Since the enactment of the Competition in Contracting Act in 1984, price has been an essential element of every contract awarded by the Federal Government under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, along with technical capability and (more recently) past performance. In addition, before making an award, every contracting officer must determine that t...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 14, 2019 ” Spire Global will supply automatic identification systems data for a BAE Systems software suite that works to enable users to discover, utilize and disseminate geospatial intelligence, ExecutiveBiz reported May 3. The space-to-cloud analytics firm said May 1 it will feed AIS data into BAE’s Geospatial eXp...
David Egts, chief technologist for the North American public sector at Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), has said there are several tools that could help government agencies facilitate the adoption of artificial intelligence. Those include AI toolkits such as TensorFlow open-source software, predictive analytics tools like Red Hat Insights and AI-based digital a...
The Potomac Officers Club hosted the 2019 Cybersecurity Summit on Wednesday to join GovCon leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss new cyber programs, initiatives technologies and ways that both sectors can better collaborate to achieve common goals. Following an enlightening keynote address from David Luber, executive director of the...
Susan Lawrence, managing director of the Joint Forces Sector for Accenture Federal Services, received an award for her leadership role in Executive Mosaic™s 4×24 program, designed for the government contracting industry™s senior and most influential executives. Lawrence received the Chairman™s Award for completing her fourth year...
Martin Amen, former senior director of secure network operations at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined Cubic (NYSE: CUB) as vice president of strategy and business development for the Nuvotronics business. He will report to Mike Twyman, president of Cubic Mission Solutions, and help define and implement the growth strategy for Nuvotronics™...
David Spille, former vice president of investor relations at Engility, has been appointed to the same position at Parsons (NYSE: PSN). Parsons said Monday Spille has more than two decades of investor relations experience, which includes eight years in the federal information technology services industry, and his professional background encompasses m...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a one-year, $139.8M contract modification to continue manufacturing precision laser guidance sets for the U.S. Navy’s Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition. The company will supply the military service with 12,000 additional JDAM kits under the modification, which increases the ceiling of a previously awarded indefi...
Jim Arthur, a business development professional with nearly 30 years of federal market experience, has joined Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) as capture manager, G2Xchange ETC reported Monday. He previously served in BD leardership roles at Technica, Serco‘s U.S. arm, Octo Consulting Group, FCi Federal and Computer Sciences Corp. Arthur helped deliver ...
Science and technology company UES and the University of Dayton Research Institute have landed spots on a five-year, $99M contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory conduct scientific studies. Both contractors will support AFRL research projects in the power, energy, thermal, integration and control areas as part of efforts to develop milita...
