The General Services Administration has finalized the award of a potential $810M governmentwide transportation contract to Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) and Lyft, Reuters reported Monday. Both companies can start offering ride-hail services to federal employees and contractors nationwide under the five-year deal....
GovConWire’s Defense Digital Acquisition and Modernization Forum on Dec. 1 will feature an expert panel, composed of federal and industry leaders across the government contracting sector. The panel will address the DoD’s Software Acquisition Strategy, Defense Acquisition Workforce Development and the future of data and information technology mod...
Jake Sullivan, formerly deputy assistant to the president under the Barack Obama administration, has received appointment as national security adviser to President-elect Joe Biden. Sullivan is among the six key members of the incoming administration's foreign policy and national security team unveiled Monday....
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will continue to study warfighter performance and operational medicine in support of the Naval Health Research Center under a potential five-year, $82M contract from the Naval Medical Logistics Command....
Ian Brown, a former Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) senior associate, has been named director of federal civil markets at information technology company Avantus Federal, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Monday. He brings over two decades of business leadership experience to the role, having held positions at Booz Allen, Galorath and the New York Independen...
AAR's (NYSE: AIR) government services unit has won a five-year, $148.4M contract to perform logistics services for the U.S. Navy's C-40A Clipper aircraft. The company will help the Navy maintain C-40A units, associated subsystems and support equipment, the Department of Defense said Monday....
Lani Kass, former senior vice president and corporate strategic advisor for CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has joined Redhorse's advisory board. She will share her expertise in the national security market to support Redhorse's engagement across the government's technology- and data-related pursuits, the company said Monday....
Blake Nelson, a more than two-decade industry veteran and former Accenture executive, has taken the role of vice president and general manager at Pragmatics, where he will collaborate with the company's technology solutions group and business development team to explore various customer delivery efforts such as DevSecOps adoption and big data a...
CGI (NYSE: GIB) has elevated Jay Hadley from vice president to senior VP of the company's consulting services business. He will lead a business sector that supports the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Transportation and other regulatory federal entities....
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) has acquired software engineering company 5-D Systems for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand capabilities in unmanned aerial systems and establish a technology center in the Austin area. 5-D will operate as a systems engineering hub within the unmanned systems division of Kratos....
