John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum and six-time Wash100 Award recipient, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award during a recent visit to Amentum by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award. “Since emerging as a driving force following AECOM’s acquisition of URS and installing John Vollmer and the current senior team,...
Salient CRGT will help the U.S. Navy deliver systems training, English language instruction and logistics support to allied forces under a pair of contracts worth potentially $88 million combined. The company said Monday it received a $70 million contract covering support services to the Naval Education & Training Security Assistance Field Activ...
Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), has been named a 2021 Wash100 Award winner for his leadership in the COVID-19 pandemic response and relief as well as the advancement of U.S. space exploration and development of IT technology capabilities. For Scolese, this marks the second consecutive year that he’s recei...
Federal acquisition processes must be on the cutting edge of technology to stay operable and efficient. Federal leaders have worked to modernize their acquisition systems to increase the adoption rate of innovative solutions, including information technology (IT), cloud and other critical emerging technologies. Agencies need to continue to implement...
A joint venture between Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary received a $143.2 million delivery order to help the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force address logistical requirements for Osprey military tiltrotor aircraft parts. Bell Boeing Joint Program Office will deliver and repair components of Osprey’s MV-22B and ...
UiPath, a New York-based automation software company, has filed for an initial public offering to raise up to $1.1 billion and plans to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “PATH,” Bloomberg reported Monday. UiPath and its shareholders plan to offer a total of 21.3 million class A shares at a...
Mark Gerencser, chairman of Business Executives for National Security (BENS), has received his fourth Wash100 Award as a recipient of the 2021 class for his stellar leadership as BENS’ chairman and other organizations as well as his drive and vision to establish a whole new national response and address our national security issues. “Mark Gerenc...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is nearing a potential deal to acquire Burlington, Massachusetts-based artificial intelligence technology developer Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN) for $56 per share, or approximately $16 billion, Bloomberg reported Sunday. The estimated price of the transaction is a premium of 23 percent to Nuance’s Friday closin...
The Joint All Domain Operations (JADO) continues to help U.S. warfighters manage the modern battlefield’s information overload. JADO unites multiple defense systems and data sources to warfighters to provide combatants with comprehensive situational awareness. JADO enables warfighters to make quick decisions to dive into actions to achieve inf...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2021 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will help the U.S. Army further develop predictive analysis tools for geospatial intelligence collection and analysis under a $48.3 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract, ExecutiveBiz reported March 29. Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field...
