Pentagon
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CyberPentagon Renews And Expands Blackberry Crisis Communications Platform
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) awarded a contract to Blackberry [BBRY] to renew and expand its use of the company’s AtHoc Networked Crisis Communications Suite for one year, the […]
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Air ForceMcCain’s $17 Billion Amendment to NDAA Adds Billions For Aircraft, Ship Procurement
When Senate lawmakers return this June from Memorial Day recess, they will have to contend with the more than 190 amendments to the 2017 defense authorization bill that have been filed Of […]
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Air ForceFinal F-35 Testing Slips A Year While Program Chiefs Justify Central Management
Final operational test and planning for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been pushed back to mid-2018, about a year later than expected, because of ongoing developmental delays with the […]
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Business/FinancialSix Companies Win CYBERCOM Support Services Contract Worth Up To $460 Million
The General Services Administration (GSA) released a notification of award for a multiple award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (MA-IDIQ) to provide missions support services to U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) worth up […]
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BudgetSenate Seeks To Prevent Knee-Jerk Protests Of Major Defense Contract Awards
Concerned about major acquisition programs being routinely stalled by protests by losing companies of the contract award, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) wants to up the ante on filing […]
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Air ForceShipbuilders Win Out as Senate Appropriators Add Funds For Icebreaker to Spending Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s $574.5 billion defense spending bill, which the defense subcommittee (SAC-D) approved Tuesday, contained a big surprise: $1 billion in Navy shipbuilding funds to accelerate construction of […]
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CongressPentagon Officials Tell Congress FMS Process is ‘Burdened, Not Broken’
Defense Department officials on May 17 pushed back on industry claims that the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process is moving too slowly, necessitating major reforms. The FMS process as a […]
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BudgetKendall: Congressional Acquisition Reform Efforts Aren’t Data-Driven
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Days after the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) made moves to eliminate the Defense Department’s acquisition office, the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer on Tuesday fired off a sharp […]
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BudgetSenate Defense Bill Tackles Cost-Type Contracting, Bid Protests
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill takes aim at the Pentagon’s status quo regarding contracting, which committee aides said on Monday has led to […]
