The Defense Health Agency is seeking proposals for the establishment of a managed technology stack intended to support digital workforce transformation efforts under DHA’s program executive office responsible for modernizing electronic health records and data sharing platforms across the U.S. military. DHS said Thursday it seeks industry-based...
Spire Global, a space-based data and analytics provider, will receive a convertible term loan worth $70 million from global investment firm Francisco Partners as part of a growth financing deal. Spire CEO Peter Platzer said in a statement published Friday the financing will help the San Francisco-based company accelerate the deployment of intersatel...
Dentsu has tapped Larry Gillespie II, former advisory executive director for EY‘s digital customer and strategy offering, to serve as president and chairman of its Isobar Public Sector business and lead the brand’s growth and capability development efforts. Gillespie, who brings more than two decades of digital transformation experience,...
With the prevailing and emerging cybersecurity threats to U.S. critical infrastructure, the public and private sectors work to fortify national security systems’ defense against malicious actors in the cyber domain. GovCon Wire’s Defense Cybersecurity Forum on May 12 will feature Morgan Adamski, chief of the National Security Agency̵...
Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award, presented the sixth Wash100 Award to Jill Singer, vice president of Defense and National Security for AT&T’s public sector business and First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) program, during a visit to AT&T headquarters on Thursday. As a 2021 Wash100 Award reci...
Contract and program management software provider Unison has acquired Price Systems, which offers analytics technology designed to help public and private sector customers manage project costs. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed and Dulles, Virginia-based Unison said Wednesday the combined entity aims to market software platforms for...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 23, 2021 — Amy Gilliland, president of General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said GDIT will prioritize supporting the IT modernization efforts of government customers by providing them with the company’s technology platforms, ExecutiveBiz reported April 7. ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured an $89.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering and support services to help the U.S. Navy modernize and update the P-8A Poseidon multimission maritime patrol aircraft’s software and associated hardware capabilities. The company will analyze, design, integrate and test the systems and software of the...
The U.S. Space Force has selected Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to design, develop and launch payloads meant to secure military satellite communications as part of the new phase of the Protected Tactical Satcom program, SpaceNews reported Thursday. The service expects the Northrop and Boeing payloads to launch in 2024 aboard a...
Maximus’ (NYSE: MMS) move to purchase Veterans Evaluation Services, a Houston-based facilitator of medical disability compensation and pension exams, for $1.4 billion aims to add business process outsourcing services at the federal level as a complement to state-level independent clinical assessment work, Maximus President and CEO Bruce Caswel...
