GeoOptics is set to begin providing commercial satellite data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in March for numerical weather prediction efforts after the company received its first delivery order from the agency. The company said Friday it will work to deliver 1,300 radio occultations to NOAA in real time each day using its...
Suzanne White, deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), recently discussed how the Intelligence Community (IC) has spearheaded new efforts to integrate emerging technologies to remain up to speed with the advancing science and technology landscape. During her keynote address at GovConWire’s IC Acquisition and Innovation Forum, Whi...
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards Holicity, Astra Enter Into Merger Agreement; Chris Kemp Quoted Astra has agreed to merge with Holicity in a deal that would also transform the small satellite launch services provider into a publicly traded company. Alameda, California-based Astra said the transaction implies ...
Perspecta, the Chantilly, Virginia-based government technology services contractor, announced in January that it will be acquired by Veritas Capital for $7.1 billion in cash, or $29.35 per share. Veritas Capital, which holds approximately 14.5 percent of Perspecta’s outstanding shares, intends to combine Perspecta with Peraton, another governm...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to recognize Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, for her strong and notable leadership that helped the company secure IT modernization work with government customers. This represents Gilliland’s fourth consecutive Wash100 Award. In 2020, Gillilan...
Novetta has promoted company veterans Michael Thieme and Kevin Heald to senior vice president ranks in support of its efforts to align technology offerings and expand the division whose primary focus is on delivering advanced technologies to defense and intelligence customers. Heald, an eight-year company technologist and former VP of information ex...
Phil Jaurigue, founder and chairman of Sabre Systems, has been appointed as CEO again after Glen Ives stepped down from the chief executive and president roles. Ives, who joined Sabre in 2008 and is a part-owner, will continue to support the Warrington, Pennsylvania-based professional services provider in a strategic advisory post, the company said ...
Serco Inc., the British defense contractor’s North American division, has won a potential $153.5 million task order to help the U.S. Navy maintain hardware, software and firmware for a global anti-terrorism force protection program managed by Commander, Navy Installations Command. This award falls under a potential $600 million indefinite-deli...
Herndon, Virginia-based geospatial intelligence provider BlackSky and Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: SFTW) have agreed to join forces in a business combination deal worth potentially $1.5 billion, or $10 per share. Both parties expect to close the merger transaction in July and intend for the combined entity to trade under the BKSY ticke...
The White House is working on an executive order that will direct a two-phase review of U.S. supply chains and domestic manufacturing to be led by members of President Joe Biden’s national security and economic teams, CNBC reported Thursday. The review will look into the “resiliency and capacity of the American manufacturing supply chains and...
