SOS International has named intelligence community veterans Neil Wiley and Dan Robinson as senior adviser for intelligence programs and vice president of business development, respectively, as part of efforts to expand the company’s analytic services business. Wiley will align resources and establish the strategic vision, administrative and operat...
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) other transaction authority agreements to build, integrate and demonstrate communications intelligence and electronic intelligence sensor prototypes for the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System under the initial phase of the Multi-Domain Sens...
A Bloomberg Government report says the federal government’s total contract spending reached $682 billion in fiscal year 2020, a 14 percent increase from FY 2019 spending of $599 billion. BGOV said Thursday FY 2020 marks the fifth consecutive year of increase in contract spending and federal agencies primarily used $1.6 trillion in enacted FY 2020...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has agreed to acquire BlackHorse Solutions for approximately $203 million to broaden its client base and expand its digital, artificial intelligence, machine learning and cyber capabilities to support military, intelligence and space operations. Parsons said Thursday it expects the transaction to conclude in July and to be accret...
The Biden administration has created a new task force to work on a roadmap meant to expand access to research tools to advance innovation in the field of artificial intelligence. The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force, which was created in accordance with the National AI Initiative Act of 2020, will act as a...
Ten companies have won spots on a potential seven-year, $178.4 million contract to engineer cybersecurity systems for the U.S. Navy. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific received 23 offers for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that has a two-year base value of $47.3 million, the Department of Defense said Thurs...
The U.S. Army is committed to maintaining and developing innovative information technology (IT) solutions to support the service’s warfighting abilities. Army IT systems must be on the cutting edge of technology development to defeat adversaries and preserve our country’s national security. During GovConWire’s Army: IT Management and Transfo...
The Department of Energy has started its bid solicitation process for a potential 10-year, $3 billion contract for management and operation services at a radioactive waste disposal facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico. DOE said Thursday it will conduct a full and open competition for the cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Was...
Dr. Stephen Homeyer, vice president at BAE Systems, served as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during GovCon Wire Events’ AI: Innovation in National Security Forum on June 3rd, 2021. The following panelists discussed transitioning artificial intelligence (AI) from research and development (R&D) to operations: Jill Crisman of the De...
GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed leader to the cybersecurity and government contracting (GovCon) sectors as well as an influential member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has released his latest article with the program. Previously, Brooks summarized the most significant trends in cyber that are impacting the federal lands...
