TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 31, 2018 ” An Amazon Web Services organization aims to highlight the advantages of cloud computing in urban development as part of a briefing on the use of technology in smart cities to support public services, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the Amazon Web Services Institute pape...
Cray has signed a $146M contract with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory™s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center to build a supercomputing system intended for large-scale simulations and data analyses. The Perlmutter supercomputer is designed to help NERSC researchers examine data sets from scientific experiments...
Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has received a potential five-year, $564M task order to continue to provide integration and maintenance services for the Defense Department™s mission-critical software and hardware worldwide. The company said Tuesday the task order awarded by the General Services Administration™s Federal Acquisition Service covers su...
Frank Dimina, who joined Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK) in 2016, has been appointed VP of the technology firm’s public sector arm, GovCon Wire has learned. In his current role, Dimina oversees Splunk’s federal, state, local and higher education businesses. He previously managed the company’s work with federal civilian clients as area V...
Five companies have landed spots on a potential 10-year, $473M contract vehicle to provide personnel and management support to the U.S. Air Force˜s precision measurement equipment laboratories. The Enterprise Contracted PMEL Services II contract will include the provision of materials, tools and other items necessary for pro...
A joint venture of AECOM (NYSE: ACM) and Atkins Nuclear Secured will continue to help the Energy Department manage waste storage tanks at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., for an additional one year under a $700M contract extension. Washington River Protection Solutions oversees the treatment and disposal of 56M gallons of radioact...
Sunil Ramchand, former CEO of Mission Essential, has joined VT Group as president and chief growth officer at the Chantilly, Va.-based defense technology contractor. He will oversee VT Group’s growth strategy and also serve as a member of its board of directors, the company said Wednesday. The U.S. Navy veteran previously served...
ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has secured a potential $158M contract to help U.S. Air Force Space Command protect mission-critical programs. The company said Tuesday it will perform contract services over a 10-year period. œManTech will build on our strategic relationship with the U.S. Air Force Space Command, said Rick Wagner, president...
A report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) posted $8.7B in bookings during the third quarter of 2018, reflecting a 25 percent increase from the same period last year. Raytheon associated the increase with the integrated defense systems sector™s $1.3B Patriot missile defense system order from P...
A BAE Systems business unit has received a potential five-year, $72M contract to support air traffic control and landing systems on ships or at shore facilities of the U.S. Navy. BAE’s technology solutions and services group will provide equipment modification, system safety work, quality assurance, test bed operations and techn...
