The Department of Homeland Security plans to launch a competition for a governmentwide acquisition contract to provide tactical communications and technical investigative surveillance operations equipment and services for DHS and other federal government agencies operating in the U.S. and foreign locations. According to a notice published Tuesday on...
The Department of Health and Human Services is hugely optimistic about artificial intelligence’s application in the daily processes of providers and clinicians, including in potential uses like patient monitoring, health journey predictions, note-taking and even guiding surgical procedures. Steven Posnack, principal deputy assistant secretary...
The Department of Energy has awarded five companies positions on a potential 10-year, $3.4 billion contract to procure low-enriched uranium, or LEU, from domestic commercial sources. According to award notices published Tuesday on SAM.gov, the selected vendors are American Centrifuge Operating, General Matter, Global Laser Enrichment, LIS Technologi...
Altamira Technologies has appointed Theodore Glusko, a defense industry veteran, as president. The McLean, Virginia-based technology company said Tuesday Glusko will report directly to Altamira CEO Jane Chappell. “Ted has worked his entire career across Altamira’s key Customers including both Intel and DoD as well as across both operations and d...
The State Department has approved the government of Kuwait’s request to purchase maintenance, repair and sustainment services and military equipment for an estimated cost of $300 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday BAE Systems, U.S. Ordnance, DRS Technologies, L3Harris Technologies, Northrop Grumman and RTX will ser...
Government IT services provider Aretum has appointed Sean DuGuay, a senior national security and defense industry executive, as chief growth officer. The Bethesda, Maryland-based company said Monday DuGuay brings to the role nearly three decades of GovCon experience and a track record of growing government contractors and driving mergers and acquisi...
Core One Solutions has acquired Calhoun International as part of a push to expand the delivery of mission-critical support to agency customers within the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. With the acquisition, Core One said Tuesday Calhoun Chief Financial Officer Nesha Burrows has joined the company as vice president of national secu...
The 21st Century Cures Act, commonly referred to as the Cures Act, is entering the final year of its initially-approved nine-year run, but Department of Health and Human Services officials say they are still “hard at work” bringing it to bear. The law is meant to deliver healthcare technology and IT policy at the rapid...
A Cherokee Federal business has won a U.S. Navy contract worth $175.3 million for logistics services to help manage, operate and support the Marine Corps Consolidated Storage Program warehouse network. The Department of Defense said Thursday Cherokee Nation Government Solutions will perform work on the bridge contract in Arizona, California, North C...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index declined two straight days, finishing 0.49% lower at $5,176.36 on Friday. The index, which tracks the stocks of 30 major government contractors, registered a 2.45% loss in the first week of December. However, it was a winning week for the major U.S. equities benchmarks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its...
