The U.S. Navy has selected 18 companies that will compete for task orders under a potential five-year, $346.5 million contract to provide a number of military service organizations with program management, logistics and other support services. The contractors will deliver management integration support to several Naval Air Systems Command program of...
Paul Burnette, vice president and director of the Software Accelerator at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), said the federal government should collaborate with industry to develop and field “hardened, optimal code” and advance the adoption of the SecDevOps approach to protect software from potential cyberattacks. Burnette wrote that SecDevOps provide...
The National Security Agency is shifting more and more of its core business and functions to commercial platforms as part of the agency’s larger modernization effort, officials say. Ryan Agee, technical director for NSA’s capabilities directorate, said the agency is currently running a data fusion and analytics environment called the IC GovCloud...
Salas O’Brien, an engineering and facility planning services provider, has merged with Nelson Engineering to create a combined company that will serve federal clients and represent more than 50 offices. The merger brings the combined entity’s workforce headcount to 1,500, including 360 registered professionals, and aims to provide multi-discipli...
During a recent visit to Amazon Web Services (AWS) office, Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented the first Wash100 Award, the most coveted and acclaimed award in all of government contracting (GovCon) to Max Peterson, vice president of AWS’ worldwide public sector business. Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting an...
Lynn Bamford, CEO of Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW), has assumed additional duties as chair of the Davidson, North Carolina-based aerospace and defense contractor’s board of directors. She succeeds David Adams, who retired from his role as executive chairman but will continue to serve on Curtiss-Wright’s board as a member, the company said Friday. Ba...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $805.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to continue supporting the service’s Tactical Reconnaissance Pod program. The latest award brings the contract’s total cumulative face value to approximately $1 billion, the Depart...
Adam “AJ” Jarnagin, CEO and founding partner of EXPANSIA, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the company’s mission to drive technology advancement and digital transformation efforts at the edge for federal and intelligence agencies. In addition, Jarnagin also discussed EXPANSIA’s recent contract award to provide the AGORA Di...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is undergoing a shift in its cloud migration and acquisition strategies, top officials say. But first, the agency is taking a look at its needs and requirements, which will help steer these efforts. “We’re looking at how we migrate our workloads to the cloud by getting a good understanding of our...
The federal government acquires many things, from the tiniest pin to the massive planes, even research or technical assistance. Working for the federal government can be incredibly profitable for your business. However, the federal government does not procure anything without a comprehensive set of rules and regulations. This is why a federal govern...
