Latest stories

in Contract Awards, News

CACI Secures $420M Army Contract for C5ISR Support; John Mengucci Quoted

CACI has booked a $420 million contract to provide engineering services for two U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command components. Responsibilities under the five-year, single-award task order include mechanical, electrical and modeling and simulation engineering support, CACI announced from its Reston, Virginia headquarters on Tuesday.

CACI is sponsoring the Potomac Officers Club's Challenges and Best Practices to Achieving Audit Readiness in the DOD Forum, which will take place virtually on Jan. 29, 2024. To learn more and register to attend, click here.

More

by Ireland Degges December 12, 2023, 11:49 am
in Contract Awards, News

Parsons to Support Army Contract for Munitions Response Geophysics Data Collection & Analysis

Parsons will collect and analyze advanced geophysical classification data to support Camp San Luis Obispo Munitions Response Site 05 remediation efforts under a potential five-year, $21 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The company said Monday it will serve as a subcontractor to the PIKA-Insight joint venture, which manages environmental and munitions-related remediation work at the former defense site.

More

by Naomi Cooper December 12, 2023, 11:00 am
in Contract Awards, News

ICF Books $78M Forest Service Digital Modernization Task Order

ICF has received a $78 million task order from the U.S. Forest Service via the General Services Administration’s information technology contract vehicle to create a scalable cloud application for wildland fire mitigation. In collaboration with Xentity Corp., ICF said Monday the team will undertake the development of the Enterprise Geospatial Portal Next Gen application in line with the agency's Fire and Aviation Management EGP modernization initiative.

More

by Kacey Roberts December 12, 2023, 10:29 am
in Contract Awards, DOD, News

Advanced Technology International to Manage New Navy Consortium to Advance Warfighting Capability; Chris Van Metre Quoted

Advanced Technology International has been awarded an other transaction agreement by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division. The public service non-profit company said Thursday that, under the OTA, it will serve as the manager for the Expeditionary Missions Consortium – Crane.

More

by Aidan Daly December 11, 2023, 11:37 am
in Contract Awards, News

State Department Approves $106M Tank Shells Foreign Military Sale Deal With Israel

The Department of State has approved the Israeli government's request to purchase nearly 14,000 tank shells and related equipment from the U.S. government under a potential $106.5 million foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the State Department waived congressional review requirements under the Arms Export Control Act to supply Israel with 120mm M830A1 High Explosive Anti-Tank Multi-Purpose with Tracer tank cartridges from the U.S. Army inventory.

More

by Naomi Cooper December 11, 2023, 10:55 am
in Contract Awards, DOD, News

Valkyrie Wins $76M Navy Contract to Train Military Forces in 6 Countries

Valkyrie Enterprises won a five-year, $76 million contract to support the U.S. Navy Center for Surface Combat Systems Training Command. The company said Wednesday it will perform systems engineering and training analysis to serve the mission of SCSTC across the globe.

More

by Jamie Bennet December 8, 2023, 8:49 am
in Contract Awards, DOD, News

Serco to Support Navy USV Development Efforts Under $68M Contract Award; Tom Watson Quoted

Serco Group's North American business arm has been awarded the Autonomy and Vehicle Control Systems / Testing and Evaluations contract by the U.S. Navy. The IT service management company said Thursday that, under the three-year, $68 million contract, Serco Inc. will support the Naval Architecture and Engineering Department within Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in developing unmanned surface vessel autonomy.

More

by Jerry Petersen December 8, 2023, 7:48 am
in Contract Awards, News

TechFlow to Maintain TSA Explosives Detection Systems Under $2.1B Contract; Mark Carter Quoted

TechFlow has booked a more than $2.1 billion award from the Transportation Security Administration to maintain and conduct performance-based logistics for explosives detection systems. Contract work will support over 300 airports and federal facilities within the U.S. and its territories.

More

by Ireland Degges December 7, 2023, 11:11 am
in Contract Awards, News

RTX to Build & Demonstrate Wideband Passive Sensors for Navy

RTX has secured a potential five-year, $20.8 million contract to build and demonstrate two wideband passive sensor systems for the U.S. Navy's Birdseye Yonder effort. The Office of Naval Research solicited bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract under a long range broad agency announcement and will obligate funds in the Navy's fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation budget, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

The Potomac Officers Club will host the 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31. Register here.

More

by Naomi Cooper December 7, 2023, 10:47 am
in Contract Awards, Cybersecurity, DOD, News

Shift5 Books Army Contract for HIMARS Security & Maintenance

Shift5 has secured a contract from the U.S. Army to enhance the cyber defenses of the service branch’s wheeled precision strike weapons system. The Rosslyn, Virginia-based cybersecurity firm said Tuesday it will integrate digital anomaly detection capabilities into the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System under the award.

More

by Kacey Roberts December 7, 2023, 9:40 am
in Contract Awards, News

5 Companies Receive Commercial Electro-Optical Contracts From NRO; Chris Scolese Quoted

The National Reconnaissance Office awarded five companies contracts to provide commercial electro-optical capabilities to the agency. The Strategic Commercial Enhancements contracts were granted to Airbus' U.S. Space and Defense business, Albedo Space, Luxembourg-based Hydrosat, Muon Space and Turion Space, NRO announced Tuesday.

More

by Jamie Bennet December 6, 2023, 10:18 am
in Contract Awards, Cybersecurity, News

EmeSec Lands $83M Air Force Task Order for Cyber-Related Services

EmeSec, a cyber risk management company, will perform cyber-related services at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas; and Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. The U.S. Air Force awarded an approximately $83 million task order to the Reston, Virginia-based contractor under the General Services Administration's Veterans Technology Services 2 governmentwide acquisition contract for Defensive Cyber Realization, Integration and Operational Support II services.

More

by Christine Thropp December 6, 2023, 9:50 am