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...
Robert Samuels, an investment and financial analysis professional with two decades of Wall Street experience, has been appointed as the first vice president of investor relations and corporate communications at Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL). Michael Porcelain, president and CEO of Comtech, said in a statement published Monday that Samuel...
The U.S. Army has awarded 26 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $869 million contract to provide research, development and engineering support services to the service branch. The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive fee contract also covers test and evaluation, support for biological and chemical demilitarization operations and acquisition...
William LaPlante, president and CEO of Draper and a former Air Force acquisition chief, received Senate confirmation to serve as undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, the Air Force Magazine reported Thursday. During his Senate confirmation hearing in late March, LaPlante, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said the U...
Guidehouse has named health experts Sarah Garnett and Kristin Porter as public sector health leader and head of the Department of Veterans Affairs account team, respectively, within the management consulting firm’s health segment. Garnett will bring to the role her experience working with leadership teams from federal health agencies, research ins...
Riverside Research booked contracts worth more than $53.9 million during the first quarter to help U.S. defense and intelligence customers develop technology for multiple program areas. The nonprofit organization said Thursday it will support government clients in systems and software engineering and commercial intelligence, surveillance and reconna...
Naval Air Systems Command has awarded an additional $261.4 million to fund Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) preparations for lot 17 F-35 aircraft production. The Department of Defense said Thursday the company will obtain long-lead-time materials and support services necessary to manufacture nine carrier-based F-35 jets for the U.S. Navy and 15 c...
