Tag Archives: logistics

The U.S. Transportation Command has partnered with SpaceX and San Antonio, Texas-based space architecture company XArc to conduct a research and development effort on the potential use of rockets to rapidly deliver military cargo.

LMI has been awarded a $50M contract to help the Department of Defense manage various elements of logistics operation associated with both commercial and federal supply chains. The company said Tuesday it will support the transportation, maintenance, supply chain and contingency management aspects of DoD logistics.

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams has joined Leidos as vice president of defense group logistics, the company announced Thursday. He will support the planning, oversight and execution of logistics activities across the group, as well as drive innovation into corporate-wide logistics offerings. Williams most recently served as director of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).

Battelle has secured a 10-year, $260 million Research Support and Logistics Services contract from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide infrastructure and logistics support to academic researchers conducting NSF-funded studies in Alaska, Greenland, Canada and other Arctic areas, the nonprofit company announced Thursday. 

The Air Force has awarded Amentum a spot on a potential seven-year, $6.4B indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide logistics, design engineering and base operating services under the Air Force Contract Augmentation Program V contract vehicle, the company announced on Tuesday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 23, 2020 — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency chose an LMI-led team to create a test and evaluation framework for situational awareness platforms designed to support the  Department of Defense's global logistics nerwork, GovCon Wire reported March 12.

Akima has secured a five-year, $101.3M contract from the Army Field Support Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas to provide logistics support for the service branch, the company announced on Tuesday. 

Peraton will compete for task orders in six functional areas to provide support services for the U.S. Navy’s unmanned surface vehicle family of systems under a potential 10-year, $982.1M contract awarded in early February.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is looking for participants for a pilot program focused on determining the potential benefits of requiring advance data and additional information on e-commerce shipments, FCW reported Wednesday.

Textron Systems believes the common unmanned surface vehicle could help meet the need of the U.S. Marine Corps for a long-range unmanned surface vessel designed to resupply troops deployed in the Pacific, Defense News reported Wednesday.

Sehlke Consulting has introduced a new platform designed to support civilian and military payroll divisions across the federal financial community, ExecutiveBiz has learned.

John David, director of national security science and technology practice at LMI, discussed in an interview published Thursday about the company’s efforts to help government clients keep pace with the changing threat landscape for weapons of mass destruction.

PAE’s national security solutions division won contracts worth over $1.1B in 2019. The company said Wednesday it secured three contracts worth more than $500M combined to provide support services for the intelligence community.

Crowley Solutions has opened a new cross-dock facility in Camp Hill, Pa., to support the firm’s supply chain activities and freight transportation services for nearby government customers.

Science Applications International Corp. has received a $48M contract modification for two years of supply chain management services in support of the U.S. Navy.