NASA has started its search for additional U.S. companies that are willing to transport private astronauts to the International Space Station on two separate short-duration missions slated to occur in the 2022-2023 timeframe. These two new flight opportunities for the private sector came one month after NASA and Axiom Space signed an agreement to co...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 14, 2021 — Aaron Burciaga, vice president of artificial intelligence at ECS, said a responsible approach to AI product development could encourage federal agencies to adopt the technology for data science applications, ExecutiveBiz reported May 21. “The introduction of new AI/ML models within federal operations demand...
Digital engineering firm JHNA has expanded its capabilities and support in the Navy segment through its acquisition of Technology Security Associates. TSA is an engineering services firm that provides cybersecurity, anti-tamper, security systems engineering, supply chain risk management and platform security services to help Naval Air Systems Comman...
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) will provide software licenses and information technology products and services under a potential five-year, $2.49 billion blanket purchase agreement with the U.S. Navy. The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific in San Diego received two proposals for the single-award BPA that was awarded through the Department of D...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has agreed to buy Halfaker and Associates for approximately $250 million in cash to expand its portfolio of health information technology offerings. SAIC said Thursday it will use its existing cash on hand and incremental debt to fund the acquisition that is expected to conclude by the end of...
Keith Nakasone, former deputy assistant commissioner of acquisition management within the information technology office at the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, will join VMware (NYSE: VMW) in mid-June as a federal strategist, FedScoop reported Wednesday. He brings 32 years of government service experience to his n...
Several technology companies and industry groups wrote a letter Tuesday to President Joe Biden urging him to ensure that the federal government prioritize the procurement of commercial software and tech platforms over custom-built systems in accordance with federal acquisition rules. Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR), Govini, Palantir Technologies (NY...
Insight Public Sector has won a potential five-year, $2.56 billion blanket purchase agreement from the U.S. Navy to provide software licenses and information technology products and services. The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific in San Diego received two offers for the single-award BPA that was awarded through the Department of Defense’s E...
AirBoss of America‘s defense subsidiary has closed its acquisition of BlackBox Biometrics, a provider of wearable sensors designed to detect explosive blasts, through a potential $27 million deal that includes $7 million in upfront cash payment. AirBoss Defense Group, which first announced the transaction in March, will pay the remaining $20 m...
Steve Harris, a more than two-decade Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) veteran, has been tapped by Ellucian to serve as chief revenue officer, responsible for driving the Reston, Virginia-based higher education technology company’s revenue generation initiatives and leading development of go-to-market plans. Ellucian said Thursday Harris will als...
