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Defense Threat Reduction Agency Seeks Proposals for Counter-CBRN Threat Contract Worth $3.5B
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has issued a solicitation for Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract IV, with responses due July 1. CTRIC IV is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that seeks to provide partner nations with products and services related to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threat reduction, according to the solicitation posted Thursday on SAM.gov. […] More
by Jerry Petersen May 22, 2024, 11:55 am
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Booz Allen’s Steve Escaravage Discusses Improvements to DOD Adoption of Commercial Software
Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President and 2024 Wash100 awardee Steve Escaravage said at the recent 2024 Offset Symposium that the availability of better software testing infrastructure is making a difference in the Department of Defense’s adoption of commercial software, Breaking Defense reported Monday. In order for the DOD to permit the use of new […] More
by Jerry Petersen May 21, 2024, 11:58 am
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Mistral Awarded $74M Sole-Source USSOCOM Contract for GOLAM II Munitions, Support Services
The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded small woman owned business Mistral a sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the acquisition of Ground Organic Loitering Aerial Munition – Echelon II, or GOLAM II, munitions. The contract, which has a maximum value of $73.6 million, also covers spares and a variety of support services, including new equipment training, […] More
by Jerry Petersen May 20, 2024, 11:38 am
in Acquisition & Procurement, Artificial Intelligence, DOD, News
DOD Expanding Vendor Pool for AI Talent 2.0 Contract Vehicle
The Department of Defense is reopening the solicitation for Artificial Intelligence Talent 2.0 to on-ramp additional vendors. Vendors that meet the qualifications for AI Talent 2.0 will be issued basic ordering agreements, against which government customers may place task orders for the various services covered by the decentralized contract vehicle, according to the solicitation posted […] More
by Jerry Petersen May 20, 2024, 11:34 am
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Completion of Engineering Developmental Testing Brings Epirus Counter-UAS System Closer to Operational Use
Epirus has completed engineering developmental testing of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability – High-Power Microwave counter-drone system, which the aerospace and defense company has provided to the U.S. Army. Epirus said Wednesday that the EDT, which was carried out through April, provided an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the IFPC-HPM system against unmanned aerial […] More
by Jerry Petersen May 16, 2024, 6:36 pm
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Space Systems Command Soliciting Acquisition & Financial Services to Support AATS Programs
The Assured Access to Space program office within the Space Systems Command is soliciting proposals for requirements under SSC Acquisition and Financial Support Services 2.1. Work under SAFS 2.1 will support AATS’ Acquisition Category I NSSL program, non-ACAT Rocket Systems Launch Program and Launch and Test Range Systems program, according to a solicitation posted Thursday […] More
by Jerry Petersen May 10, 2024, 11:37 am
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US Navy Announces Winners of $249M NAVFAC Southeast Construction Services Contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded 10 companies spots on a firm-fixed-price, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity construction contract worth $249 million. Under the contract, awardees will handle construction projects at a variety of locations, including but not limited to Department of Defense installations, outlying airfields and naval operational support centers within the area of operations of Naval Facilities […] More
by Jerry Petersen May 3, 2024, 11:47 am
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Lynk to Provide Government Agencies Sat2phone Services via $900M DISA Contract
Lynk Global will make it possible for various government agencies like the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to acquire satellite-direct-to-standard-phone services under a $900 million multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency. Lynk said Wednesday that the contract covers a variety of sat2phone services like weather and information broadcasting, […] More
by Jerry Petersen April 25, 2024, 4:56 am
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SSC Seeks Satellite-Based Weather Sensing Technologies for DOD Forecasting Needs
The Space Systems Command has issued a request for information as part of a strategy to establish an integrated satellite network with space-based environmental monitoring capabilities that would provide terrestrial and space weather data to meet Department of Defense forecasting needs. The government is working to determine the ability of industry partners to deliver technological capabilities relevant to SBEM environmental parameters articulated under 2012 Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memo 091-12 and 2014 JROCM 092-14, according to the RFI posted Tuesday on SAM.gov.
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by Jerry Petersen April 24, 2024, 11:26 am
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General Atomics to Endorse Gray Eagle Variant for Army Recon Aircraft Requirement
The aeronautics business of General Atomics plans to put forward a modified version of its MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system to address the U.S. Army's requirement for an armed scout aircraft. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. head Dave Alexander made the revelation in a recent interview, saying, "We’re trying to jump into that [opportunity]."
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by Jerry Petersen April 22, 2024, 11:44 am
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Navy Taps DCS for R&D Work on Advanced ISR Technology
Engineering, programmatic and technical support services provider DCS Corp. has received a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy to address challenges related to naval visible, electro-optic/infrared advanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems and technology. Work under the contract covers research and development concerning the generation and use of radiation in the wavelength region between near-ultraviolet and far-infrared wavelengths, the Department of Defense said Monday.
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by Jerry Petersen April 16, 2024, 11:08 am
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Lockheed Receives $127M Modification to Ship Self-Defense System Support Contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded the rotary and mission systems business of aerospace company Lockheed Martin a contract modification worth $126.9 million. The cost-plus-incentive-fee award modifies contract N00024-19-C-5603, which calls for engineering services in support of ship self-defense system combat systems, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
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by Jerry Petersen April 12, 2024, 10:15 am