step back after a series of protests made it realize that the solicitation no longer met their needs.

Contracts

What can you do now to prepare for CMMC?

In the first of a series of videos, we talk to informed observers about what contractors should be doing ahead of the release of the CMMC draft rule and how they should approach what promises to be a massive and complex document for this new cybersecurity standard.

Contracts

Air Force makes 13 more awards for $950M battle management tech program

The Air Force is looking to further research work on its piece of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative to connect soldiers and systems.

Contracts

Ukraine war teaches the value of early collaboration

This conflict's biggest lesson might be found in the need to build more of a "connective tissue" between the commercial satellite industry and the military before the next war.