Federal acquisition processes must be on the cutting edge of technology to stay relevant and efficient. Federal leaders have worked to modernize their acquisition systems so as to increase the adoption rate of innovative solutions, including information technology (IT), cloud and other emerging technologies. Agencies must continue to implement new a...
VTG has been awarded a potential five-year, $188 million contract to help the U.S. Navy modernize surface fleet combat systems as part of the service branch’s Technical Insertion 16 program. The Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Port Hueneme Division awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering TI16 procurement, eng...
The U.S. Army plans to release a solicitation for proposals to develop prototypes under the third increment of the Combat Vehicle Robotics program. The CoVeR Inc 3 program seeks to build and integrate technologies to enable multidomain robotic and autonomous system capabilities to team with Army formations in support of close combat, targeting, acqu...
Salient CRGT has secured a potential $70 million contract to help the U.S. Navy provide technical training to Saudi Arabia’s naval forces as part of international security assistance efforts. The contract is intended to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement for training, logistics and English language instruction for Royal Saudi Naval F...
Alion Science and Technology has received a five-year, $77 million research and development task order from the U.S. Air Force under a Department of Defense Information Analysis Center multiple-award contract vehicle in support of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office. The company said Friday it will analyze and study radar and electronic syste...
Dave Dacquino, chairman and CEO of Serco, Inc, received his 2021 Wash100 Award during a recent visit from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson to recognize Dacquino’s leadership and drive for technical innovation across the federal and government contracting (GovCon) sectors. “Dave Dacquino has driven Serco to a new level by building out a world-...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 1, 2021 — Mike Cosgrave, president and chief operating officer of Ace Info Solutions, told ExecutiveBiz that AceInfo saw its domain expertise grow in the public safety, health information technology, life sciences and grant management areas after Dovel Technologies acquired the IT services provider in 2019. “Our shar...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 1, 2021 — Dave Levy, vice president of Amazon Web Services‘ government, nonprofit and health care businesses, said AWS applies innovation and experience in efforts to help federal agencies train employees in cloud computing and use technical skills learned via training to perform missions, ExecutiveBiz reported March...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has received a contract from the U.S. Army to transition a HoloLens-based augmented reality headset from prototyping to the production and rapid fielding phase. Alex Kipman, a technical fellow at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, which is backed by Microsoft A...
GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks, an invaluable member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has published his latest feature detailing the essential understanding of cybersecurity, its capabilities, the best practices to get the most out of the technical concept and the awareness of cyber’s potential to find success. “At its very ...
