Redwire (NYSE: RDW) has purchased microgravity biotechnology developer Techshot in a move to complement the former’s space infrastructure offerings. Jacksonville, Florida-based Redwire said Tuesday that the transaction was in line with the company’s in-space manufacturing vision in low-Earth orbit. Headquartered in Floyd County, Indiana,...
Jay Bokulic, a VMware executive most recently focused on national security accounts, has taken on a new role as senior director of federal strategic programs at the virtualization technology provider, FedHealthIT reported Tuesday. Bokulic will oversee business development efforts that support VMware’s strategic programs in the federal market a...
Roger Wells, formerly a vice president at Teledyne FLIR, has been appointed president of Mercury Systems‘ (Nasdaq: MRCY) microelectronics division. The 25-year aerospace and defense industry veteran will also join Mercury’s EVP ranks and his professional background encompasses business development, engineering and program management, the...
Acacia Research Corp. (Nasdaq: ACTG) has made an unsolicited offer to acquire wireless communications equipment provider Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL). Melville, New York-based Comtech said its board of directors is working with the company’s independent advisers to evaluate the non-binding takeover proposal. Goldman Sachs serves a...
Carahsoft Technology will provide public sector customers access to Puppet’s infrastructure automation platform and related tools through its existing contracts with federal, state and local governments and reseller partners. Puppet Enterprise is designed to help federal agencies speed up the deployment of new applications while maintaining infras...
As the rapid development of emerging technologies continues to have transformative impacts on today’s battlespace, U.S. defense agencies have recently shifted their priorities to reflect an exponentially increasing demand for modernization, optimization and cybersecurity. The Department of Defense created a new acquisition framework in January...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers selected two joint ventures and nine independent companies to compete for environmental remediation task orders under a potential $240 million contract. USACE received 11 bids for the procurement effort and estimated contractor services to be complete on Oct. 31, 2026, the Department of Defense said Monday. The award...
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to launch a solicitation process to identify a new air traffic control tower design that can address the agency’s energy efficiency and sustainability requirements. FAA said Thursday it will structure the design sourcing effort into three phases: request for information, request for qualification and r...
New York-based cybersecurity services provider BlueVoyant has purchased 202 Group for an undisclosed sum in a move to bring a supply chain risk management offering to the federal market. The combined entity aims to offer an integrated offering that will work to help government customers manage potential risks to vendor ecosystems across agency progr...
The Government Accountability Office decided to sustain Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) protest of a potential $10 billion cloud computing contract that the National Security Agency awarded to Amazon Web Services in July, Nextgov reported Friday. “GAO found certain aspects of the agency’s evaluation to be unreasonable and, in light thereof, recomme...
