The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded several companies contracts worth more than $100 million combined to build technologies that could help reduce aircraft’s fuel consumption, noise and emissions. FAA said Friday the awards are part of the third phase of the agency’s Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise program, a public-priv...
Vertex Aerospace has agreed to acquire Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) defense training and mission critical solutions business for an undisclosed sum to expand its product and service offerings for government, defense and commercial clients. Ed Boyington, president and CEO of Vertex, said in a statement published Friday he looks forward to wel...
Government contractors came from private companies that manufacture goods and services for government establishments. This group of people is like government organizations that come in different shapes and sizes. A group of government contracting companies is hired by the government when their contracts win through bidding. U.S Government contracts ...
Traditional and nontraditional contractors play an essential role in the Department of Defense’s experimentation program aimed at testing dual-use applications of fifth generation wireless communications technology at military installations. Joseph Evans, who recently stepped down as principal director for 5G at the Office of the Under Secreta...
Intelligent Artifacts has hired Mike Edwards, a former Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) executive, to serve as chief growth officer and drive the startup’s business growth initiatives. Edwards will bring over three decades of experience in defense and government contracting to his new post and will now focus on ...
Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) has received an 18-month, $134.1 million task order to deploy the company’s electronic health record platform at additional Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, FedHealth IT reported Thursday. VA initially obligated $113 million for EHR Modernization Wave G deployment work. The health technology provider secure...
Contegix has acquired Ascend Integrated in a move to expand the former’s DevOps service and offer new information technology services in the public sector market. Washington, D.C.-based Ascend Integrated holds an Atlassian Gold Partner status and specializes in IT Agile, system implementation and DevOps services, Contegix said Wednesday. The c...
Woolpert has acquired Optimal GEO, an Alabama-based geospatial services provider to the defense and intelligence sectors. Woolpert said Thursday it made the acquisition to increase its ability to support domestic geospatial programs and add lidar, photogrammetric mapping and orthoimagery offerings. The two companies have jointly worked with federal ...
Kim Koster, vice president of GovCon Strategy at Unanet, co-author of the 2021 GAUGE Report and GovCon Expert, has published her latest article on Thursday as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. Koster provides insight into the Gauge Report’s findings that explore the best practices and benchmarks of the government contr...
Scott McIntyre, CEO of Guidehouse and a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, said the company’s move to purchase McLean, Virginia-based Dovel Technologies seeks to complement focus areas and further strategy to “create the next generation global consultancy.” The companies expect the transaction to close in the fourth quarter of 2021...
