The Potomac Officers Club’s 2nd Annual CIO Forum will feature a panel discussion on how the significant events of 2020 impacted the technology landscape in areas such as cloud computing, cyber, artificial intelligence and data science. Carlton “Bubba” Fox, a senior vice president and chief product officer at NCI Information Systems, will m...
Stuart Bradie, president and CEO of KBR (NYSE: KBR), told CNBC’s Mad Money in an interview posted Tuesday about the company’s focus on space, defense and intelligence. “We built a billion dollar franchise supporting NASA. We help fly satellites, we help fly and maintain the International Space Station … run mission control together with ...
Voyager Space Holdings has concluded its purchase of The Launch Company in a move to accelerate the former’s launch services efforts. The acquisition, first announced in November 2020, comes as part of Voyager’s push to grow its footprint in the “NewSpace” sector, Voyager said Thursday. Voyager will add launch services to its portfolio ...
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is looking for potential sources that can provide assistance for AI development efforts across the Department of Defense. The U.S. Army Materiel Command said in a request for proposals posted Wednesday that the Data Readiness for AI Development basic ordering agreement covers data preparation and related serv...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has won a 10-year, $95 million contract to provide consulting and oversight for regulatory processes at U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. The company will also provide contract research support to the under the hybrid contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesd...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a potential $1.62 billion contract modification to manufacture nine P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for the U.S. Navy and another two planes for the Royal Australian Air Force. This award would bring the total number of total number of USN and RAAF P-8As under contract to 128 and 14, respectively,...
The Department of the Interior plans to award a potential 10-year, $250 million contract to Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm for services in support of an automated information system used by the Office of Natural Resources Revenue to collect, verify and distribute mineral revenues to stakeholders. DOI said in an award notice published Wedn...
Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) missiles and fire control business has secured a $610.5 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to continue providing a range of support services for Saudi Arabia’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system to fulfill a foreign military sales requirement. Work under the THAAD FMS Phase II contract ...
Cubic (NYSE: CUB) has agreed to be acquired by Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital, an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management, for approximately $3 billion, or $75 in cash per share under a revised proposal. The all-cash transaction includes the assumption of debt and Cubic said Wednesday its board considered the revised offer of Singapo...
Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL), a Plano, Texas-based public sector software provider, has purchased DataSpec for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its software offerings for managing veterans’ benefits. “DataSpec is a good fit with Tyler’s acquisition philosophy, which includes adding best-of-breed companies and products that com...
