The U.S. Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Systems Command is exploring data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities from industry to develop and update command, control, communications, computers and intelligence platforms. NAVWAR said in a market survey notice it is looking to issue a five-year, $100 million indef...
Suzanne White, deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), will discuss how the Intelligence Community (IC) has spearheaded new efforts to integrate emerging technologies, such as cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, to remain up to speed with the advancing science and technology landscape. During GovConWire’s IC...
Agencies obligated $7.9 billion on information technology contracts under the fifth iteration of NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement vehicle during fiscal year 2020, a 41 percent increase from the prior year, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. The report said SEWP V was the top IT governmentwide procurement vehicle in FY 2020...
A subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) will engineer the C-20/C-37 fleet of airplanes used to transport high-ranking Department of Defense and government officials under a potential 10-year, $612 million contract. The firm-fixed-price contract calls for Gulfstream Aerospace to provide recurring engineering and data support for the executive air...
Stockholders of Mikros Systems have approved the company’s merger with McKean Defense Group, an employee-owned company in Philadelphia focused on integrating information technology across shipboard systems. With the approval, McKean and Mikros expect the transaction to conclude by Jan. 30, Saturday, the companies said in a joint release published ...
Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler, described four tools he believes government agencies should implement as part of in-depth network defense against encrypted cyberattacks such as ransomware. In a guest piece for FedTech magazine published Wednesday, he urged agency information technology ...
Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and a six-time Wash100 awardee, said the company merged its information technology and mission systems business segments into a single reporting unit called the technologies group, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. “This new reporting reflects the way we manage thes...
Robert Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions Inc., recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding his new role with the company, the challenges Cloudera solves for federal customers, as well as how the company will grow moving into 2021 and beyond. Most importantly, Rob highlighted Cloudera’s focus on helping agencies manage and understand ...
Veritas Capital has agreed to acquire Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) in an all-cash deal worth $7.1 billion and plans to merge the latter with Peraton to establish a government technology platforms provider focused on delivering end-to-end information technology capabilities and mission support to U.S. government clients. Perspecta stockholders will get $29...
Lance Spencer, client executive vice president with AT&T Public Sector, moderated “The DoD Journey to 5G: Where We Are, Where Do We Need to Be, and What’s Next” Panel during Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Summit. The panelists addressed emerging programs, priorities and challenges within the integration process of the new 5G framework. ...
