A new Deloitte analysis forecasts global spending on defense programs to grow about 2.8 percent in 2021 as countries continue to build up their military capabilities in response to increasing geopolitical tensions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deloitte Consulting and Palmetto GBA have won task orders worth $86.7M combined from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for site verification support services.

Deloitte Consulting has received a potential four-year, $106.4M task order to provide a development environment for the Department of Defense's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to test, validate and implement AI-based tools.

A partnership between Deloitte and Irving Burton Associates has received a four-year, $101M contract to help the Defense Health Agency manage operational efficiency during the transition to a new electronic health records system for military service members, veterans and their families.

Vivien Bonazzi, a more than two-decade bioinformatics veteran and former senior adviser at the National Institutes of Health, has been appointed a managing director within Deloitte's government and public services practice.

John Hooley, a more than 18-year government services industry veteran, has joined The MIL Corp.'s federal business as vice president of financial services, G2Xchange ETC reported Tuesday.

Deloitte has won a potential five-year, $197.3M contract to provide technical, administrative and operational support for products and project lines under the Defense Health Agency’s solutions delivery division. The company will help DHA SDD manage information assurance, configuration management and training functions for various platforms such as the Defense Medical Logistics Support System, Essentris and Clinical Data Repository, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

A new Deloitte report has identified challenges U.S. defense contractors and suppliers face when it comes to complying with cybersecurity regulations and measures that could be implemented by companies to adhere to such regulations and build up a cyber-resilient security posture.

Deborah Golden, a principal with Deloitte & Touche, has been named head of the U.S. cyber practice within the company’s risk and financial advisory business.

Mike Canning, a principal with Deloitte Consulting, has been named head of the company’s government and public services practice. He succeeds Dan Helfrich, who assumed this month the role of chairman and CEO of Deloitte Consulting, and will oversee a 15K-person team delivering consulting, financial and risk advisory services to federal and state government agencies, higher education and nonprofit organizations.