The U.S. Army has awarded Airbus U.S. Space & Defense a $315 million contract modification to provide logistics and engineering services in support of its fleet of UH-72 Lakota twin-engine helicopters. The Department of Defense said Tuesday that work on the contract will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas, until Dec. 31, 2025. The Army...
ManTech has appointed industry veteran Joseph Zuliani as vice president of the newly established mission readiness and enablement practice. The company said Wednesday Zuliani will help accelerate client missions through the use of advanced technologies and analytical methods combined with the support of experts in artificial intelligence, digital tr...
NASA has awarded Columbus Technologies and Services a potential five-year, $1.1 billion follow-on contract to provide electrical and electronic engineering support for the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The agency said Wednesday the fourth iteration of the Electrical Systems Engineering Services contract, or ESES ...
There’s a common understanding at this point that quantum computing is ungraspable to the layman and possibly even to scientific experts. This very publication has spoken to leading minds in the field who admit that it’s difficult to pin down, its essence not able to be communicated sufficiently. Gil Herrera, research director at the Nation...
Melanie Heitkamp was elected by the board of directors of Northrop Grumman to serve as corporate vice president and chief human resources officer, effective Feb. 3. The Falls Church, Virginia-based contractor said Monday Heitkamp will have oversight of the HR organization of Northrop and will report to Kathy Warden, chair, CEO and president of the...
The U.S. government and its contractors are keenly focused on getting ahead of potentially devastating threats posed by polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, and by outdated critical infrastructure. Susannah Kerr, senior vice president and general manager of federal and environmental solutions at Jacobs, spoke with GovCon Wire about how the com...
The Department of Defense aims to transform the battlefield with advanced autonomous systems through its ambitious and potentially game-changing Replicator initiative. This program seeks to rapidly develop and deploy thousands of low-cost, expendable drones and robotic systems to stay ahead of global competition and achieve technological superiority...
By Hector Collazo, Chief Technology Officer at IPTA Amid rapid technological advancements, the Department of Defense faces the ongoing challenge of modernizing systems with agility and efficiency. By deploying advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities, IPTA assists the DOD in accelerating the approval of new requirements, id...
Boeing has appointed Dana Deasy, former chief information officer at the Department of Defense, as CIO, chief information digital officer and senior vice president of IT and data analytics. The aerospace and defense contractor said Friday Deasy succeeds Susan Doniz, who stepped down from the CIO position in late 2024, and will report to Boeing...
Private equity firm Gallant Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Navient’s government services business, or NGS, that provides technology-enabled outsourced business processing support for U.S. federal, state and local government agency customers. Gallant said Sunday it expects the transaction to conclude in the first quarter of 2025. “...
