Larry Prior, an operating executive for global investment firm The Carlyle Group and five-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named to the board of directors of cybersecurity and data collection company Shift5. He joins the board as the Rosslyn, Virginia-based security technology provider aims to strengthen its foothold in the defense and commerc...
The U.S. Navy has awarded 600 companies spots on the SeaPort Next Generation contract vehicle for engineering and program management support services. The move marks the expansion of the current pool of vendors competing for task orders across 23 functional areas as part of a rolling admissions process launched in January for the SeaPort-NxG indefin...
A new McAleese & Associates report says U.S. Air Force officials addressed questions raised by lawmakers over the F-35 program during the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee hearing on fiscal year 2022 fixed-wing aircraft programs Tuesday. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winn...
Intrepid Solutions and Services, a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners, has acquired Darkblade Systems for an undisclosed sum to expand technology products and service offerings for the U.S. Intelligence Community in the areas of counter unmanned aircraft systems, cybersecurity and electronic warfare. Winchester, Virginia-based Darkbl...
Octo, a Reston, Virginia-based government information technology services provider, has acquired Volant Associates for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of IT offerings for agency clients across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Volant’s leadership team will stay and oversee a new division within Oct...
NASA and the Department of Energy have selected BWX Technologies, General Atomics and Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies to further develop their reactor design concepts for a nuclear thermal propulsion system that could be used in future deep space exploration missions. Each company will receive a potential 12-year, $5 million contract from DOE’s Id...
Ensco has elevated company veterans Kevin Pruett and Jeffrey Stevens to senior vice president roles following the creation of two new business groups focused on supporting aerospace and engineering and surface transportation initiatives of government, commercial and international customers. Boris Nejikovsky, president of Ensco, said in a statement p...
NCI Information Systems has received a potential $21 million contract to provide professional services to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services office that processes eligibility appeals for the federally run health insurance marketplace. The company said Tuesday it will help the CMC Office of Hearings and Inquiries conduct risk adjustment dat...
The General Services Administration has awarded $1.1 billion in contracts to eight U.S. carriers to provide air passenger transportation services to federal government travelers for fiscal year 2022 under GSA’s City Pair Program. The FY 2022 City Pair Program awardees are Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetB...
A Professional Services Council analysis of procurement forecasts at 69 federal agencies has shown an improvement in the overall availability and timeliness of public information that companies use to manage business planning activities for government contracting programs. PSC said Tuesday that its talks with government officials and previous assess...
