Former U.S. Representative Will Hurd, a cybersecurity specialist with strong ties to the government contracting field and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, announced his presidential campaign Thursday on “CBS Mornings.” Hurd represented Texas’ 23rd congressional district from 2015 to 2021. During his time in office, he introd...
The Department of Defense announced a $20 billion increase to the potential value of a contract vehicle for technology research and development services to the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center. DOD on Wednesday listed the modification awardees under its IAC Multiple-Award Contract, saying the ceiling boost brings the program’s...
Mainthia Technologies, a space systems operations and engineering company, won a potential $155 million contract to provide maintenance, operations, repair and institutional services to two of NASA’s facilities. The contract is intended to support the Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, and the Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in Cle...
Tiffanny Gates, former CEO of Novetta and a three-time Wash100 winner, has been named an operating partner at Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Capitol Meridian Partners. She will be part of a team of seasoned government and industry executives who support CMP’s strategic direction for its portfolio companies, the company said Thursday. G...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) will produce a set of equipment and communication tools for the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party-Modernization program under a $246.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Under the IDIQ award, L3Harris will manufacture tactical radios, ancillary components and radio sets and stations fo...
A Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) subsidiary has received from the U.S. Air Force three separate one-year contracts worth $110.5 million combined to provide data-as-a-service platforms to support command and control and decision-making operations. Palantir USG will support the Headquarters Air Force by enabling HAF to integrate personnel, health,...
Today, cybersecurity and infrastructure are intertwined – a single cyberattack can disrupt systems critical to Americans’ day-to-day activities. Incidents like the Colonial Pipeline attack, which resulted in a gasoline shortage that impacted millions, have shined a light on this relationship, and now, the U.S. government is more focused on cyber...
The U.S. Navy has chosen 10 companies for a potential five-year, $178.4 million contract vehicle to help the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific manage, engineer and secure information technology systems. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a $76.4 million initial award covering three base years a...
Mike Mulcahy, a digital transformation and strategy development leader for global public-sector aerospace and government system integrators at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said the talent shortage in the aerospace and defense industry reflects the need for the industry to keep up with technological developments. “The loss of talent is only the symp...
U.S. Marine Corps veteran and two-time Wash100 Award winner Dana Barnes was sought out by the world of information technology, rather than chasing it himself. He was recruited by IBM in the late 1990s, where he participated in the Business Development Professionals Program, initiating his passion for solving business problems with technology and a f...
