The Department of the Air Force has completed its Zero Trust Implementation Plan, according to Justin Stolpman, director of DAF’s Zero Trust Functional Management Office. He shared that the plan is built around defined steps and milestones to guide the Air Force and Space Force as they move forward in their adoption of zero trust.

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Scout Space has secured a Small Business Innovation Research contract to demonstrate how commercial sensing technology can support space domain awareness efforts at the Department of the Air Force. Under the phase two SBIR grant, Scout will utilize its dual-use platform to present space object observation applications for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s intelligence systems […] More

CACI International and its small business partners landed three blanket purchase agreements to support the Department of the Air Force's Enterprise Information Technology as a Service Wave 1 program. The winning small business Contractor Team Arrangement members are Oneida Technical Solutions, Bowhead and Expansia and Enhanced Veteran Solutions, Hanscom Air Force Base announced Wednesday.

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When Timothy Grayson, special assistant to the secretary of the Air Force for mission-centered analysis and operational imperatives, considers how to best master and facilitate “system-of-systems” network technologies, he cautions that there is a ceiling to the intricacies people and organizations can grasp. “I don’t care if it’s human beings or computers. There’s a limit to […] More

Retired Colonel Elvert “El” Gardner has been named vice president of space operations at decision-making technology provider Aperio Global. In this position, Col. Gardner will work to intensify Aperio Global’s presence in the space market. He is primed to enable new developments and a strategic alignment with American national security goals, the Reston, Virginia-based company said Friday. […] More

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has secured a $493.2 million contract to provide space systems engineering services to the U.S. Space Force. Johns Hopkins APL will perform technical support tasks, systems engineering and specialized research and development under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Space System Command awarded the contract […] More

The U.S. Air Force has increased the ceiling value of a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering worldwide contingency and humanitarian support services from $6.4 billion to $15 billion. Six companies will continue to provide contingency planning, force training, emergency and contingency construction services, logistics and commodities under the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program V contract, the […] More

Anduril and General Atomics will design, build and test production-representative Collaborative Combat Aircraft under two option awards exercised by the Department of the Air Force as part of the CCA program. The CCA program, a part of the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance Family of Systems, seeks to deliver at least 1,000 aircraft to […] More

SRC, a not-for-profit research and development company, has received a seven-year, $60 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide R&D services for avionics development. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the contractor will develop new and emerging concepts related to the development, integration, assessment, evaluation and demonstration of several technologies focusing on the electric warfare piece of the avionics.

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Rocket Lab USA will launch an Electron vehicle to support the Space Test Program-S30 mission under a task order awarded by the U.S. Space Force. STP-S30 will deploy to orbit technology demonstrations and research experiments for the Department of Defense and support future development of space systems, Rocket Lab said Monday.

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Lockheed Martin has secured a $483 million follow-on contract from the U.S. Army to build air-to-ground missile systems for domestic and international military customers. The company said Monday it will provide procurement and production support for the Joint-Air-to-Ground Missiles and HELLFIRE missiles to the U.S. Army, Navy and the governments of the Czech Republic, France and Poland.

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The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has released the solicitation for the $12.5 billion Base Infrastructure Modernization multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The contract opportunity will have a five-year base period of performance followed by a single five-year option period, according to the request for proposal posted Friday on SAM.gov.

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