The National Institute of Standards and Technology has posted a draft solicitation for a potential five-year, $125 million contract vehicle to acquire cybersecurity and privacy support services. NIST is seeking industry input on five separate mock task orders for standards support, software development, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Educatio...
Public sector veteran Kevin Davis has joined data security and management company Cohesity as vice president of federal sales, GovCon Wire has learned. Prior to Cohesity, he was VP of public sector at analytics platforms provider Databricks and was responsible for expanding the company’s client base and strategic alliances. Davis held a similar po...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Jacobs (NYSE: J) a prime spot on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to perform architecture and engineering services at three military bases in Japan. The company said Tuesday it will support the Yokota and Misawa air bases and Camp Zama for the project, which is under a potential $99 million multi-awa...
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command has selected six small businesses to compete for range sustainment and remediation projects under a potential $95 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy. Contractors will perform work at military installations within NAVFAC’s Southwest area of responsibilit...
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have achieved fusion ignition, a milestone that could provide insights into the development of clean fusion energy and lead to advancements in national defense. A controlled fusion experiment performed at the National Ignition Facility on Dec. 5 applied ...
James Black, a corporate law executive with two decades of aerospace and defense industry experience, has been appointed senior vice president and general counsel at Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP). He joins the small satellite manufacturer after serving as VP and deputy general counsel of the North American division of U.K.-based defense contractor Ult...
Software company C3 AI (NYSE: AI) will advance the deployment of enterprise artificial intelligence applications across the Missile Defense Agency under the first three orders awarded through a potential five-year, $500 million production-other transaction agreement. C3 AI said Tuesday the first order calls for the delivery of an enterprise AI capab...
Shield AI, an artificial intelligence-focused aerospace and defense technology company, closed its Series E round after raising an additional $60 million in funding from the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund to support the development of its AI pilot for military and commercial aircraft. The new capital brings the total value of the company’s fi...
A Veritas Capital affiliate has bought Chromalloy parent company Sequa from Carlyle (Nasdaq: CG) in a move aimed at expanding the New York-based technology investor’s portfolio with aftermarket services for aviation, energy and defense customers. In a statement published Tuesday, Ramzi Musallam, CEO and managing partner of Veritas, highlighted...
Six companies will compete for task orders on a $200 million contract to provide architectural and engineering services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. USACE received 11 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet and expects work to be complete by June 11, 2028, the Department of Defense said Monday. The awardees are:...
