Lockheed wins $10.5B Special Operations logistics recompete
Special Operations Command uses this contract to help maintain its program support and enterprise management functions. Lockheed Martin has won a potential 12-year, $10.5 billion contract to continue its logistics and sustainment support services to Special Operations Command and its partners across the U.S. government. The Special Operations Forces Global Logistics Support Services II contract, also […]
New EO puts a clock on quantum-safe encryption
EO 14412 sets hard deadlines for agencies and contractors to migrate away from crypto that quantum computers can one day break, writes Gina Scinta of Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies. On June 22, the White House issued Executive Order 14412 (EO 14412), Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks. The order calls for an accelerated national shift […]
CMMC suspension caught industry off guard, but the reasons did not
The Pentagon’s move to pause the cybersecurity program was a surprise, but the cost and burden concerns behind it have been known for years. The Defense Department’s decision to suspend implementation of the Cybesecurity Maturity Model Certification and put the program through a 60-day review caught many off guard. CMMC was slated to enter Phase 2 […]
Protest count hits 10 for Army’s $50B MAPS vehicle
Companies continue to bring up their issues with the solicitation, imperiling the Army’s planned September awards. Additional companies have joined the protests swirling around the Army’s $50 billion Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services vehicle. Most of the protests that have emerged since the solicitation was released in June center around evaluation criteria that companies […]