Accenture announced on Tuesday that the company has expanded the Accenture Federal Digital Studio in Washington D.C. to double the studio™s size to over 20,000 square feet and adding new members to its diverse team of designers, developers, data scientists and other digital experts. œOur newly expanded Studio will help government leaders g...
Since the enactment of the Competition in Contracting Act in 1984, price has been an essential element of every contract awarded by the Federal Government under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, along with technical capability and (more recently) past performance. In addition, before making an award, every contracting officer must determine that t...
NASA has awarded $106M in total contract funds to 129 small businesses to further develop technology platforms that may help sustain human presence on the moon and Mars. The companies submitted 142 innovation proposals to develop, demonstrate and deliver space-based systems for planetary missions under the second phase of NASA’s Small Business...
David Egts, chief technologist for the North American public sector at Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), has said there are several tools that could help government agencies facilitate the adoption of artificial intelligence. Those include AI toolkits such as TensorFlow open-source software, predictive analytics tools like Red Hat Insights and AI-based digital a...
The Potomac Officers Club hosted the 2019 Cybersecurity Summit on Wednesday to join GovCon leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss new cyber programs, initiatives technologies and ways that both sectors can better collaborate to achieve common goals. Following an enlightening keynote address from David Luber, executive director of the...
Martin Amen, former senior director of secure network operations at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined Cubic (NYSE: CUB) as vice president of strategy and business development for the Nuvotronics business. He will report to Mike Twyman, president of Cubic Mission Solutions, and help define and implement the growth strategy for Nuvotronics™...
LiteFighter System has won a potential four-year, $200M contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide commercial-off-the-shelf shelters and tents to the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. The service-disabled veteran-owned company will perform work at various locations in Kentucky, Mississippi and Georgia over a one-year base perio...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 10, 2019 ” A subsidiary of CAE (NYSE: CAE) received a contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to work on rapid prototyping and simulation interoperability for the Open Geospatial Consortium’s Common Database, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. CAE USA said Wednesday its Mission Solutions Inc. business will ai...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has won a potential 10-year, $106M contract to help the Defense Intelligence Agency’s National Media Exploitation Center manage paper documents and electronic media. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers document and media management, program support and related intel...
Richard Hill, a board member at Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) since January, has been named interim president and CEO of the Mountain View, Calif.-based cybersecurity company. He replaces Greg Clark, who stepped down after three years at the helm, as the company begins its search for a full-time CEO, Symantec said Thursday. Hill has chaired Marvell...
