GovConWire’s Air Force: IT Plans and Priorities Forum will feature Lauren Knausenberger, deputy chief information officer of the U.S. Air Force, as the keynote speaker. During her address, she will discuss how the industry can progress the latest initiative across the Air Force. “IT is the foundation on which we do everything else,” Knausenber...
Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY) has agreed to acquire FLIR Systems (NYSE: FLIR) for approximately $8B in cash and stock. Both companies’ boards of directors approved the transaction that is expected to conclude by mid-2021, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions....
The General Services Administration has released a draft request for proposals for the Polaris governmentwide acquisition contract for use by federal agencies to buy information technology platforms and services from small businesses....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 4, 2021 — Ed Sheehan, president and CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corp., said the company is exploring commercialization opportunities and seeking investors to bring the Polyform composable architecture technology to different sectors, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 22....
The Senate moved to pass the $740.5B National Defense Authorization Act into law via an 81-13 vote Friday that overruled President Donald Trump’s veto of the NDAA, The Wall Street Journal reported....
President-elect Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate Kathleen Hicks, former deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans and forces during the Obama administration, as deputy secretary of defense....
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 30, 2020 — Constellis will distribute Honeywell's (NYSE: HON) personal protective equipment products to U.S. customers in anticipation of a surge in supply demands amid the flu season and an expected second wave of COVID-19 infections, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 21....
BAE Systems and Dcode executives said at Baird's Government & Defense Conference earlier this month that open architecture and modular systems design requirements could make it easier for technology vendors to enter the federal market, the Washington Business Journal reported....
Brian Goodger, acting director of the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, said NITAAC expects the final request for proposals for the potential five-year, $40B follow-on governmentwide acquisition contract for IT support services to be released between Jan. 11 and 15, Government CIO reported Tuesda...
The State Department has cleared Saudi Arabia’s request to procure 3K GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb I munitions produced by Boeing (NYSE: BA), associated equipment and support services from the U.S. government through a potential $290M foreign military sales deal....
