Craig Brower, former vice president and general manager of the public sector business at Orbital Insight, has been appointed president of U.S. government operations at Gaithersburg Maryland-based visual intelligence technology provider Edgybees. The three-decade intelligence and defense industry veteran will oversee Edgybees’ strategic busines...
The National Defense Industry Association has named 16 new members of its board, which includes executives from technology and service providers to the government sector. Arnold Punaro, CEO of The Punaro Group, will continue to lead the association as its chairman and Michael Bayer, president and CEO of Dumbarton Strategies, will remain in his vice...
Jason Weiss, a senior information technology modernization professional, has been appointed chief software officer at the Department of Defense, FedScoop reported Friday. He will lead efforts to modernize legacy applications and implement modern software development practices across DOD. Weiss joined the Pentagon in January as director of software m...
Parsons has won a $145 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide design-build services to a waste treatment facility construction project at Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Virginia. The company said Thursday it will support technical engineering, permitting and environmental compliance work on the Energetic Waste Incinerato...
Helen Soln, former senior director of proposal management at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology unit, was appointed as vice president of proposal operations at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday. She brought to her new role almost a decade of experience in managing proposal departments for a number of govern...
Government contractors came from private companies that manufacture goods and services for government establishments. This group of people is like government organizations that come in different shapes and sizes. A group of government contracting companies is hired by the government when their contracts win through bidding. U.S Government contracts ...
Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and three-time Wash100 winner, estimates 4 percent to 7 percent growth in overall second quarter sales among defense primes. His analysis of contractor Q2 results covered Boeing (NYSE: BA), BAE Systems, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), L3Harris Technologies (NY...
The U.S. Navy has indicated its intent to launch a full and open competition for a follow-on contract vehicle to procure afloat network devices, initial software, spares, laboratory equipment and software renewal and maintenance services. A presolicitation notice posted Monday on SAM.gov says the military branch is looking to release the competitive...
The U.S. Navy has awarded three multiple-award contracts worth approximately $2.76 billion combined to provide sustainment support for littoral combat ships homeported in Mayport, Florida. BAE Systems’ ship repair business and Fincantieri Marine Systems North America will compete for delivery orders under a potential five-year, $1.3 billion contra...
The State Department has approved Taiwan’s request to buy medium self-propelled howitzer systems, manufactured by BAE Systems, and associated equipment from the U.S. government through a potential $750 million foreign military sales transaction. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. asked to procure 40 155mm M109A6...
