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Thomas Bergeson, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, has been named president and chief operating officer of military training technology developer Red 6. “Tom and I have spent a lot of time together over the past few months as he gained insight into our technology and our vision,” Red 6 founder and CEO Daniel...
Marc Peterson, most recently vice president of strategic programs at Qualis, has been promoted to senior VP of warfighter services and test range programs at the Huntsville, Alabama-based government technical services contractor. He will oversee a portfolio of programs with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and the U.S. Space Force and the delivery of...
Shareholders at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) have approved the proposed acquisition offer by Boston-based private equity firm Advent International and both parties expect the transaction to conclude in late April or early May, pending receipt of outstanding regulatory clearances and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. Maxar said W...
By Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek In March, the Office of Management and Budget officially released the Biden Administration’s initial fiscal year 2024 discretionary budget request. This initial budget proposal includes a total of approximately $1.8 trillion in top-line discretionary budget requests fo...
NASA has formed a consortium to equip the standard space mission life cycle with in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing innovations. The Aerospace Corp. was tasked with operating the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities to facilitate collaborative work among government agencies, companies, academic institutions and nonprofit e...
The acceleration of technology development in the modern era has presented a myriad of new challenges that have transformed fundamental elements of the Department of Homeland Security’s mission. A panel of experts at GovCon Wire’s Defending the Homeland: Science & Technology Forum said Tuesday that DHS has embraced its own evolutio...
Andrew Moore, former director of artificial intelligence at Google’s cloud business, has joined U.S. Central Command to provide guidance on applying AI, robotics, cloud computing and data analytics to the CENTCOM mission in multiple regions. Moore became the command’s first adviser on these technology areas and will share his expertise w...
NASA has released a draft request for proposals for the second iteration of a potential eight-year contract to provide logistics support for the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. The planned MSFC Logistics Support Services II contract will be a total 8(a) small business set-aside program covering support across the areas of managem...
Cybersecurity firm Forcepoint is looking to divest its government security unit for over $2 billion and is working with Citigroup on the potential sale as the company looks to focus on building up its commercial business, Reuters reported Wednesday. Sources said no deal has been signed since discussions over the potential sale are still in...
Healthcare delivery is increasingly determined and shaped by technology and digital platforms. The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in an era of virtual appointments, among other practices, many of which will likely remain indefinitely. But from a wider vantage, the larger trend toward digitalization means that government health agencies and private provid...
