A Planned Systems International subsidiary has secured a potential $75 million blanket purchase agreement to support an organization under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that conducts worker safety and health research. Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International will provide engineering and scientific support, technician sup...
U.S. Army officials are working to synchronize the modernization of its enterprise and tactical networks for the first phase of an initiative to create an Army force that is ready for multidomain operations from 2028 onwards. The Army’s Unified Network Plan, released Oct. 8, outlines five lines of effort to align service personnel, capabilitie...
Jim Brinker, president and general manager of Intel Federal, was recently presented his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most coveted award in government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson on Wednesday. “Jim Brinker is leading the federal business for Intel as general manager and giving new meaning to the phrase ‘Intel inside’...
Cognosante has received a potential five-year, $70 million contract from the Social Security Administration to help SSA manage the Ticket to Work program. Falls Church, Virginia-based Cognosante said Thursday it will provide contact center operations, quality assurance, community outreach and training, claims processing, employment network recruitin...
Leo Brooks Jr., a retired U.S. Army brigadier general and former Boeing (NYSE: BA) vice president, has joined Uptake as adviser responsible for providing the industrial artificial intelligence software company with strategic leadership guidance and national security insight. Uptake CEO Kayne Grau said in a statement published Thursday Brooks helped ...
Jim Blankenhorn, senior vice president of operations at Amentum and a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, has been appointed to serve as head of the company’s technical services business starting Monday. In his new role, Blankenhorn will manage an organization that works with government and commercial clients to operate complex facilities, Am...
ExecutiveBiz, part of the Executive Mosaic digital media umbrella, featured Michael Shrader, vice president of Intelligence and Innovation Solutions for Carahsoft, in a Q&A session that focused on emerging technologies as well as its potential role in supporting federal, state and local government organizations. Here’s an excerpt from the Q&am...
Stantec (NYSE: STN) has agreed to acquire Cardno’s engineering and consulting businesses in North America and the Asia-Pacific region for approximately $500 million to expand its environmental services practice and broaden its presence in federal and local government programs, urban development, infrastructure services and other growth areas. Cana...
Viasat has been selected to help the Department of Defense assess weapon system architectures as part of a cybersecurity pilot program that will employ an analytics-based automation process. Under a DOD contract, Viasat will work to identify vulnerabilities in key weapon components through cyber and software-defined radio threat assessments, the com...
ExecutiveBiz spoke with Rick Herrmann, director of Intel’s U.S. Public Sector region, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. The executive talked about artificial intelligence, machine learning, 5G and other crucial areas of technology development, Intel’s key partnerships, the top data security priorities in t...
