Firms to aid Air Force DevSecOps initiative

Air Force officials said two firms have been selected to compete for task orders through the five-year Software Development Security Operations (DevSecOps) Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) contract.

The Air Force selected Northrop Grumman Corporation and Lockheed Martin for the endeavor. Northrop Grumman will support the Air Force’s LevelUP Code Works Platform One team’s product development by providing full-stack DevSecOps engineers, cloud engineers, infrastructure engineers, and other key personnel to include developers, trainers, and consultants.

The Air Force recently awarded Lockheed Martin a Basic BOA for Platform One Software DevSecOps Services to support DevSecOps engineering, software development, cybersecurity and operations, and IT support.

“We look forward to continuing our partnership with the U.S. Air Force and delivering expanded DevSecOps tools, services, and talent to support current and future Department of Defense cyber missions,” Dedra Bonner, program manager, Unified Platform system coordinator program, Northrop Grumman said. “Through the BOA, we’ll provide leading-edge DevSecOps and Lean-Agile services to ensure the U.S. Air Force continues to operate, pivot, and adapt faster than our adversaries.”

Nic Chaillan, the Air Force’s chief software officer, said it is clear from their actions Lockheed Martin is embracing DevSecOps and committed to advancing Platform One capabilities.

“Collaboration with industry is key to the success of Platform One and other advanced cloud and software efforts, and we look forward to working with the Defense Industrial Base to improve the way we deliver fast, secure, and high-quality code to warfighters,” he said.

Lockheed Martin is presently applying Platform One for DevSecOps within the Lockheed Martin Software Factory, a company-wide undertaking that delivers the cloud-based infrastructure, tools, and processes transforming the manner in which software is created and delivered.