On Aug. 8th, GovCon public and private sector representatives gathered for the Potomac Officers Club™s 2018 Air Force Acquisition Forum, featuring keynote speaker Maj. Gen. Sarah Zabel, director of information technology acquisition development, in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. Following her speech, Zab...
Shawn Boykin, a former director of business development at Vencore and AECOM (NYSE: ACM), has been appointed vice president and manager of operations at Advanced Concepts and Technologies International‘s newly established operation in Huntsville, Ala. He will serve as the liaison for the acquisition management services contractorR...
Brendan Curran, formerly president of Crane Co.™s aerospace and electronics group, has been named president of a Boeing (NYSE: BA) business organization that produces avionics and electronics systems. The more than 20-year aerospace industry veteran will lead the AvionX organization and Boeing’s aftermarket strategy across ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 10, 2018 ” BAE Systems will help build tools to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s efforts to automatically detect cybersecurity risks in large-scale networks under a potential $5.2 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday it will utilize...
Six companies have won contracts worth approximately $44 million combined from NASA to develop 10 technology platforms for space exploration. NASA said Thursday it selected the proposals through its Tipping Point solicitation that seeks to address the space technology mission directorate™s three technology focus areas through public-privat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 8, 2018 ” Advanced Concepts and Technologies International has sponsored the Professional Services Council™s recent Federal Acquisition Conference that highlighted acquisition trends in government that affect the industry, ExecutiveBiz reported July 26. ACT I CEO Michael Niggel introduced keynote speaker Lesl...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 7, 2018 ” Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and the U.S. Navy have entered into a partnership for a pilot program that aims to increase access to medical services among military personnel, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The lab said Thursday it will provide systems integration, data analysis ...
The National Institutes of Health has awarded 16 companies spots on the historically underutilized business zone portion of a potential $20 billion governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle for information technology support services. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the NIH™s IT acquisition and assessment center made the...
Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC™s federal business, has said government agencies that aim to achieve digital transformation and address mission-critical challenges should begin with data center modernization through the adoption of converged and hyperconverged infrastructure technologies. Chehreh wrote that such ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 3, 2018 ” Carahsoft Technology has added Dell EMC‘s data protection tools to its offerings under the General Services Administration‘s IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle as part of the special item number for continuous diagnostics and mitigation services, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Dell EMC’s ...
