As a program manager and engineer in the U.S. Air Force, Rocky Thurston gained the skills he needed to transition smoothly into government contracting. His first work in the field was as a program manager for an intelligence community contract at Booz Allen Hamilton, after which point he took on more assignments and learned and...
Jon Rosenwasser, former budget and policy director at the Senate Select Committee for Intelligence, has joined the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to serve as chief financial officer. ODNI said Friday Rosenwasser, as the new intelligence community CFO, will be responsible for driving initiatives across IC to uphold the DNI’s ro...
The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville has begun seeking proposals for a potential 10-year, $3 billion multiple-award task order contract to provide energy and water conservation services at federal facilities. A notice posted Friday on SAM.gov states that the Energy Savings Performance Contracts IV indefinite-delivery/indefinite...
Sterling Jones, a two-decade industry veteran, was named vice president and general manager of Agile Development Group at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), according to a LinkedIn announcement. Jones previously served as general manager of military avionics at the Melbourne, Florida-headquartered defense contracting company. The executive has been ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has booked a $111.9 million undefinitized firm-fixed-price order from the U.S. Navy to manufacture and deliver avionics long lead time parts and spares in support of the F/A-18E/F Block III and E/A-18G aircraft. The Department of Defense said Thursday the award, which was made against a previously issued basic ordering agreement, s...
The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has begun seeking information on a potential $100 million single-award contract to provide information technology and engineering support services to the 502d Trainer Development Squadron. The Trainer Developer II indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will support the...
Mission Space Acquisition, a blank check company based in Cape Canaveral, Florida, intends to raise $100 million through an initial public offering, MarketWatch reported Thursday. The special purpose acquisition company disclosed its IPO plans in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday. The newly incorporated SPAC in the Cayman Islands...
George Wilson and Tom Weston, former executives of ECS Federal, have partnered with private equity firm Bluestone Investment Partners to invest and build a company dedicated to providing mission-critical technologies for federal government customers. Wilson and Weston intend to grow a company that offers technology products and capabilities to custo...
The story of the Wash100 Award popular vote contest this week remains the staggering vote count. In the last month, we have seen our first-ever contestant cross the threshold of 1,000 votes—Booz Allen Hamilton’s Judi Dotson. Shortly thereafter, another competitor, IBM’s Susan Wedge, an early favorite this year and currently the number three...
David Kubicki, senior manager of solution architects for the public sector at Palo Alto Networks (Nasdaq: PANW), said an ideal cloud security platform enables government agencies to address security requirements “while enabling them to expand for additional use cases as their cloud maturity increases.” “Adopting a platform designed with flexib...
