Defense Industry
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The first pathfinders are expected to be announced in 'the next few days,' just after rules that pave the way for CMMC took effect.
December 03, 2020 -
Newly-released legal document shed light on the numerous reasons GAO sided against U.S. Transportation command in its contract to overhaul the military moving system.
November 09, 2020 -
Contractors should get ready for a busy holiday season with final solicitations expected to come from DISA, NIH and DHS for mega-contracts.
November 02, 2020 -
GSA announced it again picked the team led by CSRA LLC, now known as General Dynamics-IT, for the 10-year, $4.4 billion blanket purchase agreement called DEOS.
October 30, 2020 -
Recent upticks in Defense spending have meant a larger portion of the budget pie goes to contractors. But R&D contracts still haven't recovered from sequestration-era cuts.
October 23, 2020 -
A technology industry representative told reporters yesterday that the interim rule DoD published in September didn't offer enough clarity about the certification process, costs and reciprocity.
October 21, 2020 -
Billions have been spent to overhaul the Army's aging weapons plants, but officials say the system needs a fundamental rethinking to make it agile enough to keep up with military requirements.
October 14, 2020 -
DISA received the 2020 Verdure award from the Defense Department for demonstrating fresh approaches to balancing the development of efficient procurement methods and the utilization of small businesses under its systems engineering, technology and innovation contract.
October 13, 2020 -
The chairs of three House committees are looking into allegations that the Defense Department misspent about $1 billion in coronavirus relief funding.
October 09, 2020 -
The Air Force and Space Force want all of the new systems they buy to be produced via digital engineering processes. But the defense industry needs to get on board first.
September 23, 2020 -
The intelligence community expects information warfare to be the next big disrupter as the cyber domain becomes more contested, and industry becomes part of the national security attack surface.
September 17, 2020 -
Ty Schieber, the chairman of the CMMC-AB, and Mark Berman, the chairman of the communications committee, are leaving the CMMC Advisory Board unexpectedly.
September 16, 2020 -
Oracle and Mythics win a bid protest at the Library of Congress while AT&T comes out on top in its complaint against SSA. Both protests show the agencies made basic mistakes in evaluating bids on large-dollar solicitations.
September 15, 2020 -
Only a little more than a third of the R&D expenses the Pentagon reimburses contractors for each year match up with the department's own modernization priorities, the Government Accountability Office says.
September 14, 2020 -
The Defense Department just took another step toward its goal of modernizing its acquisition system.
September 09, 2020
