The U.S. Special Operations Command has added $161 million to the ceiling of a multiple-award contract vehicle through which three companies offer intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms and support services. Barbaricum, iGov and NexTech Solutions hold spots on the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Targeted Requirement Executio...
Adam Lurie, managing partner at Lurie Investments, was named CEO of Knexus Research, an artificial intelligence and machine learning company recently bought by the venture capital firm. The acquisition is aimed at advancing Knexus’ ability to meet increasing government customer demands for AI capabilities and to support business growth, the Na...
The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville has released a draft solicitation for a potential 10-year, $3 billion multiple-award task order contract to provide energy and water conservation services at federal facilities. The fourth iteration of the Energy Savings Performance Contracts vehicle will cover services to help federal agenc...
Systems Planning and Analysis, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has purchased space domain awareness platforms provider PRKK for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its offerings in the space and intelligence sectors. Established in 2006, PRKK is focused on providing cross-domain analyses and studies for the U.S. Space ...
The U.S. Navy awarded $14.6 billion in two multiyear contracts with General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Bath Iron Works business and HII‘s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division for the construction of Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. General Dynamics will build three DDG 51 ships while HII will construct seven destroyers under the...
The Department of Defense has released a request for proposals as part of the on-ramping process for Pools 1 and 2 of a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for mission-critical research and development support services. DOD intends to conduct a full-and-open competition with plans to award about three IDIQ contracts unde...
Peter Smith, former president and CEO of American Systems, has been elected chairman of the board of directors at the engineering and information technology contractor. Smith, who retired after more than four decades of company service, succeeds Bill Hoover, who has been chairman of the board since 2015, American Systems said Wednesday. “I wan...
Geoffrey Mattson, former senior vice president at LogRhythm, has joined Xage Security as CEO. Xage said Wednesday Mattson will take the helm of the cybersecurity software provider as it keeps up with the continuous growth in demand for its zero trust mesh platform, which pushed year-over-year revenue up by 420 percent in the first half...
The General Services Administration has moved to Sept. 22 the deadline for submission of proposals for the unrestricted version of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus contract in response to feedback from industry partners. GSA originally set a Sept. 13 deadline for offers for the OASIS+ Unrestricted vehicle, which covers the a...
Christopher Valentino, chief strategy officer of Peraton since 2021, has assumed a new role as chief innovation officer at the Reston, Virginia-based federal technology and services contractor, according to a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. His responsibilities include leading Peraton’s value creation initiatives, aligning its sector invest...
