Digital consulting firm Raft has named Steve Morgan as vice president of data. Morgan, who announced his latest career development on a LinkedIn post on Sunday, most recently served as the company’s chief data engineer. According to the executive, Raft provided him the opportunity to work on the data architecture of the U.S. Air Force’s...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index registered its largest single-day loss this week and a massive 9.31% weekly loss. Besides the 6.2% plunge Thursday, the substantial gains (+4.7%) from the previous record-setting week were gone. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, closed 1.78% lower at $5,160.07 Fri...
Real-time 3D simulation and digital twin technologies provide the U.S. government — especially the military — an ability to train its personnel “across a much broader spectrum of scenarios and ‘what if’s,’” explains Ret. VADM Sean Buck, president of the National Training and Simulation Association. Rather than be limited by what i...
The U.S. Air Force has added Delta Resources, General Dynamics Information Technology and Modern Technology Solutions to the Pool 1 awardees on the potential $33.16 billion Information Analysis Center, or IAC, multiple-award contract to support research and development across the Department of Defense. The work, which will be performed in various lo...
In today’s digital world, data is king. With the power to unlock important insights and inform decisions, data is increasingly critical, and federal agencies are prioritizing it as such. GovCon Wire sat down with Dawn Sedgley, chief operating officer at cBEYONData, during a recent Executive Spotlight interview to learn more about data aggregation...
Robert Persons, former director at Sigma Defense Systems, was elevated to the role of vice president of business development at the tactical communications technology company. The executive announced his most recent move via a LinkedIn post Wednesday. Persons is a three-decade technology industry veteran who joined Sigma Defense in 2022 after holdin...
Pleasant Land, a private equity firm with a focus on technology, has acquired and merged healthcare services and technology companies Livanta and DOMA Technologies. Livanta’s specializations include software development and advanced analytics while DOMA’s specializations include quality patient care and healthcare systems transformation,...
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman $540.9 million in funding to support the company’s development of the Glide Phase Interceptor, a technology to detect and intercept hypersonic weapons. Work on the weapon countermeasure platform will be performed in Chandler, Arizona, until November 2029, the Department of Defense said Wednes...
GovCon Wire sat down with QinetiQ U.S. President and CEO Shawn Purvis, a four-time Wash100 Award winner, to discuss the company’s remarkable transformation over the past three years, recent strategic hires and its expanding technology portfolio. Here’s what she told us in her Executive Spotlight interview: GovCon Wire: You̵...
Communications solutions provider MetTel announced Wednesday that it has been designated as an authorized Starlink reseller. Starlink Service With over 4 million active users around the world, Starlink provides a space-based low-latency network capability that facilitates connectivity speeds of up to 100 Mbps for terrestrial users. Authorized resell...
