Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Army Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for leading the agency's modernization efforts with emerging technology.
Read More »Virginia Contracting Activity Seeks Contractor to Support Centcom Intell Operations
The Virginia Contracting Activity has released a draft request for proposals on a potential five-year contract that will cover intelligence support services to U.S. Central Command. VACA said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice it seeks a contractor to perform analysis, indications, warning, application and dissemination efforts to help Centcom’s intelligence directorate …
Read More »Boeing Subsidiary to Help CENTCOM Monitor Logistics Operations in Middle East
Boeing’s Tapestry Solutions subsidiary will deliver an in-transit visibility system to the U.S. Central Command to help monitor the ground-based deployment of military assets throughout different countries in the Middle East. The Global Distribution Management System will support CENTCOM in tracking the logistics operations of contractors in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, …
Read More »Sallyport Gets Army Technical Services Subcontract; Victor Esposito Comments
AECOM has awarded Sallyport Global Holdings a potential two-year, $34 million subcontract to provide technical services to the Army Corps of Engineers’ projects within the U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility. Sallyport said Wednesday it will provide electrical and fire safety technical services as well as training support across CENTCOM AOR, except …
Read More »Navy Taps AECOM Subsidiary for Military ISR Support in Overseas Contingency Operations
AECOM‘s URS Federal Services subsidiary has received a potential three-year, $33.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for two military organizations and a task force. Work covers responsive and real-time ISR support to overseas contingency operations of the U.S. Central Command, Naval Forces Central …
Read More »Centcom Launches Operational Alignment & Rebalancing Effort; Gen. Joseph Votel Comments
The U.S. Central Command has launched an effort to realign its operations following the U.S. military’s progress in the fight against the Islamic State militant group, DoD News reported Tuesday. Gen. Joseph Votel, head of Centcom, told House Armed Services Committee members Tuesday that the command aims to achieve three goals to …
Read More »Cubic Business Unit Opens New Office in Tampa, Florida; Mike Twyman Comments
Cubic‘s mission solutions business unit has opened a new office in Tampa, Florida, in a push to expand support for U.S. military customers. The company said Thursday the office will be led by Lawrence Hollister, executive director of Cubic Mission Solutions, and will aid the delivery of military command, control, communications, computers, …
Read More »UpGuard: Classified Data of Joint Army-NSA Intell Command Exposed Online
UpGuard has found that sensitive data from an intelligence command jointly managed by the U.S. Army and the National Security Agency leaked online and exposed virtual platforms and internal information used for classified communications. Chris Vickery, director of cyber risk research at UpGuard, discovered on Sept. 27 the exposure of …
Read More »Bell Boeing-Built Osprey Fleet Surpasses 400K Flight Hours
The fleet of V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, produced by a joint venture of Boeing and Textron‘s Bell Helicopter subsidiary, has recorded more than 400,000 flight hours to date. Bell Boeing-built V-22s have supported theater security cooperation, casualty evacuation, tactical aircraft and personnel recovery, disaster response and VIP transport operations worldwide, Boeing said Tuesday. …
Read More »Aviation, Logistics Vet Gabrielle Costigan Named CEO of BAE’s Australian Arm
Gabrielle Costigan, formerly CEO of Asia at logistics and supply chain firm Linfox International Group, has been appointed CEO of BAE Systems’ Australian business. Costigan will join the company on Oct. 2 and will succeed Glynn Phillips as CEO of BAE Systems Australia in March 2018 following a global transition …
Read More »Defense Forensic Science Center Taps UltiSat for Ku-Band Network Services to Support Investigations
UltiSat has received a task order from the Defense Forensic Science Center for Ku-band network coverage in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and associated services in support of the U.S. Army‘s Criminal Investigation Laboratory. The company said Wednesday it will provide Network Operations Center, help desk, technical field service and teleport …
Read More »IST Research to Provide DoD Data Collection, Analysis Platform; Ryan Paterson Comments
IST Research has received a potential $4.8 million contract to provide a data collection and analysis platform to Defense Department combatant commands and partner organizations that support human security efforts. The company said Tuesday it will initially provide its Pulse Platform to the U.S. Central Command under the Phase III Small Business Innovative Research contract from the General …
Read More »John Allen, Michael Griffin, Samuel Locklear Named Senior Fellows at Johns Hopkins APL
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has appointed Michael Griffin, chairman and CEO of Schafer Corp., as well as military veterans John Allen and Samuel Locklear as APL senior fellows. APL said Tuesday Allen, Griffin and Locklear bring leadership and expertise to the lab’s senior fellows program that seeks to address the priorities of …
Read More »CACI Lands Centcom Communication Integration Support Contract; Ken Asbury Comments
CACI International has received a potential five-year, $22 million contract to continue to provide communication integration support for the U.S. Central Command. The company said Monday it will offer planning, linguistic and cultural support in an effort to help the Central Command Communication Integration organization evaluate public data to facilitate …
Read More »Vectrus Subsidiary Receives AF Task Order to Provide Installation Services in Qatar
A Vectrus subsidiary has received a $21 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to perform a range of installation services in support of the U.S. military operations at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The company said Friday Vectrus Systems will provide maintenance, custodial, lodging, recreation and hospital aseptic services under the task order awarded …
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