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Jonathan Alboum, federal chief technology officer at ServiceNow, said cybersecurity emerged as a top concern for organizations in 2022 and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s release of a binding operational directive, BOD 23-01, meant to enhance asset visibility and vulnerability detection on federal networks will drive agency adoption of zero trust architecture in the […]

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has secured a $75 million contract to help the U.S. Army sustain its fleet of Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems. The company will provide logistics support for the sustainment of the Gray Eagle Block 0 system under the sole source contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.  The CLS contract […]

CORE Engineering & Construction, Healtheon, Howard W. Pence, Sergent Construction and Wright Bros have won a combined $99 million construction contract from the U.S. Navy. Under the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the military branch will procure services for construction projects at Department of Defense facilities within the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast operations area, the DOD said Wednesday. Work under the […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to launch a full and open competition for the construction of a new ammonium nitrate solution tank farm facility at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Kingsport, Tennessee. In a notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov, USACE said the design-build project is estimated to cost between $100 million and […]

NASA is considering the possibility of using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft as an alternative vehicle to transport some astronauts from the International Space Station to Earth following the discovery of a coolant leak in Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked at the ISS, Reuters reported Wednesday. NASA and Russia’s space agency Roscosmos are looking into the […]

Spectral Energies is seeking to raise $50 million in approximate funding to support the planning and development of a defense-focused facility for hypersonic counter-threat technologies production, The Business Journals reported Wednesday. The Beavercreek, Ohio-headquartered aerospace and defense technology provider is looking to receive $5 million through the Dayton Region Priority Development and Advocacy Committee and […]

A three-month startup accelerator program will be launched by Catalyst Accelerator in an effort to boost the efficiency of the U.S. Air Force’s digital model processing. Catalyst Accelerator’s operations in Ogden, Utah, is inviting applications from small businesses that can present technologies capable of streamlining the service branch’s Unified Certification Strategy, the accelerator said Tuesday. […]

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is requesting industry input on information technology support services needed to help develop and maintain its federal accounting system.  A maintenance and development contract is being considered to cover documentation and analysis to design, develop, test and implement automated capabilities in the Defense Integrated Financial System, according to a […]