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...
Jeffrey Specht, most recently executive director of the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, has joined Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) as senior director for government security. He brings to Oracle 27 years of experience as a civil servant and will oversee the company’s efforts in delivering support and building partnerships with DOD, the U.S. intellig...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a five-year, $111 million contract to modernize and sustain U.S. Navy aircraft that functions as the service branch’s communications relay and airborne command post. The company said Wednesday it will set up a production line at its Aircraft Maintenance and Fabrication Center in Lake Charles, Lou...
Jacobs (NYSE: J) has announced plans to establish a business unit that will focus on creating and delivering cyber, data, cloud and digital technology platforms to customers, and tapped Caesar Nieves, senior vice president of cyber and intelligence, to lead the new unit as executive VP. The company said Thursday the establishment of the Divergent...
Gibbs & Cox, a Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) subsidiary, has secured a potential five-year, $318.7 million contract to help the U.S. Navy design surface combat ships, with an initial focus on the next-generation guided missile destroyer. Contract work supports the development of future combatant platforms and will initially drive design, technology integr...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will deliver six additional MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters to the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Aviation Command under a $195 million contract. The company said Thursday it will perform production work primarily at a facility in Philadelphia and expects to start its delivery of the upgraded rotary-wing military aircraft to ...
The U.S. Air Force is soliciting offers from industry for a $908 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide enterprise information technology and network services to airmen deployed across the European continent. Interested vendors should submit bids on the Europe-wide Information Technology Enterprise Network contract by Ap...
