Axon (Nasdaq: AXON) has finalized its acquisition of Dedrone, an airspace security systems provider, for an undisclosed amount to expand its technology capabilities designed to improve national security and public safety. Axon said Wednesday the transaction will enable it to advance drone as first responder programs and safeguard against unauthorize...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded 10 companies positions on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle to acquire digital products and services to facilitate better user experiences. According to an award notice published Tuesday, the Secure, Performant, Reliable and User-Centered Experiences IDIQ is a set-aside program...
X-Bow Systems has appointed Mike Bender, a senior aerospace and defense executive, as chief operating officer. The company said Tuesday Bender will work with X-Bow CEO Jason Hundley and the executive team to drive growth and implement strategic initiatives and will oversee the company’s factories and related facilities, quality assurance, supply c...
General Dynamics Information Technology will continue delivering operational services to the Benefits Coordination and Recovery Center under a $286 million contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary said Wednesday the contract, initially awarded in April with an eight-month base period an...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract valued up to $6.9 billion from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture and deliver small diameter bombs to the militaries of U.S., Japan, Bulgaria and Ukraine. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the SDB Increment 1 contract includes foreign military sales and encom...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has purchased Applied Insight in an all-cash deal as part of a push to expand its enterprise information technology offerings for defense, intelligence and other national security agency customers. CACI said Tuesday that Northern Virginia-based Applied Insight provides cloud adoption, migration and transform...
Aaron Johns, an experienced digital transformation professional, has been appointed vice president of digital solutions at Siemens Government Technologies. SGT said Tuesday the nearly three-decade Siemens veteran’s work will now cover software and hardware from the Siemens Digital Industries Xcelerator portfolio. Johns has been with ...
HII‘s (NYSE: HII) Mission Technologies division has received a potential five-year, $458 million task order from the Department of Defense to help DOD modernize its communications and information technology networks to facilitate rapid decision-making on the battlefield. The company said Tuesday the U.S. Air Force’s 774th Enterprise Sour...
Strategic and technical consultancy Cadmus has acquired Ventera for an undisclosed sum to expand its digital transformation offerings for government and private sector companies. As a result of the acquisition, Cadmus said Tuesday it will create a new technology solutions division focused on expanding its presence in the health care, finance, ...
Rod Fontecilla, former partner and chief innovation officer at Guidehouse, has assumed the newly created role of chief innovation and artificial intelligence officer at Madison Dearborn Partners-backed Harmonia Holdings Group. The executive will lead the Technology and Innovation Council, which was recently established to support the capability deve...
