Austal‘s shipbuilding business in Mobile, Alabama, has secured a four-year, $156.1 million contract modification to build two additional towing, salvage and rescue vessels for the U.S. Navy. The fixed-price-incentive modification exercises options for the production of the T-ATS 13 and T-ATS 14 ships and covers special studies, engineering and ind...
Rob Sheen GovCon industry veterans Rob Sheen and Noah Klemm have joined federal information technology services contractor Redhorse as chief growth officer and chief delivery officer, respectively. Former Novetta executives Sheen and Klemm will work with Redhorse’s chief financial officer and chief operating officer on measures to advance growth i...
Marco Galbiati, formerly general manager of Fincantieri Marine Group, has been appointed CEO of the company. He succeeds Dario Deste, who will continue to serve as president of FMG and GM of Fincantieri’s naval vessels division, the company said Thursday. In 2018, Galbiati assumed the GM position and was responsible for growing the business and...
Google has launched a new division to help U.S. federal, local and state government agencies and educational institutions advance their digital transformation efforts and bring its Google Cloud technology platforms to public sector organizations. Will Grannis, head of the office of the chief technology officer at Google, will lead Google Public Sect...
A Fincantieri subsidiary has secured a $536.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to design and build the third ship in the Constellation class of guided-missile frigates. The Department of Defense said Thursday Fincantieri Marinette Marine will also provide digital environment support for the future USS Chesapeake (FFG 64) in addition ...
Technology investment firm The Acacia Group has acquired The Baer Group, which provides tech consulting and services to customers in public and private sectors, for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to address the increasing shortage of technical talent needed to support digital transformation efforts of government and industry clients. “We se...
Brian Roach, a two-decade technology industry veteran, has been named CEO at Red River in a move slated to take effect May 31. He will lead the Claremont, New Hampshire-based information technology company after his role as head of the U.S. regulated industries practice at SAP‘s North American subsidiary, Red River said Thursday. In his...
Professional services firm cBEYONData has acquired Alta Via Consulting for an undisclosed sum to establish a combined entity that will provide enterprise resource planning, financial and data analytics platforms and services to federal government customers. The combined firm will operate with over 240 employees that are focused on delivering busines...
Sarcos Technology and Robotics (Nasdaq: STRC) has agreed to acquire RE2, a developer of mobile robotic systems and autonomy software, for approximately $100 million in cash and stock. The two companies aim to close the transaction in the second quarter of 2022 and offer a suite of technology products powered by artificial intelligence, machine learn...
Keith Johnson, a four-decade government market veteran and a former executive at Spire Global, has joined artificial intelligence software provider CrowdAI as strategic revenue officer. Johnson led the establishment of Spire Global’s (NYSE: SPIR) federal practice and helped the space company go public in August 2021, when it merged with specia...
