Speedcast International announced Thursday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has approved the company™s $135M acquisition of Globecomm Systems. CFIUS found no unresolved national security concerns holding up the acquisition. Speedcast expects the purchase of Globecomm to finalize before the end...
Four companies will continue to support the U.S. Navy‘s contingency construction projects worldwide under an $86M shared contract modification. The Navy could require contractors to help manage base operations and provide engineering services for natural disaster, humanitarian assistance and conflict response efforts, the Department ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 10, 2018 ” Keith Salisbury, vice president of Pivotal Software‘s (NYSE: PVTL) federal business, has said approaches that help accelerate the development of applications will work to help the U.S. build its military edge in future wars, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 9. He said in an interview posted Nov. 7 tha...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has issued a report that outlines some of the priorities of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer. Spencer said Thursday during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event that the Navy has begun to work with Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) on a possible two-carrier con...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 5, 2018 ” Delphix, a Carahsoft Technology partner, has expanded the capabilities of its data management offering with the goal to support the migration of government agencies to Microsoft‘s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Azure Government cloud, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 2. Carahsoft offers the Delphix Dynamic Data Platform to...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 5, 2018 ” Deloitte has hired Glenn Davidson, former executive director of enterprise services at the Commerce Department, as a human capital transformation executive for the government and public services practice within the company’s consulting business, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Davidson will w...
Last week, Andrew Couch, founder of Cryptofuse, spoke with GovConWire about how his company is looking to redefine blockchain technology and drive value in the federal market. As Couch explained, his company devised a way to exchange information without the internet by relying on asynchronous updating and the global blockchain. Couch said that Crypt...
Harry Greenspun, formerly chief medical officer at Korn Ferry‘s (NYSE: KFY) health business, has been appointed to the same position at Washington, D.C.-based management consulting services firm Guidehouse. He will leverage his executive and clinical leadership experience to support government and commercial clients in their health care transf...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 4, 2018 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps to implement an artificial intelligence tool that will work to manage personnel and equipment data for planning troop deployments, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Nextgov reported Thursday the Marines aim to use the technology to determine gaps in ...
A new McAleese & Associates report says several government and military leaders discussed some of the Pentagon™s technology priorities at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California. Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, talked about cybersecurity and the need for strong cyber defenses to counter ...
