The U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command has selected three companies to create preliminary designs of a vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to survey and collect data from shallow coastal areas, continental shelves and oceans across the globe. NAVSEA announced the award of Phase I contracts unde...
On Wednesday, Feb. 13th, GovCon leaders from public and private sectors gathered at the Hilton in McLean, Va., for the Potomac Officers Club™s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Summit. The event featured three keynote speakers and two separate panels featuring some of the top experts in the artificial intelligence sector. Following the opening keyno...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Anthony Robbins, vice president of public sector at NVIDIA, with his second 2019 Wash100 Award on Wednesday. The Wash100 award, in its sixth annual year, recognizes the most influential and impactful executives in the GovCon industry, as selected by the Executive Mosaic organization in c...
NASA has selected Ball Aerospace to build spacecraft and chosen the California Institute of Technology to develop payload for a two-year, $242M mission to explore how the universe evolved and the presence of ingredients for life in planetary systems across galaxies. The space agency said Thursday it aims to launch the Spectro-Photometer for the...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 13, 2019 ” MuleSoft, a business unit of Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), has hired government market veteran Jude Boyle to serve as assistant vice president for federal sales, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. G2Xchange ETC reported Monday that Boyle brings experience from his previous work with technology companies Sp...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, with her second consecutive 2019 Wash100 Award on Tuesday. The Wash100 award, in its sixth annual year, recognizes the most influential and impactful executives in the GovCon industry, as selected by the Executive Mosai...
Eleven companies have secured blanket purchase agreements from the General Services Administration and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide Earth-observation products, data and services to government customers. Both agencies awarded the BPAs under the IT Schedule 70 acquisition vehicle and in support of the Commercial Initiati...
FLIR Systems (Nasdaq: FLIR) has agreed to purchase Endeavor Robotics from Arlington Capital Partners for about $385M in cash to make its entry into the market for unmanned ground vehicles for military, critical infrastructure and public safety applications. FLIR said Monday it expects the acquisition to close in the first quarter of 2019 a...
Two BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) subsidiaries have reached new agreements worth $2.1B combined to manufacture nuclear reactor components and fuel products for the U.S. Navy. BWXT Nuclear Operations Group and Nuclear Fuel Services will also provide support services to the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion program, the company said Monday. Effo...
Kieran McGrath, a more than 30-year technology industry veteran, has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Avaya (NYSE: AVYA) in a move that will take effect on Feb. 15. He will directly report to Avaya President and CEO Jim Chirico and oversee the tech firm™s financial planning, controller organization, tax, treasury...
