Department of Defense Contracts for Jan. 21, 2020
Federal Prison Industries Inc., Washington, District of Columbia, has been awarded a maximum $24,465,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for trousers. Keep Reading
Pentagon’s No. 2 Officer Vows to Fix Software Acquisition ‘Nightmare’
At the suggestion of the Defense Innovation Board, Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment has promised to create a software-specific acquisition pathway for DoD systems. Keep Reading
DOD CIO Is Prepping Guidance on Endpoint Management
The forum—co-led by Defense, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Homeland Security Department and the General Services Administration and attended by public and private sector representatives—meets quarterly. Keep Reading
How the Security and Defense Sectors Are Best Suited to Address Climate-Change Threats
Maximize sector expertise in the 2020s to respond effectively to observed and predicted environmental threats. Keep Reading
Department of Defense Contracts for Jan. 17, 2020
Honeywell International, doing business as Honeywell Aerospace-Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $25,664,750 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for helicopter generators. Keep Reading
Department of Defense Contracts for Jan. 15, 2020
Bechtel National Inc., Reston, Virginia, was awarded a $35,709,723 modification for Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant additional work in the sample management office, waste plan analysis and odor monitoring. Keep Reading
Pentagon Prepared to Provide Additional Financial Support to Border Wall: Esper
The Washington Post, citing internal planning figures, reported that President Donald Trump was preparing to divert an additional $7.2 billion from the Pentagon's military construction and counter-narcotics funds to border wall construction. Keep Reading
Department of Defense Contracts for Jan. 15, 2020
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $32,860,395 modification (P00068) to previously-awarded contract for contractor logistics support to the Taiwan F-16 Peace Phoenix Rising program. Keep Reading
Amazon Will Seek to Halt Work on DoD’s JEDI Cloud
The joint status report — filed by the DoD, Microsoft and AWS in the Court of Federal Claims — lays out a timeline for the next few weeks of Amazon’s court challenge. Keep Reading
Department of Defense Contracts for Jan. 13, 2020
Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $10,593,360 modification P00001 to previously awarded contract FA8675-20-C-0033 for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Production Lot 33 spares. Keep Reading
