Tom Kellermann, former head of cybersecurity strategy at VMware (NYSE: VMW), has been appointed senior vice president of cyber strategy at Los Altos, California-based vulnerability assessment software provider Contrast Security. He will oversee Contrast Security’s strategy to support cyber initiatives in the government and financial sector and...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration started buying weather data from satellite companies Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) and GeoOptics and kicked off testing data from a third company in 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. GeoOptics and Spire were two of the three companies that secured contracts from NOAA in July to supply s...
Alpha Omega Integration has won a $56 million contract to provide information technology support to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration component responsible for managing global environmental data from the agency’s weather satellites. The company said Tuesday it will help the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information...
Michelle Kruger, a 25-year veteran of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has joined Austal’s ship manufacturing business in the U.S. to serve as vice president of global services and support. Austal USA said Monday that Kruger will lead worldwide post-delivery repair and warranty programs, business development efforts and partnership strategies in her n...
The General Services Administration has raised the ceiling value of the $50 billion Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract by an additional $25 billion to broaden opportunities for federal agency customers to access information technology platforms and services. GSA said Wednesday the move brings the ceiling amount of the Alliant 2 GWAC to $7...
The Federal Aviation Administration has begun to solicit information on potential industry sources that could meet the requirements of the second iteration of the Enterprise Programs, Infrastructure and Communications Services contract. The EPICS II contract will provide services in support of the FAA’s Communications, Infrastructure and Network P...
Bechtel Corporation is an American procurement, project, and construction management firm founded in San Francisco, California, in 1898. The Bechtel group headquarters are in Reston, Virginia, after it relocated to the Washington D.C. area in 2018. It is the largest construction company in the U.S. and offers primary services, including finance, tun...
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded eight companies positions on a potential $400 million blanket purchase agreement for technical, engineering and programmatic services. DOE named the contractors on the NNSA TEPS III BPA through an award notice published Saturday on the SAM.gov website. The awardees are...
The Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to launch a competition for the third iteration of the Program Management, Administrative, Clerical and Technical Services contract vehicle. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services within DHS expects PACTS III to be a total set-aside program for service-disabled veteran-owned small busine...
The Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration have extended the deadlines for solicitation responses to two separate information technology contracts reserved for small businesses. DHS posted a notice Thursday on SAM.gov to inform vendors of a 14-day extension and they can submit second phase bids for FirstSource III co...
