Sweden-based digital platforms provider Hexagon has agreed to buy Arlington, Va.-based software firm Thermopylae Sciences and Technology for an undisclosed sum to build up a portfolio of 5D visualization systems for U.S. defense and government clients. Hexagon said Monday it will operate Thermopylae as part of its geospatial division upon compl...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2019 ” Mark Sopp, executive vice president and chief financial officer of KBR (NYSE: KBR), has said the company has positioned its space business to provide thought leadership and contracting support to government as it renews efforts in human space exploration and explores the integration of military, civilian a...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Jim Reagan, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Leidos, with his third consecutive 2019 Wash100 Award on Tuesday. The Wash100 award, in its sixth annual year, recognizes the most influential and impactful executives in the GovCon industry, as selected by the Executive...
A BAE Systems subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $90.5M contract for technical support to help the U.S. Navy implement and deploy mobile command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers up to 1M man-hours of...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 21, 2019 ” Steve Harris, senior vice president and general manager of Dell EMC‘s federal business, has said emerging technology trends such as artificial intelligence, software-defined network infrastructure and the internet of things are key drivers of information technology modernization in the federal govern...
Kevin Davis, a 25-year technology sales veteran in the government market, has been appointed vice president of the public sector business at analytics technology provider Databricks. He will focus on efforts to help customer agencies adopt artificial intelligence through the combination of data and machine learning approaches in a single platform, D...
Frank DiGiammarino, a former head of global expansion at Amazon Web Services, has been named an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH). He will lead Booz Allen’s innovation strategy and efforts to help federal customers transform service delivery through digital approaches, the company said Wednesday. DiGiam...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 20, 2019 ” ECS will manage a team of scientists, consultants and engineers who will conduct oceanographic research and development for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the company’s work under a potential $3B multi-award contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Feb. 13. The compan...
GTY Technology Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: GTYH), a special purpose acquisition company founded by former Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and EMC executives, has wrapped up its purchase of six technology companies in a push to expand presence in the public sector market. The deals resulted in the formation of a new software company that consolidates Bonfire Intera...
SpaceX has won a potential $297M contract to send U.S. Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office satellites into orbit during the government’s 2021 fiscal year. The firm-fixed-price contract covers launch services and the production of associated vehicles to support the AFSPC-44 mission as well as the NROL-87 and NROL-85 missions, the Depar...
