NASA has started a market research effort with the goal of identifying companies and universities with the capacity to design high-speed commercial vehicle systems and develop technology roadmaps to support the baseline vehicle concepts. The agency said Wednesday in a sources sought notice that it envisions a design study project that would initiall...
Twenty-one companies have won spots on a five-year, $450 million contract to provide design-build services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Facility Repair and Renewal program. USACE received 80 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Contractors will compete to carry out projects at...
Taimeka Hollis, formerly chief operating officer at Illuminate, has elevated to the role of president at the Herndon, Virginia-based analytics company. She brings to the role over 20 years of leadership experience in business development, strategy, engineering and operations, Illuminate said Tuesday. Prior to Illuminate, Hollis spent 17 years at Nor...
ClearShark, a federal information technology platforms provider, has agreed to buy FedBiz IT Solutions in a transaction that will expand its portfolio of government contracts, resources and expertise in contracts management and capture and compliance. ClearShark President Brian Strosser said in a statement released Tuesday that FedBiz IT’s contrac...
PCS-Mosaic Holdings has launched a new operating company to serve the national security and intelligence sectors following the acquisition of four businesses from ASRC Federal’s defense and intelligence group. The newly formed Athenix Cyber & SIGINT Solutions business comprises OSI, Agency Consulting Group, Kimmich Software Solutions and ExaTe...
Ryan Hinkle, a government technology market veteran, has been named director of federal sales at Hitachi Vantara’s wholly owned subsidiary located in Reston, Virginia. He will responsible for developing and strengthening Hitachi Vantara Federal‘s business relationships across the public sector, the company said Tuesday. In his new capaci...
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) has once again extended its tender offer of $95 in cash per share to buy all outstanding shares of common stock of health information technology company Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) to provide more time to satisfy the remaining conditions. Oracle agreed to acquire Cerner for approximately $28.3 billion through an all-cash tender offer...
Jacobs (NYSE: JEC) has received a five-year, $209 million contract to continue helping NASA manage ground test facilities and activities at the Ames Research Center in California. NASA said Tuesday the company will support experimental environments, such as the Sensor and Thermal Protection System Advanced Research Lab and high-enthalpy arc jet faci...
A panel of three judges from a federal appeals court in Atlanta recognized the impact of COVID-19 pandemic-related contracting delays on the federal government but said it remains uncertain whether the current administration has the authority to implement a vaccine requirement for employees of federal contractors, Federal News Network reported Monda...
Patrick Sargent, a government health services veteran and retired Army major general, has joined Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s federal business, according to a LinkedIn post. The retired Army major general joins Cerner Government Services from OptumServe, where he most recently served as SV...
