A new IBM (NYSE: IBM) study says government information technology leaders said they expect agencies to make cybersecurity spending a priority for fiscal year 2022 amid the recent cyberattacks. IBM said Thursday it commissioned Morning Consult to survey more than 500 current and former U.S. government IT decision makers in June and found that more...
A new McAleese & Associates report says U.S. Air Force officials addressed questions raised by lawmakers over the F-35 program during the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee hearing on fiscal year 2022 fixed-wing aircraft programs Tuesday. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winn...
Leonardo DRS‘ land electronics business has secured a $105 million delivery order to supply additional mission common computing systems to the U.S. Army as part of the service branch’s combat vehicle and command post modernization efforts. This order is the third for Leonardo DRS under the Mounted Family of Computer Systems II contract, ...
Intrepid Solutions and Services, a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners, has acquired Darkblade Systems for an undisclosed sum to expand technology products and service offerings for the U.S. Intelligence Community in the areas of counter unmanned aircraft systems, cybersecurity and electronic warfare. Winchester, Virginia-based Darkbl...
Octo, a Reston, Virginia-based government information technology services provider, has acquired Volant Associates for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of IT offerings for agency clients across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Volant’s leadership team will stay and oversee a new division within Oct...
The General Services Administration has awarded $1.1 billion in contracts to eight U.S. carriers to provide air passenger transportation services to federal government travelers for fiscal year 2022 under GSA’s City Pair Program. The FY 2022 City Pair Program awardees are Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetB...
Jeff Carson, an Amazon Web Services partner network ambassador, has been named vice president of public sector technology at managed cloud services provider Effectual. Carson will lead a team of Effectual solution architects responsible for developing technology modernization services designed for government customers, the company said Tuesday. His ...
Sierra Lobo has secured a potential five-year, $400 million contract to support testing of rocket propulsion systems hardware and other aerospace components at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. The Fremont, Ohio-based company will also perform hypervelocity impact testing and flight hardware processing work and provide other technica...
This past Thursday, Potomac Officers Club (POC), the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its 2021 Air Force Acquisition Forum. Check out the Potomac Officers Club’s Event Page to view on-demand the Air Force Acquisition Forum if you mis...
The U.S. Army has issued a request for proposals to Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary and to the team of Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky business and Boeing (NYSE: BA) as it launches the competition for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program, Defense News reported Monday. The service will accept proposals through the fourth qu...
