The Potomac Officers Club hosted its Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum last Wednesday which joined elite U.S. Air Force and private sector leaders in spirited discussion on the critical modernization initiatives driving the Air Force’s current priorities, strategies and focus areas as the ongoing digitization of...
The government contracting industry offers one of the best growth opportunities, whether you run a small business or a large enterprise. Each year, the federal government mobilizes its GovCon community to assist it in bolstering the U.S.’ different key sectors. Over $600 billion worth of federal government contracts were awarded to support the...
NowVertical Group has agreed to purchase Allegient Defense as part of efforts to further broaden its footprint in the U.S. public sector. Allegient Defense provides systems engineering and technical services in the areas of data analytics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and autonomy, unmanned aerial vehicles, directed energy and next-gener...
The State Department has approved a potential $1.32 billion foreign military sale of shipboard launch and recovery equipment and support services to France for the country’s naval aircraft carrier program. The French government wants to procure one Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, one Advanced Arresting Gear, launcher and engine configu...
The State Department has cleared Australia’s request to procure Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Hellfire missile systems from the U.S. through a potential $108 million foreign military sales agreement. The proposed FMS transaction will cover the supply of up to 800 AGM-114R2 missiles and technical support for joint attack munition systems an...
Nonprofit public service research corporation Analytic Services has acquired InTec, a service-disabled veteran-owned company that offers technical and management services to the federal government. ANSER said Thursday it made the acquisition to add systems engineering and integration, mission assurance, program management and intelligence operations...
Kelly Baldwin, a former vice president at GRSi, has been promoted to serve as senior VP for the enterprise technology company’s defense programs. The appointment makes Baldwin GRSi’s first SVP and continues his company tenure that began in 2015, the company said Thursday. He will also retain his role as general manager of GRSi’s Charle...
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Frank Calvelli, a senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), to be assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition. Calvelli has 34 years of intelligence community experience that includes service at the National Reconnaissance Office, the White House said Wednesday. He worked as NRO&...
Vikram Manikonda, an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the government contracting industry, has been appointed chief technology officer of BlueHalo, effective Jan. 1. BlueHalo said Wednesday Manikonda spent more than two decades at the company’s technology innovation subsidiary Intelligent Automation Inc., where he most rec...
Six companies have secured contracts worth potentially $40 million combined to help NASA’s Ames Research Center develop rotorcraft vertical lift technologies. Tasks under the five-year hybrid contracts are scheduled to commence on Tuesday and will continue through Dec. 20, 2026, the space agency said Wednesday. Contractors will provide resourc...
