Northrop Grumman

In this handout image from the U.S. Navy, sailors prepare a CARINA unmanned undersea drone off San Diego, California, April 19, 2021. The U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet said Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, it will launch a new task force that incorporates airborne, sailing and underwater drones after years of maritime attacks linked to ongoing tensions with Iran. (U.S. Navy/Lt. Cmdr. Tony Wright, via AP)

Conflict of interest claim follows Navy employee taking job with bidder

For how the case turned out, Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked with Smith Pachter McWhorter procurement attorney Joe Petrillo.

Contracting

A progress report on JADC2 from the contracting side

Defense

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NDAA includes more congressional oversight of OTAs

Federal Newscast

Two agencies team up to address national supply chain issues

Federal Newscast

C4ISR drives innovation in military health

Off the Shelf

In this Nov. 15, 2018 photo provided by Ivan Pierre Aguirre, Dalila Reynoso-Gonzalez, center left, a program director for the Methodist immigration advocacy group Justice for our Neighbors of East Texas, and another protestor talk with a Department of Homeland Security official outside the Tornillo detention camp holding more than 2,300 migrant teens in Tornillo, Texas. The Trump administration announced in June 2018 that it would open the temporary shelter for up to 360 migrant children in this isolated corner of the Texas desert. Less than six months later, the facility has expanded into a detention camp holding thousands of teenagers - and it shows every sign of becoming more permanent. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre via AP)

ICE lacking oversight of detention facility contractors

Federal Newscast

Cloud, agile and IT modernization

Off the Shelf

In this April 13, 2017 photo provided by NASA, technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The telescope’s 18-segmented gold mirror is specially designed to capture infrared light from the first galaxies that formed in the early universe. On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, NASA announced it has delayed the launch of the next-generation space telescope until 2020. (Laura Betz/NASA via AP)

NASA says Webb telescope behind schedule, but ‘worth the wait’

‘I would be surprised if the government shuts down again,’ House Minority Whip says

Government Shutdown

New DoD research policy gets glowers from industry

Defense Industry

FPS 2.0 more user-friendly, but not for Medicare frauds

Technology

Declining spending begins to bounce back with rising budgets

After a six year decline in spending, budgets have begun to bounce back in 2016, and contract spending is expected to follow that upturn shortly after…

Contracts/Awards

Intrigue, nastiness engulfs latest protest of DHS’ $1B cyber contract

Northrop Grumman filed its second protest over the Homeland Security Department’s decision to award Raytheon the DOMino contract.

Reporter's Notebook

The state of the healthcare IT market

Off the Shelf

Amy Caro, vice president, Health Solutions at Northrop Grumman joins host Roger Waldron on Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion of the healthcare Information Technology market. February 23, 2016