Serco wins $96M Navy contract for Constellation-class support
Technical services firm to help Navy’s next-generation frigate with planning, design, delivery and testing. Serco Inc. has won a $96 million contract to continue supporting the Navy’s Constellation-class shipping building effort. The Constellation class is the next generation of guide missile vessels. Serco provides technical services to support planning, design, construction, delivery and testing of the […]
Long-sought goal of better Pentagon buying may finally be within reach
A new executive order seeks to overhaul defense buying. A handful of innovators within the Defense Department are already showing the way. Calls to overhaul the Pentagon’s buying process go back decades—to the Revolutionary War, one former congressman joked—from defense secretaries from William Perry to Donald Rumsfeld to Robert Gates to Ash Carter. An executive order […]
Accenture Federal makes its argument to defend $1B Army win
New court filings reveal competing narratives between Accenture Federal Services, the Army and protester Groundswell over how the competition for the $1 billion EBS-C modernization contract unfolded. Every story has more than one side and now we have insights into Accenture Federal Services’ version of the battle for a potential $1 billion contract to modernize certain […]
Special Operations Command awards $399M naval support contract
SOCOM’s naval component also acquires equipment-related and knowledge-based services through the contract in support of day-to-day operations. Special Operations Command has awarded five companies positions on a potential seven-year, $399 million contract vehicle for logistics and other professional services in support of SOCOM’s naval component. SOCOM and the Naval Special Warfare Command also use the contract […]
Defense acquisition, exports, and shipbuilding figure in trio of new executive orders
The White House orders up plans and proposals for reducing costs and stimulating the industrial base. The White House on Wednesday released three defense-related executive orders: One to overhaul Pentagon acquisition, one to reform arms exports, and one to “restore American maritime dominance.” The acquisition order aims to “reform our antiquated defense acquisition processes with an […]
Google, GSA agree to major governmentwide software discount
Google estimates the discount could save federal agencies up to $2 billion over the next three years. LAS VEGAS — Google is offering the entire federal government — and each federal agency — a 71% discount off current pricing on its Workspace software suite through Sept. 30 in an agreement reached with the General Services Administration […]
Plan for sweeping FAR changes nears release
The General Services Administration, NASA and Office of Federal Procurement Policy are working to create a leaner acquisition framework that could attract more companies to the market. The General Services Administration is near the cusp of releasing the plan for how it will reform the Federal Acquisition Regulation for civilian agencies. Washington Technology has learned the plan is […]
WT 360: What CACI’s acquisitions say about the opportunities ahead
Jeff MacLauchlan, chief financial officer at CACI International, explains the company’s philosophy for filling gaps in capabilities and customers with the idea of investing ahead of customer needs. Few companies have closed as many acquisitions as CACI International. CACI has three acquisitions on our 2024 M&A Roundup: Azure Technologies, Applied Insight and Quandrint. Those moves brought […]
DARPA begins scaling a quantum computer with 15 companies
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected the inaugural cohort for its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative as federal researchers work to identify the best path for quantum computing. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency unveiled the first set of tech companies selected to participate in its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative as the U.S. government continues to investigate which […]
DHS cancels S&T grants under a new mission focus for the directorate
The Department of Homeland Security’s national security research subdivision, the Science and Technology Directorate, will stop current grants and refocus its mission priorities. The Department of Homeland Security halted all funding to grants and cooperative agreements housed in its Science and Technology Directorate, part of a larger transformation effort to realign the directorate’s mission areas of […]