HII‘s (NYSE: HII) Mission Technologies division has received a potential five-year, $458 million task order from the Department of Defense to help DOD modernize its communications and information technology networks to facilitate rapid decision-making on the battlefield. The company said Tuesday the U.S. Air Force’s 774th Enterprise Sour...
Strategic and technical consultancy Cadmus has acquired Ventera for an undisclosed sum to expand its digital transformation offerings for government and private sector companies. As a result of the acquisition, Cadmus said Tuesday it will create a new technology solutions division focused on expanding its presence in the health care, finance, ...
Rod Fontecilla, former partner and chief innovation officer at Guidehouse, has assumed the newly created role of chief innovation and artificial intelligence officer at Madison Dearborn Partners-backed Harmonia Holdings Group. The executive will lead the Technology and Innovation Council, which was recently established to support the capability deve...
The U.S. Air Force has announced eight Pool 1 awardees and five Pool 2 vendors on the potential $33.2 billion Information Analysis Center multiple-award contract to provide mission-critical research and development support services across the Department of Defense. DOD said Monday the 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base in Ne...
By Kim Koster, Vice President of Industry Marketing at Unanet The 2024 GAUGE Report, a collaboration between Unanet and CohnReznick, is an essential resource for the government contracting community. We recently released the eighth annual edition, and it remains a valuable tool for government contractors looking to evaluate themselves against...
Business aviation broadband connectivity provider Gogo (Nasdaq: GOGO) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire in-flight connectivity company Satcom Direct for $375 million in cash. Gogo said Monday the transaction, which is expected to be completed before the end of 2024, will expand its footprint in the business aviation market and provi...
Amentum has finalized its merger with Jacobs’ (NYSE: J) critical mission solutions and cyber and intelligence businesses to form a new publicly traded company focused on delivering advanced engineering and technology platforms and services to customers. Chantilly, Virginia-based Amentum said Friday it will start trading on the New York Stock E...
The Potomac Officers Club will kick off next year with the 2025 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 23. This 11th iteration of the esteemed event will once again gather public and private sector technology experts for an exploration of defense priorities, advanced technologies and the intersection of innovation and national security. At the summit, ...
U.S. government representatives have been largely bullish, at least publicly, about the benefits of artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, while also acknowledging its risks and misuses. In order to try and organize and set up parameters for its use, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo requiring agencies to put gover...
In an era where people across the world have more access to advanced technology than ever before (and are often very fluent in it), we have reached a “democratization of tech,” according to Nand Mulchandani, chief technology officer at the CIA. Mulchandani told an audience of government contractors at the 2024 Intel Summit, from Potomac...
