The U.S. Army has awarded Allison Transmission a $97 million contract to supply new and upgraded transmissions, transmission kits and related technical support for the Abrams main battle tank program. Long-Term Partner in Abrams Modernization Allison’s X1100 cross-drive transmission has been a core component of the Abrams platform since its in...
LevelBlue, a pure-play managed security services company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire cybersecurity firm Cybereason. LevelBlue said Tuesday the acquisition aims to strengthen its pure-play MSSP technology by incorporating Cybereason’s advanced extended detection and response platform, digital forensics and inci...
Boeing has secured multiyear contracts worth approximately $2.7 billion to produce additional Patriot Advanced Capability-3, or PAC-3, seekers for the U.S. Army and prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The defense and aerospace contractor said Tuesday the agreements will allow it to deliver more than 3,000 seekers through 2030, increasing annual produc...
Coastal Pacific Food Distributors secured a five-year, $871 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence to support warfighters in the Indo-Pacific Command. DLA said Friday the Stockton, California-based company will support U.S. military personnel stationed in Australia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Die...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International The technological frontier is advancing at a breathtaking pace. We are in the early stages of a digital revolution where technologies once confined to science fiction—AI, quantum computing and the Internet of Things, or IoT,—are converging, remaking our world at a global scale. T...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a contract to Palantir Technologies to provide the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, or NCVAS, Platform. The award is valued at $385.4 million, according to a notice posted on SAM.gov posted Thursday. The VA’s Technology Acquisition Center serves as the contracting ac...
Enlightenment Capital-backed Cryptic Vector has appointed Allen Martirossian, a finance executive, as chief financial officer. The Cincinnati-based company said Tuesday Martirossian’s appointment comes as Cryptic Vector pursues growth initiatives and broadens its support for critical national security missions. “Allen is a proven financi...
Empower AI has received a U.S. Army contract worth more than $200 million to modernize critical infrastructure across over 80 Army installations to enable real-time analytics, improve energy resilience and strengthen operational readiness objectives. The Reston, Virginia-based company said Thursday it will support the Army Metering Program, or AMP, ...
AI promises to revolutionize both industry innovation and government contracting in the U.S. As such, the federal government is making unprecedented levels of investment in the technology and is creating extensive business opportunities for GovCons. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or OBBBA, signed into law in July, allocates over $8 billion in AI fu...
Steve Hutcheon and Jeff Lane of FedPoint discussed how the federal benefits administrator and marketplace operator uses artificial intelligence to modernize contact center operations and improve customer experience across federal benefits programs. Training the AI Tool to Classify Calls Jeff Lane, manager of contact center support services at FedPoi...
