BL Harbert International has secured a $210 million contract to build a weapons generation facility at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana over a 40-month period. The contract covers the construction of five new infrastructures and the renovation of an existing one-story building at the AFB, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. The project is...
Digital twins – virtual models of real-world objects or other physical subjects – have significant potential to transform the future of warfighting, and the Department of Defense has taken notice. This technology allows users to “accelerate, model and put data in that model to see what will happen,” John Ustica, president and...
Craig Janus, a more than 35-year GovCon industry leader, has joined government information technology services provider Unissant as chief strategy and revenue officer. In this capacity, he will lead corporate strategy, growth and development initiatives to expand the company’s presence in the national security and federal health care markets, ...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has secured a five-year, $96.4 million contract from the Washington Headquarters Services to provide the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering with scientific engineering and technical assistance support services. SAIC will assist the OUSD(R&E) Business Operati...
By Kim Koster, VP of Industry Marketing at Unanet For government contracting companies, it’s advantageous to stay up to date on what other companies in your industry are doing. What processes and methodologies do they use? What trends are they noticing? How are they delivering successful project outcomes, maintaining compliance and winning new bus...
Peter Smith, former president and CEO of American Systems, has been elected chairman of the board of directors at the engineering and information technology contractor. Smith, who retired after more than four decades of company service, succeeds Bill Hoover, who has been chairman of the board since 2015, American Systems said Wednesday. “I wan...
The General Services Administration has moved to Sept. 22 the deadline for submission of proposals for the unrestricted version of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus contract in response to feedback from industry partners. GSA originally set a Sept. 13 deadline for offers for the OASIS+ Unrestricted vehicle, which covers the a...
Christopher Valentino, chief strategy officer of Peraton since 2021, has assumed a new role as chief innovation officer at the Reston, Virginia-based federal technology and services contractor, according to a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. His responsibilities include leading Peraton’s value creation initiatives, aligning its sector invest...
A Cerberus Capital Management affiliate has invested an undisclosed amount in aerospace survivability technology provider Resonant Sciences to help drive the latter’s growth and product development strategies. Baird acted as the exclusive financial adviser to Resonant Sciences on its deal with Cerberus’ Supply Chain and Strategic Opportu...
Frankie Velez has been promoted from vice president to VP and general manager of cyber intelligence systems at Peraton, he announced in a LinkedIn post on Monday. Velez started his career in the U.S. Navy. After 15 years, he transitioned to the private sector as manager of systems engineering at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC). He...
