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CACI receives $258M task order to continue DOD work

Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor CACI International Inc. has received a $258 million task order for expansion and continued modernization of the Department of Defenses’ business systems, according to a news release. 

The award falls under a Defense Logistics Agency’s J6 Enterprise Technology Services indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract and continues CACI’s enterprise technology efforts to ensure that participating DOD agencies meet evolving business, technology, security and control requirements. CACI will also advance and improve processes, according to the news release.

The task order consolidates seven previous contracts and supports 27 DOD agencies with as many as 73,000 users. It has a three year performance period and will be primarily based in Virginia and the Washington metropolitan area.

“CACI specializes in providing distinctive enterprise resource planning tools to transform how U.S. government works, ultimately reducing technical debt and saving time, cost, and resources spent on future technology investments,” CACI President and CEO John Mengucci said in a statement.

Founded in 1962, CACI specializes in enterprise and mission technology. The company has approximately 22,000 employees.

 

GDIT wins $171M Army contract

Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology has received a five-year $171 million contract to support the Army’s biomedical research grant applications.

The Biomedical Research Application Evaluation and Support contract supports the Army’s Medical Research Development Command and the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), according to a news release. Under it, GDIT will provide scientific, software development and program management services to assist in receipt and peer review of biomedical research grant applications. GDIT will handle evaluation of thousands of applications each year and work with scientists, clinicians and patient advocates to service on in-person and virtual peer review panels.

“Maintaining scientific rigor, integrity and transparency in the evaluation of grant applications is critical to the government’s ability to make sound investment decisions,” Kevin Connell, GDIT’s vice president and general manager for science and engineering, said in a statement. “We have supported CDMRP for the last 27 years and are honored to have the opportunity to continue this partnership to support innovative, high-impact research with the potential to improve the lives of our service members and the American public.”

The Army’s CDMRP funds congressionally targeted biomedical research in response to the needs of service members, veterans, the public and Congress.

Reston-based Leidos wins $11B defense contract

Reston-based Leidos Holdings Inc. has won an $11.5 billion contract to consolidate and streamline the Department of Defense’s Fourth Estate information technology into one common network, the Pentagon announced Monday.

Under the contract, Leidos is expected to modernize, transform and unify nearly two dozen defense agencies and field activities — Defense Department organizations other than the military services that have manpower resources, referred to as the Fourth Estate — onto one Defense Informations Systems Agency network “to provide mission services focused on enhanced user experience, improved security, and network reliability.”

More than 380,000 employees comprise the Fourth Estate, including the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff and the combatant commands.

“We are honored that DISA has entrusted our team to establish the modern infrastructure foundation that will deliver critical combat support capabilities to our warfighters,” Leidos Chairman and CEO Roger Krone said in a news release announcing the award. “Leidos is committed to helping DISA and the defense agencies and field activities further their vision, leveraging our decades of technological expertise to bolster their critical mission.”

Leidos, a Fortune 500 company, provides technology, engineering and science services to defense, intelligence, civil and health markets. The company employs 43,000 people.

“The Defense Enclave Services program demands unique expertise and advanced technology solutions,” said Leidos Defense Group President Gerry Fasano. “Leidos brings both at unparalleled scale, with a focus on constant innovation. We look forward to delivering an improved user experience and enhanced mission capabilities.”

 

PAE lands $111.7M contract from U.S. Army

PAE Applied Technologies LLC has been awarded a contract worth $111.7 million for the operations, maintenance and repair work at the U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany, the Department of Defense announced Monday.

The contract includes maintenance and repair of installed building equipment, equipment-in-place, minor construction, ground maintenance, snow, ice and sand removal, pest control, environmental service and trash removal.

The work is expected to be completed by Feb. 28, 2027.

Falls Church-based PAE Inc. was acquired by Amentum Services Inc. in February for $1.9 billion. PAE’s former CEO will become Amentum’s CEO at the end of March.

Northrop Grumman secures $252M Marine Corps contract

Falls Church-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. landed a $252 million contract to produce and test a handheld precision ground targeting system for the U.S. Marine Corps, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.

Under the hybrid, follow-on contract, Northrop Grumman will work on the Next Generation Targeting Handheld System, a lightweight, man-portable system that allows Marines to acquire and locate targets as well as perform guidance against them. The contractor will also provide spare parts, engineering services, logistics support, training and documentation.

Work is expected to be completed by February 2030 and will be performed in Apopka, Florida.

The contract is a follow-on to the NGHTS Other Transaction Authority Agreement (OTA) prototyping effort. In September 2018, the service awarded OTAs to Northrop Grumman, Arlington-based BAE Systems Inc., Texas-based Elbit Systems of America LLC and Pennsylvania-based Fraser Optics LLC.

Northrop Grumman employs roughly 97,000 people worldwide and reported $35.67 billion in 2021 revenue.

Manassas bio research supplier wins $5.5M in federal grants

Manassas-based biological materials management nonprofit American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) announced Tuesday that it won three Defense Threat Reduction Agency grants valued at more than $5.5 million to identify new therapeutic approaches to viruses.

“ATCC is committed to supporting this global health initiative by providing the novel scientific research and development solutions needed to address these high-morbidity and mortality infectious disease outcomes,” ATCC Chairman and CEO Dr. Raymond H. Cypess said in a statement. “Through our new partnership with DTRA, we now have the opportunity to focus on the development of novel machine learning and artificial intelligence models for countermeasure identification that may lead to better vaccine and therapeutic solutions, which are needed to save lives.”

ATCC will work to define new targets for therapeutics, evaluate new and/or Food and Drug Administration-approved candidates for antiviral and anti-inflammatory activities and define infection-associated biomarkers. The information gained will be used to develop AI models of disease and therapeutic effectiveness.

Promising therapies will be tested with organoid models (organ-on-a-chip) and could be a step in the one-drug-many-bugs approach to antiviral product development.

Aarthi Narayanan, ATCC’s director of translational research and technology transfer, will lead the research.

ATCC develops and supplies authenticated cells lines and microorganisms, advanced model systems and custom solutions, supporting research in basic science, drug discovery, translational medicine and public health.

GDIT secures $162M DISA Agency contract

Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. (GDIT) announced Wednesday it had secured a potential $162 million contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to secure identity, access and account management for U.S Department of Defense applications.

The Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Phase III production agreement has a one-year base period with four option years. GDIT completed a pilot prototype in phases I and II. In this phase, it will continue to onboard the Defense Department’s financial management applications into the system and will expand the program to include non-financial management applications.

“DOD and DISA’s enterprise ICAM solution will serve as a critical pillar of its cybersecurity strategy and ultimate push toward a zero-trust architecture,” GDIT President Amy Gilliland said in a statement.

GDIT’s solution allows interoperability with other agencies, assisting with the department’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept to create a centralized system that allows data sharing among agencies.

Reston-based aerospace and defense contractor General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and generated $38.5 billion in revenue in 2021.

ManTech secures $118M Navy contract

Herndon-based tech contractor ManTech International Corp. has secured a $188 million, five-year contract to support the U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane by providing tech solutions for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance by unmanned aircraft systems.

“At ManTech, intelligent systems engineering is a core competency where we excel at developing innovation solutions. … Under this important re-compete win, our aim is to ensure battle-space dominance at speed across the full range of combat scenarios,” David Hathaway, executive vice president and general manager of ManTech’s Defense sector, said in a statement.

The contract falls under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s multiple-award vehicle. The center provides technical data management and research support for the Defense Department and other federal government users.

Founded in 1968, ManTech provides technology solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence and federal civilian agencies. In 2020, the Fortune 1000 company reported $2.5 billion in revenue, and the company reported $637.8 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2021. In December 2021, ManTech announced it had completed its $350 million acquisition of Gryphon Technologies.

GDIT wins $518M Army contract

Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. (GDIT) won a $518 million task order from the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM), the company announced Monday.

Under the Worldwide Field Support task order, the Fortune 500 General Dynamics Corp. subsidiary will provide logistics, sustainment and maintenance services for joint U.S. and coalition forces in the Army Field Support Brigade regions. It includes support for current and future C5ISR — formerly Communications-Electronics RD&E Center — systems, equipment and ancillary operational requirements.

The task order is part of the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services Multiple Award that a General Dynamics Corp. joint venture — including GDIT, General Dynamics Mission Systems, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems — won in April 2021.

“We’re excited to accelerate work on this important program, which brings together expertise from across General Dynamics, focusing our collective hardware and software systems solutions on providing CECOM with an innovative and cost-effective approach to supporting the warfighter’s mission,” GDIT President Amy Gilliland said in a statement.

Reston-based aerospace and defense contractor General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and generated $38.5 billion in revenue in 2021.

Booz Allen secures $74M Navy contract

McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. won a potential $74.7 million contract with the U.S. Navy to support the Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) mission, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday.

Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Booz Allen Hamilton will provide a single program executive for the PEO USC that will be responsible for end-to-end acquisition and maintenance of the mission capabilities of the littoral combat ship-class — a class of small surface combatants designed for near-shore environments.

Work is expected to be completed by April 2023 and will be performed in McLean and at the Washington Navy Yard.

With $7.5 billion in fiscal 2020 revenue, Booz Allen employs more than 27,600 workers globally, with about 10,000 employed in Virginia.