ACI Payments and Link2Gov Corp. have won contracts worth $2.07 billion combined to deploy electronic payment systems for the Internal Revenue Service. The two companies will provide taxpayers with options to make debit or credit card payments for federal taxes and user fees, according to award notices posted Saturday on SAM.gov. An IRS ePayment syst...
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems‘ land and armaments business a $113.1 million contract modification to procure modernized units of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. BAE will provide M2A4 and M7A4 ground armored vehicles to the service branch, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The Army used its fiscal 2022 and 2023 procurement funds f...
Forward Slope, a technology services company backed by Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital, has acquired Soar Technology in a transaction that allows it to expand its client base and core competencies in the defense and national security markets. SoarTech helps the Department of Defense meet mission requirements by developing artificial i...
By Cameron Chehreh, Vice President and General Manager of Public Sector at Intel and 2023 Wash100 Award winner One doesn’t need to look far to discover a tapestry of ways in which the federal government is successfully leveraging artificial intelligence. From the Air Force using AI to plan airlift operations to neuromorphic computing being used...
Deltek has finalized its purchase of time tracking platforms provider Replicon in a transaction that allows it to add the latter’s knowledge workforce management platform and expand its portfolio of information, professional services and enterprise software offerings for project-based organizations. Herndon, Virginia-based Deltek said Tuesday ...
By Eric Trexler, Senior Vice President of U.S. Public Sector at Palo Alto Networks Today’s zero trust conversation has matured since it was originally popularized in 2010 by John Kindervag, one of the world’s foremost cybersecurity experts and a Palo Alto Networks alum. Although the urgency and capabilities for zero trust have exploded in t...
Michael Howard, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, assumed the chief executive role at Warrior Focused Solutions on Aug. 4. In this capacity, he will oversee the delivery of training services and assist in facilitating the Crucible Training Experience to enable U.S. warfighters to address security threats and meet the evolving global security l...
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of Management and Budget have issued a memorandum outlining the current administration’s research and development priorities to guide federal agencies as they formulate their budget submissions for fiscal year 2025. One of the multiagency R&D priorities is advancing trustwo...
Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, said the Department of Defense has placed task orders worth $200 million combined under the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract since the award to four vendors was announced in December 2022, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. He gave the JWCC procurement vehicle up...
BAE Systems is in discussions with Westminster, Colorado-based Ball Corp. (NYSE: BALL) to purchase the latter’s aerospace division in a potential deal worth more than $5 billion. If an agreement is reached, the British defense contractor would take over the business that manufactures instruments and sensors for military, aerospace and national...
