Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK) has purchased Axiom Data Science for an undisclosed sum to broaden its climate data analytics platforms and will operate the acquired company as part of its government services group. Axiom is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and performs climate science modeling to help federal, academic, nongovernmental organizations and comme...
VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC) has received a $100 million contract from the U.S. Navy to extend by one year the company’s mission-critical support for eligible foreign naval platforms. Naval Sea Systems Command issued the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to ensure the service branch’s foreign military sales cust...
Ray Piselli, vice president of international business at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), said the company plans to spend as much as $1 billion on manufacturing initiatives in Saudi Arabia and expects the investment to help the country’s military industry regulator GAMI and state-owned defense company SAMI drive the domestic private sector. Piselli sa...
Google has agreed to buy cybersecurity company Mandiant (Nasdaq: MNDT) for approximately $5.4 billion, or $23 in cash per share. The all-cash transaction is expected to be finalized later this year, subject to regulatory clearances, approval by Mandiant’s stockholders and other customary closing conditions, Google said Tuesday. Mandiant will becom...
MetTel has received a potential $58 million contract to provide internet protocol network services to the U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command. The company said Tuesday it will update command infrastructure to support computers, telephones, mobile devices and video collaboration applications. Under the contract, USMC’s recruitment organization...
Lisa Brown, former senior vice president of delivery operations at Customer Value Partners, has been elevated to chief customer officer at the Fairfax, Virginia-based technology consultancy. The 13-year company veteran will aim to identify service gaps and understand client requirements in the newly created position, CVP said Wednesday. Brown has ga...
A roster of renowned leaders from the Department of Defense will convene on Wednesday during McAleese and Associates’ “FY2023 Defense Programs” Conference to discuss the top programs and initiatives the department is prioritizing currently and in the future. “I have attended and enjoyed this event multiple times,” said Jim Garrettson, CE...
Joseph Kearney, a more than 25-year industry veteran, has been named vice president of business development at Octo’s B3 Group subsidiary. He will support the Octo health business unit in efforts to develop new business opportunities, strategic alliances and capture and proposal plans, B3 Group said Wednesday. Kearney most recently served as v...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has closed its approximately $19.7 billion cash acquisition of artificial intelligence company Nuance Communications as both companies aim to offer cloud-based AI platforms. Microsoft first announced the $56-per-share deal in April last year and the multinational technology company said Friday that Mark Benjamin will continu...
The U.S. Navy has awarded 63 companies positions on a potential five-year, $249.7 million contract to provide rapid development and prototyping and systems integration support to help the military branch meet new and emerging requirements and advance the growth of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s services portfolio at Webster O...
