Bloomberg Government analysts forecast that the federal government will invest more than $93B in information technology programs if current spending trends continue across agencies, Nextgov reported Tuesday. œBased on historical spending trends, we™re looking at between $93 and $94B in an IT budget, about half of which will go to civilian ...
ID Experts has received a potential five-year, $400M blanket purchase agreement from the Office of Personnel Management to provide identity theft protection services to people affected by massive federal data breaches in 2015. The company said Tuesday it will continue to provide ID and credit monitoring, insurance and restoration services using the ...
Eleven companies have secured blanket purchase agreements from the General Services Administration and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide Earth-observation products, data and services to government customers. Both agencies awarded the BPAs under the IT Schedule 70 acquisition vehicle and in support of the Commercial Initiati...
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a potential $74.7M contract to design, build and commission a new facility at the service’s ammunition factory in Kingsport, Tenn. BAE said Tuesday it will construct the Recrystallization and Slurry Coating Formulation facility to modernize the process for manufacturing military pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 12, 2019 ” Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) looks to consolidate its 31 offices across the Washington, D.C., area following its acquisition of Engility in an effort to optimize the integrated company’s operations and infrastructure, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Bisnow reported Feb. 4 th...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 12, 2019 ” A CAE-built (NYSE: CAE) flight simulation platform for General Atomics‘ Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft has received approval from Italy’s air armaments and airworthiness directorate for use at Amendola Air Base, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. CAE said Feb. 5 its&nb...
FLIR Systems (Nasdaq: FLIR) has agreed to purchase Endeavor Robotics from Arlington Capital Partners for about $385M in cash to make its entry into the market for unmanned ground vehicles for military, critical infrastructure and public safety applications. FLIR said Monday it expects the acquisition to close in the first quarter of 2019 a...
William Welch, formerly president and chief operating officer of Duo Security, has been named co-CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity. He will serve in the role alongside retired U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander and help drive IronNet’s commercial efforts to expand operations worldwide, the company said Monday. Welch previously held senior lea...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 11, 2019 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will supply a digital video surveillance system for the U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyers under a potential $33M contract in support of the service’s DDG modernization effort, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Department of Defense said Thursday the Naval Surfa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 11, 2019 ” Altamira Technologies will help build a geospatial intelligence database to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s homeland security programs as part of a task order awarded via the Janus contract vehicle, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday work under the...
