Comcast Government Services, doing business as Comcast Business, has won a potential 10-year, $102.8 million contract to help the Defense Information Systems Agency replace legacy circuits and establish connectivity with mission partners via ethernet. The company will use Commercial Ethernet Gateway Region 3 to connect external mission partners to t...
An Akima subsidiary has received a potential $23.9 million to help the U.S. Special Operations Command deploy and maintain a system for managing assets. Under the five-year contract, Sunik will deploy four Defense Accountability Property System modules for special operations forces, Akima said Wednesday. “DPAS plays a significant role in the f...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will design, develop and operate the spacecraft for two missions NASA selected to explore Venus as part of the agency’s Discovery Program. The space agency expects the two missions – Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble Gases, Chemistry and Imaging Plus or DAVINCI+ and Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSA...
Criterion Systems Controller Rick Williams and Corionna Canada, the company’s director of contracts and purchasing, have been promoted to vice president roles. Both executives have helped the Vienna, Virginia-based company mature its financial, contracting and procurement operations, Steve Mast, executive VP and chief financial officer of Crit...
Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services arm has agreed to acquire analytics company Novetta from global investment firm The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq: CG) for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its artificial intelligence, cloud and cyber capabilities in support of missions of defense, intelligence and law enforcement agency clients. Acc...
Donnie Scott, a two-decade public security and information technology industry veteran, has been named CEO of Identity and Security North America at IDEMIA. He will directly report to Pierre Barrial, president and CEO of IDEMIA Group, as he manages all businesses related to the company’s I&S North America segment, the company said Tuesday. Sco...
Vishay Precision Group (NYSE: VPG) has purchased Diversified Technical Systems, a Southern California-based provider of data acquisition and sensor technology for testing applications, in an approximately $47 million deal. Malvern, Pennsylvania-based VPG said Tuesday it will fund the payment through new borrowing and cash on hand. VPG CEO Ziv Shosha...
LMI will continue to help the U.S. Army update and integrate enterprise data management systems under a potential three-year, $211 million contract. The nonprofit consulting services provider said Tuesday it will support the Project Manager for Army Data and Analytics Platforms across business transformation, program management and technical functio...
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is required for any potential government contractor to win contracts from the Department of Defense (DOD). The federal government requires cybersecurity certification to protect crucial information technology (IT) assets against hacking from hostile actors and mismanagement due to poor IT system prac...
President Joe Biden has unveiled a $715 billion budget request for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022, which reflects a 1.6 percent rise from the FY 2021 enacted amount of approximately $703.7 billion. The proposed defense budget proposal includes $27.7 billion in funds for nuclear modernization efforts, including $3 billion for B-21 Lon...
