Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, said the Department of Defense has placed task orders worth $200 million combined under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract since the award to four vendors was announced in December 2022, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. He gave the JWCC procurement vehicle up...
Converged Security Solutions has acquired Solutions By Design II and integrated the technology and cybersecurity company into its Evolver business, a provider of information technology transformation offerings in the government and commercial markets. SBD said Wednesday it brings federal government contracting knowledge and application development, ...
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has decided to drop a $5.4 billion deal to buy Tower Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TSEM) after failing to secure the required regulatory clearances in a timely manner. In February 2022, Intel agreed to pay $53 per share in cash to acquire Tower to establish an end-to-end foundry aimed at meeting the rising demand...
BAE Systems is in discussions with Westminster, Colorado-based Ball Corp. (NYSE: BALL) to purchase the latter’s aerospace division in a potential deal worth more than $5 billion. If an agreement is reached, the British defense contractor would take over the business that manufactures instruments and sensors for military, aerospace and national...
Jennifer Hay was named director of Defense Digital Service within the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Office of the Department of Defense, replacing Jinyoung Englund who held the post in an acting capacity. Hay, a visiting fellow with the National Security Institute, joined DDS in January as its principal deputy. Now, she will lead the...
An RTX (NYSE: RTX) division will supply tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided missiles to the U.S. Army under a three-year, $322.5 million contract. Raytheon Land and Air Defense Systems will provide the TOW 2B variant of the long-range anti-armor, anti-fortification and anti-amphibious landing weapon system as part of the fixed-price-in...
GovCon industry veteran Bill Ballhaus has assumed the position of president and CEO of Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY). He took on the roles on an interim basis on June 24 at the Andover, Massachusetts-based technology company, Mercury said Tuesday. “After conducting a review of potential candidates with the assistance of an executive search firm, ...
The National Reconnaissance Office has issued a request for proposals to potential sources of commercial electro-optical capabilities, according to a tweet posted by NRO on Wednesday. SpaceNews reported that NRO released a broad agency announcement in July and is interested in non-Earth imaging, nighttime imaging, video, multispectral imaging and in...
The first chapters of Jason Schulman’s career were in commercial sales, until he had a revelation prompted by a “spiritual awakening” at a Neil Young concert, that he needed to say “yes” to more opportunities. Afterward, he decided to pursue an opportunity in his employer’s public sector organization supporting the federal government. Th...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implement new information technology processes as part of a $197 million task order. The award has a firm-fixed-price, time and materials structure and covers support for the agency’s IT office and infrastructure and user support team, Leidos said Monday. CMS tasked t...
