The U.S. Army has selected five companies to receive funds that will support artificial intelligence and robotic technology prototyping projects under the service branch’s other transaction agreement with the National Advanced Mobility Consortium, Inside Defense reported Thursday. Contractors will prototype AI and robotic systems intended to b...
Chuck Prow, president and CEO of Vectrus, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a ribbon-cutting ceremony of Vectrus’ new Tysons Corner office last Thursday. Since the inception of the Wash100 Award in 2014, Prow has received the hon...
John Howanitz, a 39-year Bechtel veteran, has been promoted to president of the company’s nuclear, security and environmental business in a move that takes effect Sept. 1. He will succeed Barbara Rusinko, who has led the NS&E organization over the past five years and is due to retire from the company in October after nearly...
The General Services Administration’s 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services III governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology support has received the “best-in-class” status for meeting the Office of Management and Budget’s performance standard for category management. “The 8(a) STARS GWAC program r...
Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), was presented her 2021 Wash100 Award on Monday by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent office visit. This marks the fourth consecutive year that Gilliland has received the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). For this year’s Wash...
Jeremiah Sanders, federal strategist at VMware (NYSE: VMW), said agencies looking to advance modern app development should solicit feedback from users to build user-centric apps that could make tasks easier. “In the government, modern app development is a mission imperative that encourages the use of common tools, saves time and money, enhances cy...
Tom Vice, a three-decade veteran of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has been appointed CEO of Sierra Nevada Corp.‘s subsidiary that focuses on building space platforms for both the government and commercial sectors. He joins Sierra Space as the company aims to launch the Dream Chaser spaceplane on its first cargo delivery mission to the Internat...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2021 — ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) will help the Federal Transit Administration modernize its Oversight Tracking System as part of a $10 million call order awarded under the Department of Transportation’s Software Engineering Support blanket purchase agreement, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company will use its Appian l...
Vertosoft LLC has named Hannah Xiu, former immixGroup Head of Finance, as the chief financial officer at Vertosoft LLC. Hannah brings over a decade of experience supporting public sector clients across the government acquisition lifecycle. Hannah played a key role during immixGroup’s acquisition by Arrow Electronics, aligning immixGroup’s finan...
Lee Payne, a three-decade Department of Defense civilian and military service veteran, has been named a specialist executive of Deloitte Consulting‘s government and public service business. The retired U.S. Air Force major general joins the professional services company after his stint as lead for the diagnostics and testing line of effort for...
