Semiconductor company Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) is in discussions to acquire VMware (NYSE: VMW) through a cash-and-stock transaction, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. News of a potential deal comes as Broadcom, which has a market value of $222 billion, seeks to expand its footprint in the corporate software market. In July 2021, reports emerge...
Six companies have won positions on an eight-year, $784.3 million contract to design, build and maintain mission systems for Air Combat Command. The ACC Acquisition Management and Integration Center received 17 offers for the Squadron Operations Center-Enterprise Program through a small business and 8(a) set-aside competition, the Department of Defe...
The State Department has approved the proposed sale of an anti-tank weapon system and related equipment to the Egyptian government through a potential $691 million foreign military sales contract. Egypt is seeking to buy 5,070 units of the Raytheon Technologies-built (NYSE: RTX) TOW 2A radio frequency missile technology along with spare parts, techn...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is soliciting offers to design and build new survey vessels that the agency plans to use on data collection efforts in coastal, continental shelf and deep ocean settings. NOAA plans to procure up to four Class B ships of the same design to add to its fleet of research...
ExecutiveBiz featured Denise Oberndorf, vice president of growth, defense and intel with Capgemini Government Solutions, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. She talked about the company’s recent growth initiatives, the key factors that contributed to its recent quarterly results and the efforts to drive values for empl...
Brian Roach, a two-decade technology industry veteran, has been named CEO at Red River in a move slated to take effect May 31. He will lead the Claremont, New Hampshire-based information technology company after his role as head of the U.S. regulated industries practice at SAP‘s North American subsidiary, Red River said Thursday. In his...
The Vertex Company has secured a potential five-year, $130 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command maintain aircraft and weapons that support strategic deterrence operations. The company said Wednesday it will support the UH-1N and the MH-139 aircraft fleets assigned to the branch’s 582nd Helicopter Group at F.E...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has received a $313.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to support industrial base development and expansion efforts for the Columbia, Ford and Virginia class ballistic missile submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat will also manufacture kits for the British Strategic Weapon Support System ...
James Fraley, former senior director of McAfee Enterprise Solutions, has been appointed senior vice president and chief scientist at Reston Virginia-based information technology services provider Pragmatics. The two-decade cybersecurity professional will lead Pragmatics’ efforts to develop product and service offerings and expand its cus...
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will provide software development, engineering and data science support for the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center under a potential five-year, $241 million basic ordering agreement. Maxar said Wednesday it secured a spot on the BOA, which also covers architecture, standards and analysis se...
