Last week, Andrew Couch, founder of Cryptofuse, spoke with GovConWire about how his company is looking to redefine blockchain technology and drive value in the federal market. As Couch explained, his company devised a way to exchange information without the internet by relying on asynchronous updating and the global blockchain. Couch said that Crypt...
Harry Greenspun, formerly chief medical officer at Korn Ferry‘s (NYSE: KFY) health business, has been appointed to the same position at Washington, D.C.-based management consulting services firm Guidehouse. He will leverage his executive and clinical leadership experience to support government and commercial clients in their health care transf...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 4, 2018 ” IBM (NYSE: IBM) has partnered with the U.S. Marine Corps to implement an artificial intelligence tool that will work to manage personnel and equipment data for planning troop deployments, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Nextgov reported Thursday the Marines aim to use the technology to determine gaps in ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 4, 2018 ” IAP Worldwide Services will provide maintenance and logistics services in support of the U.S. Navy‘s E-6B Mercury command-and-control aircraft under a potential $76.8M contract modification, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification exercis...
On Thursday, Nov. 29th, GovCon leaders from the public and private sector gathered for the Potomac Officers Club™s Are We There Yet? Your Journey to the Cloud and the Pit Stops Along the Way Agenda, featuring an expert panel consisting of Dr. Emma Alexander and Kshemendra Paul of the Department of Homeland Security, Don Parente...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has purchased Annapolis Junction, Md.-based cybersecurity services provider G2 for an undisclosed amount in a move to grow its professional services business and portfolio of information assurance and cyber offerings. HII said Monday it will integrate G2 into its technical solutions division led by Andy...
The U.S. Navy has awarded spots on a potential 10-year, $50B contract vehicle to 1,870 businesses for project management and engineering support services. Each contractor has an opportunity to compete for individual task orders across 23 functional areas under the SeaPort Next Generation indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, th...
New York-based private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management has agreed to purchase a 70 percent controlling stake in Navistar International™s (NYSE: NAV) defense business for an undisclosed sum. Michael Sanford, co-head of private equity and senior managing director of Cerberus, said in a statement published Monday the company plans to lever...
BAE Systems has secured positions on two indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth more than $151M combined to integrate and sustain command, control, communications, computers, combat, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems for the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday it will offer life cycle sustainment su...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 30, 2018 ” Peraton hired Alan Stewart, formerly a senior vice president and chief financial officer of Systems Planning and Analysis, to serve as executive VP and CFO with oversight of accounting, financial planning and auditing functions, Executive Gov reported Nov. 6. Stewart, a finance and integrati...
