The U.S. Army has awarded 17 companies positions on a potential $1.6 billion contract for commercial software, hardware and related incidental services. Army Contracting Command received 50 offers for the firm-fixed-price contract and will obligate funds upon award of each task order, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. The vendors will compete ...
Matt Cole was appointed as Idemia‘s group executive vice president of its public security and identity business and will be responsible for managing the unit as it provides governments and organizations with identity technologies and expertise in biometrics and artificial intelligence. Pierre Barrial, president and CEO of Idemia, said in a sta...
Brian Robison, vice president of solutions strategy and chief evangelist at BlackBerry (NYSE: BB), said agencies should redirect their security initiatives toward people, apps and data to keep up and meet the needs of a mobile workforce. Robison wrote that securing apps and data starts with user identification and transitioning to a continuous authe...
NASA and a Battelle business that manages the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory are calling for initial designs of a fission surface power system that can support future missions on the moon. A newly released solicitation from Battelle Energy Alliance and NASA details a need for a power source that can withstand lunar environments...
Godspeed Capital Management has purchased Ascent Engineering Group for an undisclosed amount as part of an effort to expand its newly formed engineering and consulting business that serves public and private sector customers. Ascent will bring its expertise in designing mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems to boost the capabilities of Godspee...
The Office of Management and Budget has introduced a three-part framework that serves as a roadmap for advancing the Biden administration’s management priorities to strengthen the federal government’s capacity to deliver results to all U.S. citizens. The Biden-Harris Management Agenda Vision has three priorities: strengthening and empowe...
U.S. Special Operations Command has asked industry for feedback on a draft solicitation for a potential $150 million contract for professional services in support of daily business activities of Special Operations Forces across all mission areas. USSOCOM will hold an industry day for the SOF Enterprise Professional Services program on Dec. 2, accord...
Voyager Space has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Space Micro, a San Diego-based maker of satellite communications, electro-optical and digital systems, for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to help the latter expand its technology portfolio in support of defense, civil and commercial customers. “The satellite constellation market stand...
In its most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Eric Trexler, vice president of Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure Sales – Theatre Lead Company for Forcepoint, about cybersecurity challenges, the future of warfare and our military systems and the impact of ransomware and malware on it as well as the potential ...
Sierra Space has raised $1.4 billion in a round of Series A financing led by General Atlantic, Moore Strategic Ventures and Coatue, and the Sierra Nevada Corp. subsidiary will use the new capital to further develop the Dream Chaser reusable orbital spaceplane. Accounts and funds managed by AE Industrial Partners and BlackRock Private Equity Partners...
