The U.S. Army has selected Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) to develop a common data fabric that would facilitate data sharing and synchronization between incompatible systems. The company said Tuesday the Rainmaker multidomain technology is meant to link different platforms across air, land, sea, cyber and space domains to enable coordinated militar...
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented George Wilson, president of ECS Federal, with his fourth consecutive Wash100 Award during a recent visit to the company’s headquarters on Monday to recognize Wilson for his leadership and significant contributions to the government contracting (GovCon) industry and federal landscape. As one of the reci...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Lauren Knausenberger, chief information officer of the U.S. Air Force, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, which marks the first time she has received the most coveted and prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). Knausenberger has been recognized as one of the most significant execut...
McAleese & Associates produced a report on President Joe Biden’s announcement of a troop withdrawal process in Afghanistan that is scheduled to commence on May 1 and conclude on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and three-time Wash100 winner, reported the U.S. will conti...
Sixteen nonprofit organizations employing people with disabilities have won positions on a $150 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the Defense Logistics Agency distribute goods and services to the U.S. military. DLA received 17 responses for the AbilityOne Base Supply Center Tailored Logistics Support Program via a comp...
The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigrations and Customs Enforcement plans to award three separate contracts for services in support of the development of a platform that will help the Homeland Security Investigations unit probe transnational crimes and threats. ICE said in a beta SAM notice posted April 14 the Repository for Analytics i...
The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.K. government are working out the details of an approximately $2 billion foreign military sales agreement for extended-range Chinook multimission helicopters, manufactured by Boeing (NYSE: BA), Bloomberg reported Tuesday. U.K. indicated its intent to buy 14 new H-47(ER) units in a letter of offer and acceptan...
David Calhoun, president and CEO of Boeing (NYSE: BA), could remain at the helm for another six years after the aerospace and defense company’s board of directors extended its compulsory retirement age for Calhoun from 65 to 70. The company said Tuesday the 64-year-old chief executive has held the dual role since January of last...
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Bollinger Shipyards has bought the Houma, Louisiana-based shipyard division of Gulf Island Fabrication (Nasdaq: GIFI) for approximately $28.6 million in a move to expand construction or repair work in the military and commercial shipbuilding markets. The deal includes a 437-acre waterfront facility, four drydocks and existing contracts to build vess...
