THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES
Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon Land Hypersonic Missile Tech Contracts With Air Force
Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) have secured contracts from the U.S. Air Force to mature proposed “air-breathing” weapon systems for a hypersonic conventional cruise missile development project, according to separate award notices posted on SAM.gov.
USAF awarded $47.2 million to Boeing, $33.5 million to Lockheed and $33.7 million to Raytheon for the first phase of the Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment via sourcing procedures other than full and open competition.
Parsons Wins $2.2B MDA Engineering, Technical Support Contract
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has won a potential $2.24 billion contract from the Missile Defense Agency for engineering and technical support services.
MDA received two offers for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through a competitive procurement process and will obligate $36.4 million in research, development, test and evaluation funds for fiscal year 2021, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
USDA CISO Venice Goodwine Returns to Air Force as IT Director
Venice Goodwine stepped down from her chief information security officer position at the Department of Agriculture and rejoined the U.S. Air Force to serve as director of enterprise information technology, FedScoop reported Monday.
In her previous capacity, Goodwine managed a $208 million annual budget for USDA-wide cybersecurity initiatives. She led the establishment of the department's unified security operations center, the implementation of endpoint and mobile security tools and the adoption of a risk management framework from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Army Picks Raytheon, L3Harris for Sensor Prototype Development OTAs
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) other transaction authority agreements to build, integrate and demonstrate communications intelligence and electronic intelligence sensor prototypes for the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System under the initial phase of the Multi-Domain Sensing System program.
Ronald Moultrie: Government Should Boost Investment in Defense-Intelligence Info Sharing
Three high-level executives from the Department of Defense (DOD) jointly testified in front of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) regarding the collaboration between defense and intelligence communities, DOD News reported Friday.
Ronald Moultrie, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security, said the U.S. government must focus on improving how it facilitates defense-intelligence information sharing.
By Light Subsidiary to Help Build Army’s Collective Training Platform Under Potential $193M Contract
A subsidiary of By Light Professional IT Services has won a potential $192.61 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop simulation and management software for an integrated military training environment.
Cole Engineering Services Inc. will help the service branch create the Synthetic Training Environment-Information System Training Simulation Software/Training Management Tool under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said Monday.
GSA Announces Initial Cohort of Awardees on $50B 8(a) STARS III GWAC
The General Services Administration has selected 426 small businesses as initial phase awardees on the potential $50 billion 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services III governmentwide contract for information technology services.
Leidos Subsidiary Awarded $999M Reserve Health Readiness Program III Contract; Liz Porter Quoted
A Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) subsidiary will deliver commercial health services to U.S. military reservists under a potential five-year, $999 million contract with Army Contracting Command.
QTC Medical Services will provide in-clinic and group event medical, information technology infrastructure, customer service, security and laboratory support services under the Reserve Health Readiness Program III contract, Leidos said Thursday.
Cisco Wins Potential $1.2B DOD Software Support IDIQ
Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) has won a potential three-year, $1.18 billion contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide technical support services to Department of Defense personnel who use the company’s software products.
The San Jose, California-based technology conglomerate will assist DOD clients through the Cisco Smart Net Total Care service, which encompasses 24/7 hardware, digital and automated management support, the Department of Defense said Monday.
Jennifer Granholm: DOE Aims to Elevate Cybersecurity Office
Jennifer Granholm, secretary at the Department of Energy, told a Senate committee that DOE wants to elevate the organizational structure of its cybersecurity, energy security and emergency response (CESER) office, FCW reported Tuesday.
She said at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing Tuesday that the department also looks to equip CESER with first responder platforms and intends to keep career officials in the office leadership.