Jim Blastos, formerly vice president of global supply chain at Autocar Trucks, has been named VP of supply chain management at Austal USA. He will oversee procurement, strategic sourcing, warehousing, logistics, material management and production control, the shipbuilder said Monday.

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Northrop Grumman will provide advisory and assistance services to the U.S. Air Force’s B-2 bomber program under a five-year, $16 million contract. The company will support aircraft engineering work for a supply chain management group, the Department of Defense said Friday. USAF is obligating an initial $2.7 million from the service branch’s fiscal 2023 operation […] More

ASRC Federal has completed its purchase of Science Applications International Corp.’s logistics and supply chain management arm. The acquisition has brought 240 individuals with over four decades of experience in delivering technology-enabled supply chain management offerings to the Defense Logistics Agency to ASRC Federal’s staff, the Reston, Virginia-based enterprise said Monday. In a separate announcement also issued […] More

SAP‘s National Security Services subsidiary has received provisional authority to operate from the Defense Information and Systems Agency for its cloud-based integrated business planning software for supply chain management and transformation. The authorization allows Department of Defense agencies to deploy the supply chain planning platform in a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-certified secure cloud […] More

The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants to identify market sources of a cloud-based supply chain management system in compliance with a 2006 legislation. According to a request for information posted Thursday on SAM.gov, FEMA has a need for a logistics system that can track disaster response items in real time, as mandated by the Post […] More

Scott Weldon, previously chief procurement officer at Huntington Ingalls Industries, has been selected to replace Lori Harper in the role of vice president of supply chain management at the company’s shipbuilding division. Weldon will immediately take over the management of Ingalls Shipbuilding‘s supply chain operations, overseeing sourcing, procurement, material warehousing and inventory control, the company said […] More

Matthew Covington, a supply chain executive, has assumed the role of vice president of program management and supply chain at CAES. He is a thought leader who brings to the role his expertise and knowledge of supply chain, finance, program management, engineering and contracts.

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LMI has launched a platform designed to help program managers and analysts gain insights into risks and opportunities in their supply chains and accelerate the decision-making process to mitigate risks posed by foreign ownership, transportation and other supply chain problems. LogSmart Supply uses machine learning and simulation engines to enable managers to run custom risk […] More

Tuesday’s Supply Chain Cybersecurity: Revelations and Innovations Forum, hosted by ExecutiveBiz Events, brought together cybersecurity experts to study recent industry-disrupting cyber attacks and garner important insights into how federal and commercial organizations can independently implement supply chain risk management measures and meet elevated cybersecurity standards in order to better protect themselves against future threats. Following an opening […] More

The General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service is requesting information on tools that could track and authenticate information and communication products distributed in the federal market to manage supply chain risk. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday, GSA said the targeted supply chain management tool is an integrated and portable device set that could detect tampered, counterfeit and grey market products. GSA added it wants […] More

ASRC Federal and the Defense Logistics Agency have signed a partnership agreement to push the implementation of joint strategies and process improvements to strengthen supply chain support to U.S. warfighters. The company said Tuesday the partnership with DLA aims to improve administrative timeliness, customer deliverables and responsiveness to the armed forces through the development of […] More

Bill Rubin, a nearly two-decade Northrop Grumman veteran, was named vice president of global supply chain at Booz Allen Hamilton. The executive was with Northrop for more than 19 years, joining the defense contractor in 2005 and most recently serving as senior director of global supply chain.

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