The Washington Headquarters Services has awarded nine companies positions on a potential five-year, $1.5 billion contract for analytic and technical support services. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes acquisition and sustainment oversight support, engineering and agile methodologies, capability portfolio management,...
The Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2023 budget request includes the largest ever increase in spending for research and development. The $130.1 billion investment request is more than 9.5 percent over the fiscal year 2022 enacted level, and it represents a major milestone in the DOD’s modernization and innovation efforts. To find out more ab...
John Eubank, a cyber defense executive and GovCon industry veteran, has joined the government arm of BlueVoyant as chief revenue officer. He will lead efforts to drive strategic growth and bring BlueVoyant Government Solutions’ supply chain risk management platform to federal agency clients, the company said Friday. Arun Sankaran, CEO at BlueVoyan...
Thirty veterans of the government, industry and academia to serve on a federal advisory committee that offers strategic and policy recommendations to the National Space Council. Lester Lyles, a retired U.S. Air Force general and an independent consultant, was selected to chair the NSpC Users Advisory Group, the White House said Friday. Vice Presiden...
Erik Cecere, former director of contracts and pricing at LongView International Technology Solutions, was appointed as senior vice president of delivery operations at DecisionPoint, according to his LinkedIn post. The executive brings to his new role at the information technology services and consulting provider nearly two decades of experience in f...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 92 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $900 million contract to come up with innovative approaches to advance the development of multidomain systems. The Air Force Life Cycle Management at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is the contracting activity and received 94 proposals for the indefinite-delivery/i...
Thomas Kennedy, former executive chairman of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), has been appointed to the board of directors at Textron (NYSE: TXT). Textron said Wednesday the 38-year industry veteran and former Air Force captain will start his role as a board member of the Providence, Rhode Island-based conglomerate on Jan. 1. He previously led Ray...
IBM has agreed to acquire information technology modernization and digital transformation services provider, Octo, from Arlington Capital Partners in a deal advised by Baird. The acquisition, which marks IBM’s eighth this year, is anticipated to augment the organization’s digital transformation capabilities in defense, health and civil...
When Vectrus and The Vertex Company completed their merger to form V2X in July, the enterprise’s projected pro forma revenue was approximately $3.4 billion. As the year comes to a close, V2X now has a combined backlog of over $12 billion, which is three and a half times more than early estimates anticipated. Leading the merged entity’s...
Scott Goldstein, head of advanced missions at Anduril Industries, has assumed additional responsibilities as chief scientist at the defense technology startup, GovCon Wire has learned. Goldstein, a U.S. Air Force Reserve major general, leads Anduril’s technical development initiatives for the company’s government partners. He brings to the dual-...
