Michelle Howell, a two-decade human resources professional in the defense industry, has been named chief HR officer at Alexandria, Virginia-based government contractor Systems Planning and Analysis. She will be responsible for overseeing SPA’s talent attraction, retention and development functions across three continents, the company said Wednesda...
Rolls-Royce has secured a $1.01 billion contract to help the U.S. Navy maintain the engines that power T-45 Goshawk military training jets. The company will perform maintenance and logistics support work on 210 F405-RR-401 Adour engines under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Work will occur in Mississippi, Tex...
Michael Adams, director of sales at Carahsoft, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. The Q&A focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning, the growing use cases that led to more vendors joining the AI space as well as how Carahsoft’s practice has grown over the years. Here’s an excerpt fro...
AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV) has purchased Planck Aerosystems for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to drive the development of autonomy capabilities for its unmanned aircraft platforms. San Diego-based Planck is a small technology firm founded in 2014 and has worked with clients from the Department of Defense, allied governments and security ag...
The Federal Aviation Administration has begun to solicit information on potential industry sources that could meet the requirements of the second iteration of the Enterprise Programs, Infrastructure and Communications Services contract. The EPICS II contract will provide services in support of the FAA’s Communications, Infrastructure and Network P...
Information technology provider 2 Twelve Solutions has received a $93.5 million other transaction agreement to develop and implement a cloud-native platform for the U.S. Navy‘s enterprise network modernization project. The OTA award comes follows a prototyping effort that sought to demonstrate the use of 2 Twelve’s commercial technology ...
The First Responder Network Authority Board has earmarked $190 million for the government’s 2023 fiscal year to update the nationwide wireless emergency communications network that contractor AT&T (NYSE: T) helped build. FirstNet said Wednesday the allocated funds for network modernization are part of a $358 million annual spending package...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Noble Supply and Logistics a 10-year, $1.2 billion contract to provide aviation supply chain management services to U.S. military and foreign military sales customers. Noble said Tuesday it will fulfill customer direct orders, replenish military retail stock and deliver hardware and abrasives items used...
President Joe Biden has signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act in a move to reduce the U.S. deficit by $300 billion over the next 10 years. Biden said during a speech Tuesday the law sets a minimum 15 percent corporate tax rate and includes a $369 billion investment to fight the climate crisis and...
ExecutiveBiz featured Yancey Hall, chief growth officer at Isobar Public Sector, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He discussed the efforts to ensure the company workforce’s long-term success as well as the initiatives to help federal agencies address significant challenges. The Q&A also tackled the implem...
