Vimo, doing business as GetInsured, has purchased Change and Innovation Agency as both companies aim to help agencies transform health and human services delivery with the use of cloud-based technology. Both parties have a shared mission to bring software-as-a-service platforms to public health care programs, Vimo said Thursday. The company noted th...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its Climate Resilience: Reducing Risk and Creating Opportunities Fireside Chat on Thursday, which gathered together leading climate experts in a timely discussion on how industry is partnering with city, state and federal governments and communities to implement robust climate resilience and adaptation plans as extreme wea...
Stephen Ambrose, chief climate scientist of Science Applications International Corp., will moderate a fireside chat session with Michael Berkowitz, a founding principal of Resilient Cities Catalyst, at GovConWire’s virtual forum on Thursday, Nov. 18. Ambrose was appointed to his current role in July and oversees an SAIC program aimed at helpin...
Redwire (NYSE: RDW) has purchased microgravity biotechnology developer Techshot in a move to complement the former’s space infrastructure offerings. Jacksonville, Florida-based Redwire said Tuesday that the transaction was in line with the company’s in-space manufacturing vision in low-Earth orbit. Headquartered in Floyd County, Indiana,...
Christopher Radich, regional vice president of public sector digital strategy at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said government agencies seeking to reduce their dependence on custom code and improve customer service should develop and implement a multicloud strategy that includes a combination of software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service and...
Fixed-Price Contracts The pricing of this group of government contracts will not change. However, there are times when a ceiling price, target price, or even both are used. It’s also worth noting that with fixed-price contracts, the risk is transferred to the contract. This is due to the fact that these government contracts are not...
Individuals or firms who enter into a contract with any government department or agency to perform a specified task, provide labor and materials, or sell goods and services, are known as federal contractors. A federal subcontractor is a business that works with another business that has direct government contracts. Both contractors and subcontractor...
James Stavridis, a 37-year U.S. Navy veteran, has joined the board of directors at Sunnyvale, California-based cybersecurity company Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT). The retired admiral works for The Carlyle Group as a managing director and vice chairman of the investment firm’s global affairs and chairs the board of trustees at the Rockefeller Founda...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 6, 2021 — A vice president at Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space business has talked about how the company provided assistance in analyzing and detecting fire patterns during an ongoing series of wildfires in California by employing its artificial intelligence technology that leverages ensemble ...
Systecon Group has won a contract to help the U.S. Army analyze the operational status of military vehicles and weapons systems using its’ proprietary AI and Predictive Analytics software. The company said it will implement predictive analytics technology that enables the Army to understand equipment condition and optimize the decision-making pro...
