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The Defense Logistics Agency, the Department of Defense’s combat logistics support arm, is on track to exceed its small business contracting goals for fiscal year 2022. More than 40 percent of DLA

U.S. Army Contracting Command has released a broad agency announcement to seek white papers on secure communications and networking technologies designed to enable decisive lethality and information dominance. The Army Command, Control,

Mitre has partnered with MassChallenge, a Boston, Massachusetts-headquartered startup accelerator, to develop a new mentorship program to help remove systemic barriers that hinder underrepresented founders from accessing resources for growth. The program

Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the Small Business Administration, shared updates on SBA’s new Veteran Small Business Certification Program, including plans to give a one-year extension to all veteran-owned small businesses verified

Jim Ghiloni, a group manager at the General Services Administration’s FedSIM program, said the agency is planning to create a new contract vehicle that would enable federal agencies to access new technologies

The Government Accountability Office reported that the total number of protests filed with the agency to dispute federal contract awards reached 1,658 in fiscal year 2022, reflecting a 12 percent drop from

The U.S. Navy’s Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges program office has declared full operational capability for the first increment of its underwater training infrastructure for submarines and surface vessels. The Undersea

Deanne Criswell, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has unveiled the appointment of 19 members to an advisory council that provides recommendations to the agency on disaster preparedness and response

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Scott Pappano, program executive officer for strategic submarines, said the service branch aims to purchase five Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines through a potential block-buy deal, Defense Daily reported