OpenAI has received a potential $200 million other transaction agreement from the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, or CDAO, to build frontier AI prototypes designed to address critical national security challenges in warfighting and enterprise areas. DOD said Monday work on the prototype OTA will primar...
Cincinnati-based Cryptic Vector has appointed John Fant, a business development and operations executive, as chief growth officer. In a statement published June 9, Cryptic Vector CEO Sean Olding said Fant is a key addition to the company given his extensive experience in driving growth. “With John on board, we are well-positioned to expand our...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a request for quotes as it seeks to on-ramp additional vendors into the second pool of the STRATUS program for cloud integration and development support, including managed services. According to a solicitation published Friday, USDA will accept questions through June 20 and quotes from interested stakeho...
The Professional Services Council has promoted Stephanie Kostro, acting president of PSC, to president and appointed Steve Harris, a seasoned federal leader, as vice president for defense and intelligence. PSC said Thursday Kostro will provide strategic direction to PSC and its industry engagement and advocacy efforts amid evolving federal prioritie...
The U.S. Army has started soliciting proposals as it plans to award basic ordering agreements, or BOAs, for fiscal year 2025 under the second iteration of a program to acquire logistics support services. According to a solicitation published Tuesday, the Army will accept offers for the FY 2025 Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise II, or...
OMNI Federal has won a potential $427 million contract from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency to provide cloud and DevSecOps capabilities for the National Background Investigation Services. DCSA announced the contract award in a notice published Thursday on SAM.gov. In 2024, the General Services Administration conducted market...
Marc Shepard, a more than two-decade General Dynamics Land Systems veteran, has joined Rafael Systems Global Sustainment as vice president and general manager. New Michigan Office RSGS said Thursday Shepard will oversee the new office in Sterling Heights, Michigan, to help meet the needs of defense, government and industry customers. “We’...
The U.S. Navy has exercised the fourth option under a potential $3.2 billion contract it awarded to Raytheon Missiles & Defense in 2022 for hardware production of the AN/SPY-6(V) family of radars. The RTX business segment secured a $646.5 million modification, which requires work to be performed in Massachusetts, California, Maryland, Arizona, N...
Business advisory and accounting firm Aprio has acquired Nextfed and O’Connor Consulting Services, or OCS, for an undisclosed sum to accelerate growth in the government services market and nonprofit industry. Nextfed Purchase “Nextfed’s team brings a rare combination of government, aerospace, and commercial knowledge, and strategic...
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded The Aerospace Corp. a master indefinite-delivery/indefinite-delivery contract worth $250 million and two task orders to provide system engineering and integration support for NNSA’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, or DNN, and Office of Defense Pro...
