The U.S. Air Force has named 55 awardees on a potential 11-year, $46 billion contract to perform work related to model-based systems engineering, weapons and enterprise analytics, digital engineering, Agile processes and open systems architecture. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida received 58 offers for th...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, has approved 16 advisory boards to resume operations after considering some recommendations of a zero-based review of all advisory committees within DOD, Defense News reported Friday. In February, Austin ordered the immediate suspension of all 42 advisory boards to...
CliniComp will continue to provide a clinical information system to Department of Veterans Affairs-operated medical centers throughout the U.S. over a five-year period after the Veterans Health Administration renewed its contract with the company. San Diego-based CliniComp said Friday its technology platform will help clinicians at 43 VA hospitals m...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2021 — BlueHalo aims to expand its technology offerings for national security customers with artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities through its acquisition of Intelligent Automation Inc., ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 19. Commenting on the deal between the Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company and...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2021 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency update and maintain a web-based map data crowdsourcing platform under a five-year, $26.4 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 20. Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar and a five-time...
Mike Madsen, deputy director and director of strategic engagement at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), was presented his first Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and respected award in all of government contracting (GovCon), during a recent visit by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award. Executive Mosaic re...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) reported $1.83 billion in revenue for the second quarter of its 2022 fiscal year, up 4 percent from the prior year period, with diluted earnings per share of $1.41 The Reston, Virginia-based government technology services contractor said Thursday it posted $1.6 billion in Q2 FY 2022 net bookings ...
Stewart Holmes, a senior vice president at Textron (NYSE: TXT), was selected to join Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and replace Mitch Waldman, who is retiring from his role as chief of HII’s Washington operations, Defense Daily reported. Walman joined the shipbuilding company in March 2011 and has served as executive VP of governmen...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its IT Modernization and Transformation Forum on Wednesday featuring Ann Dunkin, chief information officer of the Department of Energy (DOE), as the keynote speaker to discuss her goals, strategies and priorities for the DOE. “We want to advance, as always, the use of technology. One of the things we do in...
Redwire will officially launch Friday as a publicly listed space infrastructure company following the completion of its merger with Genesis Park Acquisition (NYSE: GNPK), a blank check company. Redwire will list its common stock and warrants on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols “RDW” and “RDW WS,” respectively, the compani...
