A judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims turned down motions by the Department of Defense and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to dismiss Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) lawsuit challenging the award of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith’s decision me...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a $107 million contract modification to help the U.S. Air Force deploy telemetry and termination platforms for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile system. The company will support implementation work to meet the launch schedule of the USAF’s Flight Test Telemetry Termination Rapid Fielding progra...
Stockholders at Cubic (NYSE: CUB) voted Tuesday to approve an amended buyout offer of Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital, an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management. Holders of approximately 70.3 percent of Cubic’s shares issued and outstanding as of March 18 voted in favor of the merger agreement, Cubic said Tuesday. In late March, Cu...
GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed leader to the cybersecurity and government contracting (GovCon) sectors as well as an influential member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has released his latest article with the program. Previously, Brooks discussed the details in understanding cybersecurity in our sector, its massive capa...
Jenn Azzolina of Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR) and Michael Daly of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) said the two companies have teamed up to develop a technology platform to help government agencies glean insights from large volumes of data while ensuring data security using plug-and-play analytics and zero trust approach. Azzolina and Daly wrote th...
The Department of Defense has issued a request for prototype proposals for the Operational Spectrum Comprehension, Analytics and Response project under a potential five-year, $2.5 billion other transaction agreement with the National Spectrum Consortium. The OSCAR requirement seeks to develop a software application with automated workflows, sensor n...
John Heller, formerly PAE’s president and CEO, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award, Heller’s sixth in the last seven years, during a recent visit from Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award. “Earning six Wash100 Awards in his eight years of tenure with PAE, John Heller is a stabilizing force that...
Spire Global, a space-based data and analytics provider, will receive a convertible term loan worth $70 million from global investment firm Francisco Partners as part of a growth financing deal. Spire CEO Peter Platzer said in a statement published Friday the financing will help the San Francisco-based company accelerate the deployment of intersatel...
Voting is closing for the 2021 Wash100 Award Standings on April 30th. You have one week left to submit your TEN votes and demonstrate your support for the most elite leaders in the federal and government contracting (GovCon) industry. Visit Wash100.com to cast your votes now! Watch the video below to see where your favorite...
Contract and program management software provider Unison has acquired Price Systems, which offers analytics technology designed to help public and private sector customers manage project costs. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed and Dulles, Virginia-based Unison said Wednesday the combined entity aims to market software platforms for...
