CGI has named Victor Foulk as permanent vice president of its emerging technologies business after six months of serving the role on the interim, he announced in a LinkedIn post on Monday. He has 25 years of experience in defense and IT, including seven years in the U.S. Navy and 13 years in the Naval...
McLean, Virginia-based systems integrator OST has received a $97.4 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for extended delivery of systems engineering and technical assistance services to the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation. According to a SAM.gov notice on Thursday, the award enabled the ordering peri...
Amentum will perform entry control monitor, observers and construction surveillance technician support at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska under an eight-year, $49.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. The government and commercial services contractor will provide support for a reconstruction site until Nov. 8, 2031, the Department of Defense...
Government services provider Unissant named Ian Graham, former vice president of NetImpact Strategies’ health business, to the role of VP and general manager for its federal civilian and healthcare sectors. The company said Thursday it also selected Maria Genar, former business development director at IT consulting firm RIVA Solutions, as seni...
The U.S. Coast Guard is increasingly depending on automatic identification system-provided data to help safeguard the maritime border of the Customs and Border Protection and potentially the Indo-Pacific region, Federal News Network reported Thursday. AIS works to provide specific information during vessel monitoring efforts to increase situation aw...
Seven companies have secured U.S. Navy contracts worth $495 million combined to construct and repair naval bases within Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command’s Southwest area of responsibility. The awardees will support projects to build, renovate and repair dry utilities under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contacts, the D...
The U.S. space and defense business arm of Airbus has unveiled a new business line focused on helping the Department of Defense meet its demand for uncrewed aircraft systems to detect and counter threats. Brian Zarchin, a retired U.S. Army aviator, will oversee Airbus U.S. Space & Defense’s UAS business line, which will operate with...
Cyber is the “latest front in warfare” according to Michael Greenman, senior product marketing manager at Deltek. As the U.S. government works to maintain its standing in the cyber realm, industry has “rallied around the idea of cybersecurity risks,” and the public sector has continued to update its cybersecurity standards to ensu...
TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) has agreed to acquire the electron device business of Communications & Power Industries, a portfolio company of TJC, in a cash transaction worth approximately $1.39 billion. The CPI subsidiary has 900 employees and manufactures proprietary electronic components and subsystems for various aerospace and defense platform...
Astra (Nasdaq: ASTR) Founders Chris Kemp and Adam London have presented a proposal to the board of directors to take the space company private, offering to buy all the outstanding stock at $1.50 per share, CNBC reported Thursday. According to a securities filing, the offer by Kemp, chairman and CEO of Astra, and London, the...
