Blue Origin and U.S. Transportation Command have signed a cooperative research and development agreement to study the potential use of its commercial rockets in transporting cargo and personnel, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. TRANSCOM, which is responsible for military logistics operations worldwide, also signed CRADAs with SpaceX and Exploration Arc...
Merck’s life science business has been awarded a three-year, $136.7 million contract to stand up a factory for a critical material needed to manufacture rapid COVID-19 point-of-care tests. MilliporeSigma said Thursday it will use the funds to establish a lateral flow membrane production facility in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to support domestic pro...
Greg Wenzel, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and a previous Wash100 awardee, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Tuesday. He tackled the company’s second quarter results and growth strategy, and talked about new market opportunities for customers, the Department of Defense’...
Shareholders at blank check company NextGen Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: NGCA) approved Tuesday the proposed merger with Virgin Orbit and both parties expect the transaction to close before the end of December. The combined entity will adopt the name Virgin Orbit Holdings and trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “VORB” upon closing of the...
Teleperformance has acquired Kentucky-based business process outsourcing company Senture from investment firm Kingswood Capital Management for approximately $400 million. Eighty percent of sales at Senture come from the company’s business unit that provides contact center support services to federal, state and local governments, Teleperformanc...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a one-year, $492.7 million contract modification to provide logistics support for F-35 aircraft systems that have been delivered to U.S. military and foreign military sales customers. The award to Lockheed’s aeronautics segment covers work to operate and maintain an automatic logistics information syste...
A $770 billion defense policy bill that President Joe Biden signed into law Monday requires the Department of Defense to come up with a digital health strategy for distributed ledgers and other emerging technology, The Block reported Tuesday. The fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act directs the DOD secretary to find ways to incorporat...
Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business has secured an $87 million contract to help the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office update information technology applications that support the agency’s trademark filing and registration process. Accenture Federal Services will assist the USPTO Office of the Chief Information Officer in efforts ...
Military radar testing company Giga-tronics has agreed to acquire Gresham Worldwide, a BitNile Holdings subsidiary that manufactures electronic systems for defense applications, as part of a share exchange agreement. Giga said Tuesday it will combine its operations with Gresham to form an independent public company that will offer radio frequency an...
Joseph Gurney, formerly a senior adviser for fiscal stewardship at the Veterans Benefits Administration, has joined B3 Group as a director for the company’s professional services business. He will oversee a portfolio of professional and infrastructure service offerings intended to support modernization projects at the Department of Veterans Af...
