Dan Smoot, formerly chief operating officer at Riverbed, has been promoted to serve as the San Francisco-based networks and applications company’s president and CEO, responsible for driving its delivery of offerings to customers looking to transition to a hybrid work setup. Smoot, who brings over three decades of industry experience to his new...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a potential 15-year, $3.12 billion contract to manufacture APG-82 radar systems for the U.S. Air Force’s F-15 fighter jet fleet. The company will also modernize and provide support services for the radar system through the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense sai...
Stephen Steg, co-founder and chief technical officer of Blue Canyon Technologies, has been named CEO of the small satellite and mission services provider, more than five months after its acquisition by Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). Steg succeeds former Blue Canyon CEO George Stafford, who will transition into an advisory role, the company said ...
QuantiTech, a portfolio company of private equity firm Sagewind Capital, has rebranded as Axient to reflect its combined capabilities in multidomain test and analysis, digital engineering, mission engineering and operations, advanced technologies and other areas in support of the missions of defense and civilian agency clients. The rebrand includes ...
Honeywell International (NYSE: HON) has agreed to merge its quantum solutions business with Cambridge Quantum Computing into a new company that will focus on offering software and hardware products to support computation requirements in areas such as cybersecurity, finance and material science. Charlotte, North Carolina-based Honeywell said Tuesday ...
During GovCon Wire Events’ Data Innovation Forum, luminaries in the public and private data innovation space will discuss the strategic importance of information technology (IT) and data management in national security. As the role of information technology in the federal government continues to grow, public and private leaders must be consc...
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) will provide software licenses and information technology products and services under a potential five-year, $2.49 billion blanket purchase agreement with the U.S. Navy. The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific in San Diego received two proposals for the single-award BPA that was awarded through the Department of D...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $470.7 million contract from the Transportation Security Administration to provide checkpoint screening equipment deployment services. TSA announced the contract award in a notice posted Thursday on the SAM website. The overall scope of work includes surveys, design support, on-site coordinatio...
In recent years, the Department of Defense (DOD) and Intelligence Community (IC) have recognized the strategic importance of information technology (IT) and data management. The IC and the DOD have made efforts to bolster their data management processes to enable quick and secure data usage. As the reliance on IT grows, public and private leaders...
Advanced Technology International has been awarded a potential five-year, $99 million contract to help the U.S. Navy run a center that focuses on developing and transitioning technologies needed to manufacture composite-based naval platforms. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Office of Naval Research is intended to suppor...
