NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has started soliciting proposals from industry on communications and tracking services to near-space missions extending up to 2 million kilometers from Earth. The Near Space Network Services contract encompasses support for payloads, launch vehicles, robotic spacecraft and human spaceflight missions, accordin...
Kimberly Finnegan, former program manager at the Department of Health and Human Services, was appointed senior vice president of growth for federal health at Unissant. In a statement published Thursday, Unissant CEO Manish Malhotra underscored Finnegan’s extensive experience in the government health care landscape and how it could support comp...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received two task orders worth $202.5 million combined under a basic ordering agreement with the U.S. Navy to provide services in support of the Joint Strike Fighter Program. The Department of Defense said Thursday Lockheed’s aeronautics business will provide non-recurring engineering under a potential $170 million ...
NV5 Global (Nasdaq: NVEE) has acquired location data analytics and mapping services provider Axim Geospatial for an undisclosed sum. Wisconsin-headquartered Axim has 340 employees across the globe and works with clients in the fields of enterprise GIS, survey and mapping and data analysis, NV5 said Thursday. The acquired company maintains over 200 g...
Professional services firm cBEYONData has acquired Summit2Sea Consulting in a transaction that expands its data analytics capabilities for federal government customers. Summit2Sea has been providing data analytics, enterprise application modernization and robotic process automation support across Department of Defense programs since 2003 and maintai...
Kevin Heald, lead for the emerging technology and cyber sector at Accenture Federal Services, has been named the next national security portfolio lead for the Arlington, Virginia-based government IT contractor. Tiffanny Gates He will assume the role held by Tiffanny Gates, who will step down May 1 and join AFS’ board of managers, the company...
Jessica Merriam, former executive director of intelligence community programs at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has been appointed president of intelligence solutions at SilverEdge Government Solutions. She will be responsible for driving growth, innovation and efficiency initiatives within the business, SilverEdge said Wednesday. In her previous ...
Dennis Crall, a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general and a two-time Wash100 awardee, has been appointed to the board of advisers of Sigma Defense Systems. Sigma Defense CEO Matt Jones said in a statement released Wednesday Crall’s focus on mission outcomes aligns with the company’s philosophy and will bring to the team his insight...
ITSC Secure Solutions has won a $415 million task order for professional services to the Secretary of the Air Force Concepts, Development and Management Office. SAF/CDM received four bids for the Support for Technical, Advisory and Resource Services program via a competitive acquisition process, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The task ord...
The FBI has informed vendors it can now take over responsibility for the execution of the award phase for its follow-on Information Technology Supplies and Support Services blanket purchase agreement, as a result of increased bureau procurement staffing and experience. According to a notice published Tuesday, the FBI’s move comes 14 months aft...
