The U.S. Army has asked industry to submit proposals for a potential 10-year, $10 billion contract vehicle to provide commercial information technology equipment and services in support of the service’s enterprise infrastructure and infostructure goals. The Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-4 Hardware contract will have a base term of fi...
Portia Crowe, former chief data officer of the U.S. Army Futures Command’s Network Cross Functional Team, has been named chief data strategy director for defense at Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm. She will be responsible for helping customers of Accenture Federal Services use data in insight generation and decision-making processes with...
John Mengucci, president and CEO of CACI International, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Thursday. The two-time Wash100 Award recipient spoke about the company’s recent revenue increase and major contract award wins as well as initiatives to address customers’ most challenging information...
IronNet, a cybersecurity company founded by U.S. Army veteran Keith Alexander, has completed its merger with LGL Systems Acquisition Corp. after the latter’s stockholders approved the business combination at a special meeting Thursday. Both parties first announced the deal in mid-March and McLean, Virginia-based IronNet will start trading on t...
Chris Weggeman, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, has joined Deloitte’s government and public services practice as a managing director within the cyber and strategic risk portfolio. Weggeman’s “deep understanding of the cyber threat environment will help Deloitte maximize our cyber security services for clients in the public and pri...
Federal agencies are embracing modern technology such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence to transform information technology systems in the digital age. When Jerry Ma assumed the directorship of emerging technologies in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, he vowed to streamline the processes in deploying and procuring advanced technol...
Granicus has acquired GovQA for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to help government agency clients manage requests for public records and expand the capabilities of its Civic Engagement Platform designed to provide unified digital experiences to citizens. Woodridge, Illinois-based GovQA provides cloud-based automated workflow software meant to ...
TCOM has secured a $217.3 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide Saudi Arabia a tethered aerostat platform intended to support military communications, force protection, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance activities The Columbia, Maryland-based company will produce the Meter Persistent Surveillance Systems-Tethered under a contract c...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has announced a string of executive moves and the formation of four new business groups within its government services arm following HII’s acquisition of Alion Science and Technology. Former Alion executives Todd Borkey and Chris Bishop have joined the HII Technical Solutions division as chief technolo...
President Joe Biden and representatives from the commercial and education sectors discussed commitments and initiatives to counter cybersecurity threats at a meeting held Wednesday at the White House. The Biden administration has expanded the Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative to include natural gas pipelines and announced a Nationa...
