Google’s parent company Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG) is in advanced discussions to buy New York-based cybersecurity startup Wiz for approximately $23 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. People familiar with the matter told WSJ a deal could come soon. CEO Assaf Rappaport and his colleagues founded Wiz in 2020 to offer cloud security softwa...
Nakupuna Consulting has secured a potential seven-year, $370 million contract from the U.S. Army to integrate new functionality into a military human resources and payroll system. The Department of Defense said Friday Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland received five offers through an internet solicitation for the cost-pl...
Artificial intelligence has become a key driver of innovation and technological advancement both on and off the battlefield. The U.S. Air Force in particular has placed a heavy focus recently on adopting and integrating AI in multiple areas. Here are just a few of the Air Force’s key AI efforts: Gen AI Chatbots The Air...
It isn’t every day that an award is hand-delivered to your office. In June, AT&T Vice President of Federal Solutions Jill Singer had this unique experience when Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented her with the 2024 Wash100 Award. Garrettson founded the award in 2014 as a celebration of the best and brightest ...
By Amy Hilbert, executive vice president of government solutions at Casepoint A compromised password can lead to identity theft, a phishing attack can disrupt a major corporation’s operations and a ransomware attack can paralyze an entire industry for days. The importance of cybersecurity and the consequences of a data breach are widely understood...
James Allred, a more than three-decade government contracting industry professional, was named vice president of programs at Freedom Technology Solutions Group, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Prior to joining the Columbia, Maryland-based information technology company, Allred served as a program management director at Science Applications I...
As director of emerging cybersecurity solutions for Carahsoft, Steve Jacyna keeps his finger on the pulse of the biggest cyber threats to government organizations, as well as the latest cyber innovations that protect against them. His dual goals are to help cyber vendors understand agencies’ unique needs and to assist agencies in identifying the t...
By Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek Government contracting isn’t getting any less challenging in 2024. With a more competitive environment at the U.S. federal, state and local levels, as well as in Canada, combined with uncertainty about budgets and questions about the upcoming election, there are more questi...
AE Industrial Partners has raised $1.28 billion in capital commitments from institutional investors in the U.S. and worldwide for its third private equity fund to advance its strategy to invest in national security, industrial services and aerospace sectors. The Boca Raton, Florida-based private investment firm said Tuesday AE Industrial Partners Fu...
CAES has secured a $172 million multi-year deal from RTX (NYSE: RTX) to assist the latter with the next three lots of follow-on production for missile data-link assembly. The award supports a major international missile program, CAES said Monday. Based in Arlington, Virginia, CAES is a subsystem provider offering advanced electronic capabilities ...
