U.S. Navy Adm. Michael Gilday formally succeeded Adm. John Richardson, two-time Wash100 Award recipient, as chief of naval operations during a ceremony that took place Thursday in Washington. "Gilday is a true cutting edge warfighter, a surface warrior who, by virtue of his leadership at 10th Fleet, fully appreciates the challenges we fac...
VMware (NYSE: VMW) has agreed to acquire Pivotal Software (NYSE: PVTL) for approximately $2.7B and cybersecurity firm Carbon Black (Nasdaq: CBLK) for about $2.1B....
Kevin Samuelson, formerly chief financial officer of Infor, has succeeded Charles Phillips as CEO of the business cloud software provider. Phillips has held the CEO post over the past nine years and will transition to a new role as chairman of the firm's board of directors, Infor said Wednesday....
The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a one-year, $101.1M contract modification to continue to provide logistics support for government-owned, fixed-wing aircraft....
AE Industrial Partners has wrapped up its acquisition of Columbia Helicopters, an operator of heavy-lift helicopters and provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed....
On July 31st, Potomac Officers Club hosted the 6th Annual Intel Summit to bring GovCon leaders from the public and private sector discussed the top priorities and initiatives from intelligence agencies as the emergence of innovative technologies continues to change the landscape. During the summit, the speakers also addressed the impact technology i...
Palantir Technologies has secured a potential three-year, $49.9M task order to help the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency update and maintain a cloud-based technology platform used to manage investigative cases....
NASA has launched a full and open competition for a potential 15-year, $7B commercial supply services contract to send cargo, supplies and scientific instruments to a proposed moon-orbiting outpost. “Working with industry to deliver supplies necessary to support our lunar missions is a critical step to accelerate our return to the Moon under the...
Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) has agreed to acquire John Wood Group's nuclear business for approximately $300M in cash in an effort to expand its nuclear lifecycle offerings with the addition of technical consulting services and decommissioning capabilities....
Every year I do a census of Feds on LinkedIn and as of April, 2019, there are about 2.2 million. I can find them by agency, operating division and job title....
