A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary will supply tritonal bomb components to the U.S. Army under a $133.2 million contract. The service branch is procuring MK-80 series general purpose bombs from General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. GD-OTS manufactures bomb bodies in sizes of 500, 1000 and 200...
Marcus Fowler, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and a former senior official at the CIA, has been appointed CEO of Darktrace’s newly established division that offers artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity tools to U.S. military, intelligence and civilian agencies. His appointment comes three months after Darktrace Federal launched to help federal ...
Dulles, Virginia-based software company Unison has acquired Plan4 Healthcare, whose business planning and budget management platform is being used at the Veterans Health Administration’s primary medical centers and facilities. Unison said Wednesday it looks to add the 4Cast software-as-a-service offering to the company’s Planning, Budget...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has won a potential $99 million contract to support infrastructure and cybersecurity operations of two U.S. Navy organizations responsible for the service branch’s information warfare force generation and oceanography program. The company will perform tasks for Naval Information Forces Command and Naval Meteorol...
Austin, Texas-based software provider Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) announced that its acquisition of Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) will close on Wednesday, June 8, after a majority of the Missouri-based health information technology maker’s outstanding shares were validly tendered. American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., the depositary for the tender offer, noted...
Mike Alvarado, a 16-year veteran of Jacobs (NYSE: J), has joined Akima to serve as chief growth officer and he will oversee corporate development functions in his new position. Alvarado will report to Bill Monet, president and CEO of Akima and a three-time Wash100 Award recipient, and help the company drive market share and revenue...
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has formed an advisory council to provide public sector organizations with insights in support of their cybersecurity efforts, and appointed Gary Locke, former secretary of the Department of Commerce, as its chairperson. The Public Sector Advisory Council will help local governments and other public institutions address cyber...
Gary Barlet, former chief information officer at the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of the Inspector General, has been appointed federal field chief technology officer at cybersecurity software provider Illumio. He will be responsible for helping bring Illumio’s microsegmentation approach to federal agencies in support of the government...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has selected Arlington, Virginia, as the location of its new global headquarters as part of efforts to strengthen partnerships to develop novel technologies and improve its agility in supporting customers in U.S. government and commercial aerospace markets. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based defense contractor said Tu...
Jason Matheny, former director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, will assume the dual role of president and CEO at RAND Corp. on July 5. He will succeed Michael Rich, who has been at the helm of the Santa Monica, California-based policy think tank since 2011, RAND said Tuesday. “Jason has long respected RAND’s...
