Sentar has received a potential five-year, $172.7 million follow-on task order to help the Defense Health Agency protect military information systems from cyberthreats. The Huntsville, Alabama-based company said Thursday the Cybersecurity Risk Management Operations recompete task order awarded by the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic has a...
The U.S. Army has started soliciting proposals for a potential three-year, $125 million contract to support a program that intends to provide turnkey classroom audio visual technology and sustainment services as part of efforts to maximize soldier training outcomes. According to a request for proposals published Thursday, Mission and Installation Co...
Chugach Government Solutions has appointed Dirk van der Vaart, a more than 25-year defense and security industry executive, as president and Michael Iacobucci, a more than 15-year government contracting industry veteran, as senior vice president and chief growth officer. The company said Wednesday van der Vaart will also serve as executive VP of Chu...
Cloud enterprise software provider IFS has acquired EmpowerMX for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its industrial artificial intelligence capabilities and aviation maintenance software offerings for aerospace and defense customers. IFS said Wednesday EmpowerMX is a Frisco, Texas-based provider of AI-powered aviation maintenance softwar...
James Allred, a more than three-decade government contracting industry professional, was named vice president of programs at Freedom Technology Solutions Group, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Prior to joining the Columbia, Maryland-based information technology company, Allred served as a program management director at Science Applications I...
The U.S. Navy has tapped Air Center Helicopters to provide cargo transfer services between ships deployed worldwide over a potential five-and-a-half-year period. The Burleson, Texas-headquartered airlift support provider will conduct vertical replenishment services under a $77.3 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Navy, the Department of Defe...
As director of emerging cybersecurity solutions for Carahsoft, Steve Jacyna keeps his finger on the pulse of the biggest cyber threats to government organizations, as well as the latest cyber innovations that protect against them. His dual goals are to help cyber vendors understand agencies’ unique needs and to assist agencies in identifying the t...
Tyto Athene, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has completed its purchase of managed cybersecurity services provider MindPoint Group and appointed MindPoint President Patti Chanthaphone as head of its federal civilian group. Herndon, Virginia-based Tyto Athene said Tuesday Chanthaphone will oversee the company’s federal soluti...
Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology, accepted her 2024 Wash100 Award during a recent meeting with Executive Mosaic CEO and Wash100 Founder Jim Garrettson. Each year, Wash100 identifies and celebrates the most accomplished leaders in the government contracting field. Winners are selected using an intensi...
By Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek Government contracting isn’t getting any less challenging in 2024. With a more competitive environment at the U.S. federal, state and local levels, as well as in Canada, combined with uncertainty about budgets and questions about the upcoming election, there are more questi...
