Katharyn White, vice president of IBM’s U.S. federal ecosystem, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Thursday. She talked about IBM’s growth push in the federal market as well as other company initiatives and technology capabilities in support of industry partners and government customers. He...
The defense subsidiary of Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) has received an initial order from the U.S. Postal Service for 50,000 next-generation delivery vehicles worth $2.98 billion. Oshkosh Defense said Thursday the order includes at least 10,019 electric battery-powered vehicles and the remaining units will be built with low-emission internal combustion engin...
Nine companies have won spots on a $385 million multiple-award contract vehicle to help the U.S. Air Force carry out general construction projects at two military installations in Utah. The military branch received 16 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via a competitive acquisition process for services to Hill AF Base an...
U.S. Transportation Command will conduct a pre-proposal conference in April at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois to provide industry stakeholders an opportunity to know more about the potential five-year, $151 million Managed Information Technology Services contract. The MITS contract will provide technical, program management and strategic guidance ...
The State Department has approved a potential $175.98 million foreign military sale, through which Bahrain seeks assistance to update M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems manufactured by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). Bahrain wants to convert nine MLRS units into the M270 A1 configuration, spare parts and logistical and program support services through...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has received a potential five-year, $95 million contract from AmeriCorps for enterprise IT services. GDIT said Thursday it will provide cloud, managed services, cybersecurity, digital modernization, security management, systems and application modernization and operations center support ...
Paul Lynch, a 24-year veteran of ICF (Nasdaq: ICF), has been named chief operating officer of Waltham, Massachusetts-based consulting services provider The Cadmus Group. His responsibilities as Cadmus’ COO will include managing organizational performance, programs, business processes, acquisitions, operational due diligence and growth initiati...
BAE Systems has secured a $176 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force build an airborne radio system to provide airmen with an alternative communications network in satellite-denied environments. BAE said Thursday it will use FlexRadio’s commercial off-the-shelf technology to produce software-defined technology with anti-jamming features for ...
Forty Republican members of Congress have called on President Joe Biden to include in his fiscal year 2023 budget request a 5 percent increase in defense spending above the rate of inflation in light of increasing national security threats facing the country. The House and Senate lawmakers wrote in a Wednesday letter to the president...
Rob Lalumondier, a more than 20-year industry veteran, has been named vice president of the federal business unit at cybersecurity company Sophos. He will be responsible for leading the segment’s strategy to help public sector clients automated platforms designed to protect agency data, networks and users against ransomware and cyber threats, Soph...
