Contegix has acquired Ascend Integrated in a move to expand the former’s DevOps service and offer new information technology services in the public sector market. Washington, D.C.-based Ascend Integrated holds an Atlassian Gold Partner status and specializes in IT Agile, system implementation and DevOps services, Contegix said Wednesday. The c...
James “Jim” Hutcherson, a Salesforce trainer for public and academic institutions, has been named vice president of cloud platform solutions at B3 Group, a Herndon, Virginia-based information technology consulting firm providing digital services to federal government and enterprise customers. He oversees B3 Group’s cloud governance and strateg...
Woolpert has acquired Optimal GEO, an Alabama-based geospatial services provider to the defense and intelligence sectors. Woolpert said Thursday it made the acquisition to increase its ability to support domestic geospatial programs and add lidar, photogrammetric mapping and orthoimagery offerings. The two companies have jointly worked with federal ...
Herndon, Virginia-based geospatial intelligence provider BlackSky will start trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BKSY” following the completion of its merger with blank check company Osprey Technology Acquisition (NYSE: SFTW) that was first announced in February. “We are looking forward to this next chapter a...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business will help the U.S. Air Force maintain electro-optical/infrared sensors of the U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance planes under a potential $493 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Collins Aerospace said Wednesday it received a $66.2 million task order that will cov...
Kim Koster, vice president of GovCon Strategy at Unanet, co-author of the 2021 GAUGE Report and GovCon Expert, has published her latest article on Thursday as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program. Koster provides insight into the Gauge Report’s findings that explore the best practices and benchmarks of the government contr...
Scott McIntyre, CEO of Guidehouse and a five-time Wash100 Award recipient, said the company’s move to purchase McLean, Virginia-based Dovel Technologies seeks to complement focus areas and further strategy to “create the next generation global consultancy.” The companies expect the transaction to close in the fourth quarter of 2021...
Thomas Holzthum, a member of the board of directors at PCX Aerosystems, has been named CEO of the Newington, Connecticut-based aircraft components supplier. He succeeds Jeff Frisby, who has led PCX since April 2017 and will transition to a new role as executive chairman, the company said Wednesday. Holzthum has served as the company’s chief...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has received a five-year, $69 million task order from the U.S. Agency for International Development to collect data from population-based surveys in multiple countries. The global consulting company said Wednesday that it will utilize information-gathering, analysis and monitoring tools to help USAID track countries’ perform...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has secured a potential five-year, $172.7 million contract to operate and sustain airborne sensor equipment for the Missile Defense Agency. The company will continue to help MDA maintain systems, plan missions, conduct flight tests and modernize technologies of the agency’s High Altitude Observatory platform, ...
