By Joe Paiva, Chief Operating Officer at Fearless The digital divide of the 1990s exacerbated long-standing inequities in our society. As broadband internet and personal computers proliferated, they reached affluent neighborhoods and households first. This left economically disadvantaged communities, disproportionately communities of color, on...
Leslie Beavers, a 2024 Wash100 awardee, announced on LinkedIn that she has been named acting chief information officer at the Department of Defense. Beavers previously held the position of principal deputy CIO at the Pentagon. Before becoming part of the office of the CIO, she served as the director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance e...
Tony DeSimone has been appointed vice president of enterprise engineering at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). DeSimone announced his new role on LinkedIn, saying that, in this new position, he will be responsible for leading E&T execution across the company’s four business areas as well as its enterprise operations. A defense industry veteran ...
The General Services Administration has issued the final request for proposals for the unrestricted pool of the third iteration of the Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology products and services. GSA said Saturday questions regarding the RFP for the Alliant 3 GWAC should be submitted through the Google Form no later ...
Changeis has won a $103 million award for the second iteration of the Air Traffic Organization technical analysis and program support contract from the Federal Aviation Administration. The contractor said Tuesday it will provide ATO directorates with a range of technical analysis, planning and management support to help them deliver FAA mission. Ser...
The Department of Energy is soliciting proposals for a potential 10-year, $3.4 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality contract vehicle for the acquisition of low-enriched uranium from domestic commercial sources. DOE said Thursday that the procurement effort, partly funded by the President’s Investing in America agenda, seeks to divers...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) land systems business has booked a $322.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for low-rate initial production of the M10 Booker combat vehicle. The Department of Defense said Thursday General Dynamics Land Systems will perform work at its Sterling Heights, Michigan location and in Anniston, Alabama, an...
Government contracting veteran Gautam Ijoor founded Alpha Omega in 2016 to help the U.S. government fight the newfangled threats of the modern era: cyber criminality, terrorism and environmental degradation. From its humble beginnings, the company has now risen to a net worth of $132 million and 55 percent year-over-year growth in revenue last year ...
NASA has awarded SpaceX a potential $843 million contract to build and deliver a spacecraft designed to deorbit the International Space Station after the end of the orbiting laboratory’s operational life in 2030. The space agency said Wednesday it will own and operate the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle throughout its mission and that the launch service...
Who Is Melissa Dalton? Melissa Dalton currently serves as under secretary of the Air Force, a role she assumed in May. In this position, she oversees the organizing, training and equipping of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force to aid global military operations. Dalton is a foreign policy expert and has held numerous roles...
