The National Reconnaissance Office has released a request for proposals for commercial satellite imagery services to support Earth observation requirements at federal civilian, defense and intelligence agencies. NRO said Wednesday its Electro-Optical Commercial Layer procurement effort is open to domestic businesses and the agency expects to issue m...
Acacia Research Corp. (Nasdaq: ACTG) has made an unsolicited offer to acquire wireless communications equipment provider Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL). Melville, New York-based Comtech said its board of directors is working with the company’s independent advisers to evaluate the non-binding takeover proposal. Goldman Sachs serves a...
Former Department of Defense officials Jack Gumtow, Scott Howell and Patricia Stokes have joined the board of advisers of artificial intelligence software provider Babel Street. They will advise the leadership team on approaches to help customers implement the company’s analytics software platform, Babel Street said Wednesday. Gumtow, a three-...
Luciana Borio, a specialist in medical and public health, has been appointed to the board of trustees at Noblis. She develops new investment opportunities in the areas of clinical trials, biologics manufacturing and novel therapies as a venture partner for ARCH Venture Partners, Noblis said Monday. Michael Chertoff, chairman of Noblis’ board o...
The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Services has issued a request for information to learn more about the progression and advancement of commercial access management and single sign-on technology platforms. A notice posted on SAM.gov stated that the Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Services wants...
The National Reconnaissance Office has adopted a non-traditional contracting framework to identify potential sources of commercial satellite technologies designed to collect imagery and data that can support the agency’s mission. Commercial radar platforms will be the initial focus area of its Broad Agency Announcement Framework for Strategic ...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its AI: Innovation in Homeland Security Forum on Thursday which gathered private industry and government officials to discuss how cutting-edge AI technology is shaping the nation’s homeland security priorities, goals and general strategy as well as the role industry can play in the future of countering foreign adversari...
NASA has awarded a pair of contracts worth $253.4 million combined to General Electric‘s (NYSE: GE) aviation subsidiary and MagniX USA to develop and demonstrate electrified propulsion systems intended for commercial aircraft. The two companies will participate in the Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration project within a five-year period, ...
Garry Dean, a retired U.S. Air Force major general and a member of the board of advisers at Peduzzi Associates, has been appointed president of the Alexandria Virginia-based business development services provider in a move slated to take effect Oct. 1. He has served on the advisory board over the past four years and will...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 24, 2021 — ECS and artificial intelligence security company CalypsoAI have formed a partnership with the goal to help government customers incorporate the emerging technology into agency missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 8. Aaron Burciaga, vice president of data and artificial intelligence at ECS, said the company deve...
