A Govini report predicts competition for information technology contracts across the Defense Department and service branches to increase in 2017 as $210 billion worth of DoD contracts approach expiration in the coming year, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Frank Konkel writes the analytics firm also estimates bids for each expiring IT contract to increase to an average of […] More

The National Defense Industrial Association hosted a meeting on Nov. 14 to allow representatives from companies to present their commercial off-the-shelf technology platforms to Will Roper, director of the Defense Department’s strategic capabilities office, the National Defense magazine reported Monday. Sandra I. Erwin writes executives from Allegheny Technologies, Battelle, Creative Micro Systems, Endeavor Robotics, General Atomics, […] More

The defense sector trade group Aerospace Industries Association has elected new members its executive board of governors for 2017 that includes at least 20 government contracting industry leaders. AIA said Thursday Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was chosen to serve as the association’s chairman of the board and Raytheon chief executive Thomas Kennedy was elected vice chairman. David Melcher was reappointed […] More

Ways for government contractors to plan during a time of uncertainty with the transition into a new Donald Trump administration and align business strategies with the future president’s policy priorities were the central talking points of Deltek’s “FedFocus 2017″ event Monday at National Harbor, Md. Against the backdrop of an incoming administration, one immediate item of uncertainty for industry to […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has demonstrated an unmanned vessel and a sensor mast prototype through open-water tests conducted off the coast of California. DARPA developed the autonomous vehicle through the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program and the sensor mast prototype as part of the Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems initiative, […] More

Mike Franz, former business development director at SOS International, has been promoted as the company’s vice president for business development. SOSi said Thursday Franz will succeed former business development VP Jim Edwards, who has recently joined the U.S. government following four years with the company. “As the deputy of our business development organization, [Franz] consistently helped lead our team to […] More

Michael Bruce, director at General Dynamics’ mission systems business, and Ella Schiralli, federal government markets manager at 3M, have been named to the board of directors of the Secure Identity & Biometrics Association. Michael Dougherty, CEO of SIBA, said in a statement released Wednesday Bruce and Schiralli will provide insights to the board in an […] More

Lisa Roger, former vice president and operations manager for the commercial cybersecurity division of Leidos‘ health and engineering business group, has been named VP of the technology services division at Alexandria, Virginia-based federal technology services contractor SC3. SC3 said Tuesday the 24-year information technology industry veteran will oversee the division’s IT-related programs in her new position. “We are honored to bring Lisa to the SC3 leadership […] More

Lockheed Martin‘s Systems Made Simple subsidiary has been awarded a 39-month, $33.3 million task order to help the Department of Veterans Affairs update and maintain VA’s Enrollment Health Benefits Determination system. The subsidiary will provide technical architecture analysis and design and management services to the EHBD program as well as develop enrollment platforms and VistA electronic health records systems for the department, Lockheed […] More

The Washington-based chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association has elected new members to its executive board for 2016 to 2017 and named Dean Economou, sales director for the Defense Department program at CenturyLink, as president. Nathan Jones, vice president of federal sales at Red Hat, will serve as executive VP of AFCEA […] More

BlackBerry has secured a five-year, multimillion dollar contract to provide crisis communications software for the Joint Emergency Mass Notification Systems of the Senate Sergeant at Arms Office. The company said Tuesday AtHoc-built software will power JEMNS to facilitate secure notification and communications in the event of a critical situation for approximately 50,000 people that work and visit the U.S. Capitol Complex. “It’s critical for […] More

Mike Bruni, a former talent acquisition executive at Booz Allen Hamilton and Leidos, has joined SC3 as its new director of talent acquisition and will manage and develop SC3 talent acquisition programs. Bruni has worked in talent acquisition, human resources, sourcing, government contracting and national security across his 18-year career, SC3 said Monday. He is the president of the Staffing Alliance of Virginia Employers […] More