A team comprised of Unissant, Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Linkware will provide workflow processing support for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s passenger vetting systems under a potential $182.3M contract....
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards Sandeep Kalra Promoted to Persistent Systems CEO Persistent Systems has promoted Sandeep Kalra, an experienced leader in the software services industry, as CEO to lead the company’s strategic growth and services, the company announced Monday. “We are looking forward to ...
McKean Defense Group has agreed to acquire technology company Mikros Systems for $0.13 per share or approximately $4.6M in cash as part of its efforts to add new tech capabilities to its Navy portfolio. "With the added capabilities and skills from the Mikros acquisition, McKean will strengthen our support to the Littoral Combat Systems (LC...
Dennis Via, an executive vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and a retired U.S. Army general, has been appointed to the board of directors at San Francisco-based data analytics company Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK)....
The Department of Defense (DoD) has selected Dave McKeown to serve as next chief information security officer (CISO), effective in late Nov. 2020, FedScoop reported Tuesday. He will succeed former CISO Jack Wilmer, who left the role in July 2020 to lead a private security company. Mark Hakun has served as acting CISO since Wilmer’s resignation....
During Potomac Officers Club’s Future Battlefield Series: Soldier Performance Virtual Event, notable federal and industry leaders will meet to discuss a strategy that leverages human performance expertise to enable warfighters to optimize their cognitive and physical wellbeing throughout the entire mission lifecycle. To register for the virtual ev...
SpaceX has received task orders worth $29M combined from the U.S. Space Force to perform fleet surveillance work and early integration studies on non-national security space operations....
Theodore Zobel, former director of business development at Leonardo DRS, has joined McKean Defense Group as a vice president and manager for the Naval Sea Systems Command account....
The Senate on Tuesday proposed a $1.4T spending package that includes $696B in defense appropriations for fiscal year 2021, Defense News reports. Senators must reconcile the upper chamber's 12-bill package with the House, which passed in July a $694.6B defense spending bill for FY 2021 as part of a $1.3T package, and reach a deal before a con...
During GovConWire’s Defense Digital Acquisition and Modernization Forum, notable federal and industry leaders will discuss the DoD’s Software Acquisition Strategy, Defense Acquisition Workforce Development and the future of data and IT modernization across federal agencies. To register for GovConWire’s Defense Digital Acquisition and Moderniza...
