InVeris Training Solutions has moved to grow its virtual reality training products for the law enforcement sector through the acquisition of Dallas-based VR technology provider SURVIVR. InVeris said Wednesday it looks to create a 3D-based training platform by integrating the company’s BlueFire weapons simulator with SURVIVR technology. Al Wegg...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) and Ball Aerospace has won positions on a $200 million multiple-award contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop technologies to avoid a cyber attack on military avionics systems. The two companies will conduct research and development efforts with the goal of identifying and mitigating cyber vulnerabi...
A BAE Systems unit has secured an $843.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to provide life cycle contractor support for a capability under the service branch’s next generation aircraft missile warning system program. The action requires BAE Systems Information and Electronics Systems Integration to conduct LCCS work for the Limi...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will continue to help the Indian air force maintain Super Hercules tactical airlifters under a five-year, $328.8 million direct commercial sale contract. The follow-on agreement includes program management, engineering and logistics support, contractor furnished equipment, software and publication services necessary to ad...
Robert Dapkiewicz, senior vice president and general manager of MetTel‘s federal business, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Tuesday. He discussed the company’s upcoming 25th anniversary and the last decade of growth in the federal sector, its efforts to differentiate itself in the current...
Sharon O’Malley Burg, a federal information technology industry veteran and business consultancy executive, has joined the board of advisers of Reston, Virginia-based IT systems integrator Intelligent Waves. O’Malley Burg brings three decades of industry experience to IW’s board and will support its growth and market expansion initiatives,...
The U.S. Army has issued a solicitation for a potential five-year, $1.49 billion contract to procure remote weapon systems mounted on mobile and stationary platforms. The RWS program will enable to service to continue to acquire spare parts, engineering, sustainment and product integration support to meet existing and future requirements of the Comm...
The U.S. Army has selected Leidos’ (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics subsidiary to develop prototypes of a platform meant to defend against unmanned aircraft systems and cruise missile threats, Defense News reported Tuesday. Defense News cited sources that say the service’s decision was based on a shoot-off for its enduring Indirect Fires Protection Capabil...
Two Six Technologies has purchased Trusted Concepts for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its talent base, software offerings and capabilities and broaden relationships with intelligence community clients. Herndon, Virginia-based Trusted Concepts operates with over 130 employees and has been providing software engineering, analytics, c...
JoAnne Dukeshire, a more than two-decade government contracting veteran, has joined ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) to serve as vice president of contracts, the company announced in a LinkedIn post. The executive brings experience in overseeing contracts and subcontracts professionals and advising government contractors across state and local, ...
