Judge orders agencies to preserve discussions in airstrike Signal chat
Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images By David DiMolfetta,Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW By David DiMolfetta | March 27, 2025 05:22 PM ET The directive targets communications in a Signal chat with top intelligence and national security officials between March 11 and March 15 that discussed strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. The Atlantic magazine’s […]
Partnership for Public Service launches AI Center for Government
Panelists speak during an event at the Partnership for Public Service in Washington, D.C., this week to mark the launch of the AI Center for Government. Chris Teale for GovExec By Chris Teale,Managing Editor, Route Fifty By Chris Teale | March 27, 2025 08:00 AM ET The good-government nonprofit said the center will focus on […]
Flank Speed Lessons Inspire US Navy IT Modernization
Photo by metamorworks / Shutterstock Flank Speed was one of the U.S. Navy’s top IT modernization priorities and the service’s CIO is applying lessons from its implementation to another critical modernization effort. What Is Flank Speed? Flank Speed is a unique U.S. Navy enterprise system for daily work, providing a secure ecosystem for working with […]
DOD Issues RFP for Potential $1B ATSP5 Contract
“Seal of the United States Department of Defense” by the U.S. Department of Defense, Licensed under Public Domain The Department of Defense’s Defense Microelectronics Activity, or DMEA, has commenced soliciting industry feedback for a potential $1 billion contract for its Advanced Technology Support Program V, or ATSP5. According to the request for proposals posted on SAM.gov […]
Air Force Awards 19 Spots on $2.5B Fuel Infrastructure Construction IDIQ
U.S. Air Force logo / af.mil Home Contract Awards Air Force Awards 19 Spots on $2.5B Fuel Infrastructure Construction IDIQ Nineteen vendors have won positions on a 10-year, $2.5 billion U.S. Air Force contract to provide construction, repair and maintenance support for the Department of Defense’s petroleum, oil and lubricant, or POL, facilities. DOD said […]
State Department OKs Qatar’s FMS Request for MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft
U.S. Department of State official seal, https://brand.america.gov/d/WrAFnKrhEEfk/our-brand#/visual-elements/the-seal, Licensed under Public Domain The State Department has approved Qatar’s foreign military sale request for MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft, or RPA, and related equipment worth an estimated $1.96 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Boeing, L3Harris, Leonardo S.p.A., Lockheed Martin and RTX will be the principal contractors for the […]
ERG Awarded $100M EPA Recompete for On-Site Research Lab Support
Eastern Research Group logo Home Contract Awards ERG Awarded $100M EPA Recompete for On-Site Research Lab Support Eastern Research Group has secured an Environmental Protection Agency recompete contract worth approximately $100 million to provide on-site research laboratory support. EPA announced the award of the follow-on contract to ERG through a notice published Tuesday on SAM.gov. […]
Tommy Reed Elevated to Chief Growth Officer at Frontgrade Technologies
Tommy Reed Home Executive Moves Tommy Reed Elevated to Chief Growth Officer at Frontgrade Technologies Tommy Reed, a 20-year veteran of the aerospace and defense industry, shared on LinkedIn Wednesday that he has been promoted to chief growth officer at Frontgrade Technologies. The new CGO brings extensive leadership experience in strategy development, innovation management and aerospace defense. […]
Daniel Nimblett Named Lockheed IAMD Layered Homeland Defense VP
Daniel Nimblett Home Executive Moves Daniel Nimblett Named Lockheed IAMD Layered Homeland Defense VP Lockheed Martin has appointed Daniel Nimblett, a more than two-decade company veteran, as vice president of integrated air and missile defense, or IAMD, layered homeland defense. “I’ll be working with a brilliant and dedicated team to ensure a whole-of-industry approach in […]
Bollinger Shipyards Books $952M Contract for Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter
Ben Bordelon Home Contract Awards Bollinger Shipyards Books $952M Contract for Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter Bollinger Shipyards has secured a fixed-price-incentive-firm target contract modification valued at $951.6 million from the U.S. Coast Guard in support of the Polar Security Cutter, or PSC, program. The company said Tuesday that work on the contract modification will […]