Mitre has been selected by the Department of Transportation to operate a prototype virtual application built to help developers test cooperative driving automation systems. The Federal Highway Administration created the Virtual Open Innovation Collaborative Environment for Safety platform for multiple entities to participate simultaneously in synthe...
Over the last couple of years, workforce shifts due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic have hastened the transition from hardware and software-based procurement processes to cloud-stored models. Since many government workers started to work from home in (relatively) recent times, agencies began to look toward doing business through cloud-based, ...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) saw its third quarter revenue for fiscal year 2022 jump 19 percent to $1.13 billion and attributed the sales growth to ramp-up of contract work and increased hiring activity. The Centreville, Virginia-based contractor said Wednesday it posted $1.3 billion in Q3 2022 net bookings with a book-to-bill ratio of 1.1x and ended...
Dan Fermon, interim chief operating officer at Firefly Aerospace since May, has been appointed to the COO position on a full-time basis. He will continue to oversee a range of business operations at the Texas-based space transportation company including the production of the Alpha rocket for future launch missions and the establishment of the Propul...
Boeing (NYSE: BA), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Airbus and Leonardo will advance to the next phase of an estimated $1.15 billion acquisition program to replace the U.K. air force’s Puma HC.2 medium support helicopter platform, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. A British defense ministry spokesperson said the agency intends to ask all four c...
Nathan Naylor, a public affairs executive and technology entrepreneur, has joined CGI Federal as director for the veterans affairs sector within the company’s civilian business unit, GovCon Wire has learned. He will oversee efforts to advance the use of digital platforms and other technologies to facilitate the delivery of health care services to ...
ExecutiveBiz featured Bryan Stone, vice president of federal sales at Unite Us, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Friday. He talked about Unite Us’ goal of becoming a multi-generational company capable of maintaining a long-standing impact on its government customers. The Q&A also tackled company culture and workforce-c...
Seven companies have secured positions on a five-year, $108 million blanket purchase agreement to provide consulting, analysis and assistance services to the Department of Energy on environmental matters. The BPA covering department-wide National Environmental Policy Act support services was issued through the General Services Administration’s...
Leaders from disparate parts of the U.S. government have encouraged members of the government contracting industry who may be concerned about secure ideas and blueprints being leaked or compromised during the acquisition process to enter the exchange as early as possible. This would mean getting on the ground floor so as to prevent risking their...
The General Services Administration plans to launch industry competitions in 2023 for the third iteration of the agency’s Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract and the follow-on to its One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services procurement vehicle. Alliant 3 will be a multiple-agency, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contrac...
