Vectrus™ (NYSE: VEC) systems subsidiary has received a five-year, $151M task order to engineer command, control, communications, computer and intelligence systems that support the U.S. Navy™s afloat operations. Work covers end-to-end systems engineering work on C4I platforms the military branch uses to manage shore facilities, strike group...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 25, 2018 ” Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) has officially launched the Iridium Certus broadband service that will work to deliver voice and internet connectivity at 352 kilobits per second for terrestrial and maritime applications, ExecutiveBiz reported Jan. 17. The company said Jan. 16 the L-band...
John Hynes, a more than 28-year GovCon industry veteran, has joined Ashburn, Va.-based technology services contractor Applied Insight as CEO. He succeeds Gavin Long, who will chair the AI board, the company said Thursday. AI is one of the two companies that investment firm The Acacia Group formed in 2018 following its acquisition of I...
A Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) subsidiary has secured positions on four multiple-award contracts worth up to $7B combined to help the Department of Veterans Affairs create medical disability examinations. QTC Medical Services said Wednesday it will continue to perform work for the Veterans Benefits Administration under the indefinite-delivery/...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has issued a report on the U.S. Air Force™s priorities for 2020 discussed by USAF Undersecretary Matthew Donovan at an Air Force Association event. Donovan said Friday at the AFA event that readiness remains the Air Force™s top priority and that the service plans to increase its operational sq...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 22, 2018 ” Sarah St. Clair, vice president for human resource services at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), has said the company focused on the engagement of key stakeholders to drive the update of its HR technology system to support operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Jan. 11. Diginomica reported Jan. 8 that St....
Tom Padgett and Laura Grant of SAP (NYSE: SAP) have said agencies should partner with a cloud service provider with a capability to innovate and offer security. Grant and Padgett wrote about the potential benefits to agencies of handing the responsibility to innovate to cloud providers. œBy shifting that responsibility to a cloud service provid...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on Navy Secretary Richard Spencer‘s speech at the Surface Navy Association’s Annual National Symposium. Spencer, a 2019 Wash100 winner, said at the SNA event that the Navy needs a sense of urgency and to ramp up speed and rate of change to address the œreadine...
Global PCCI has secured a potential $250M contract to help the U.S. Navy manage a system for maintaining equipment for salvage, diving, pollution response and underwater ship husbandry activities. The company will support management of facilities that utilize the Emergency Ship Salvage Material system under the indefinite-delivery/indefini...
On Tuesday, Jan. 15th, Govcon leaders from the public and private sector gathered for the Potomac Officers Club™s 5th Annual Defense Research and Development Summit. The event featured keynote addresses from five of the top leaders in the R&D field. Mary Miller, acting assistant secretary for research and engineering at the Department of De...
