An industry team consisting of Battelle, Andelyn Biosciences and AmplifyBio has secured a position on an eight-year, $149 million contract vehicle to provide support services for a National Institutes of Health research program focused on the development of treatments for neurological conditions. The Central Ohio-based team will provide nonclinical ...
Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK) has acquired Reston, Virginia-based management consulting firm Amyx for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its cybersecurity and enterprise technology service offerings. Tetra Tech said Thursday Amyx will become part of its government services group as a result of the transaction. “The addition of Amyx to our...
Paul Shew, formerly a senior vice president at CAES, will officially assume his new role as president of Cubic’s mission and performance solutions segment on Jan. 9. He will report to Stevan Slijepcevic, president and CEO of Cubic, and oversee the strategic vision, product lines, growth initiatives and expansion efforts at CMPS, the company sa...
Private investment firm Highlander Partners has acquired DZYNE Technologies, a developer of unmanned aircraft systems for domestic and international defense and government customers, for an undisclosed sum. DZYNE’s drone offering uses proprietary artificial intelligence technology and is equipped with advanced autonomous navigation, full-motio...
By Kevin Plexico Looking back, it has been an eventful year in the government contracting industry, but there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic for the year ahead — including several trends to watch for. Last year, I wrote about significant trends for 2022 that were expected to impact how government contractors operate in...
In recent years, there has been a steadily increasing push to optimize and embolden systems for sharing information in the U.S. military. This is most clearly seen in the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control initiative, which entails an interlocking network of communications for warfighters. World events such as Russia’s ...
From his time as a naval aviator to his work at the Pentagon and at the Department of Homeland Security, all the way to his current position in the upper echelon of an impactful technology company, John Zangardi has accrued expertise in a wide range of topics. Zangardi is passionate about cybersecurity best practices, the...
Mark Kavanaugh, former vice president of the defense systems engineering group at KBR’s (NYSE: KBR) Government Solutions business, has been promoted to senior VP, according to his LinkedIn post published Wednesday. The SVP will lead a group of 3,500 specialists in efforts to deliver scientific, engineering and technical services to the D...
Ronald “Chip” Whitford, formerly a vice president of BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT), has assumed new roles as senior VP, general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary at the nuclear components supplier. He succeeds Tom McCabe, who will remain with BWXT in special advisory role until his retirement on Aug. 1, the company sa...
The U.S. Coast Guard is soliciting feedback on a draft statement of work as the military branch looks to conduct a recompete of business and logistics management services to its Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Cyber and Intelligence Service Center. USCG said Tuesday in a SAM notice that the follow-on procurement effort will have a five-ye...
