Nikon has purchased a majority stake in additive manufacturing company Morf3D for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to drive growth in digital manufacturing and advance aerospace collaboration. Yuichi Shibazaki, corporate vice president and general manager of Next Generation Project Division at Nikon, said in a statement published Tuesday Morf3D...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is nearing a potential deal to acquire Burlington, Massachusetts-based artificial intelligence technology developer Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN) for $56 per share, or approximately $16 billion, Bloomberg reported Sunday. The estimated price of the transaction is a premium of 23 percent to Nuance’s Friday closin...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2021 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will help the U.S. Army further develop predictive analysis tools for geospatial intelligence collection and analysis under a $48.3 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract, ExecutiveBiz reported March 29. Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field...
MetTel has received authorization from the General Services Administration and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to help federal customers connect to a network in accordance with the government’s Trusted Internet Connection guidelines. The company said Thursday it obtained authority to operate from the two agencies to offer ...
McNally Capital and Nio Advisors have acquired McLean, Virginia-based professional services company Orbis Operations for an undisclosed sum as Orbis looks to establish a position in the national security market. Chicago-based McNally said Thursday it completed the acquisition through a capital fund and in accordance with the family-owned private equ...
Potomac Officers Club (POC), the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its CIO Forum 2021 on Wednesday, April 7th. If you missed the 2nd Annual CIO Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting Potomac Officers Club’s Event Archi...
Chuck Harris, most recently a senior vice president at Pyramid Systems, has been promoted to chief operating officer of the Fairfax, Virginia-based information technology contractor, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Thursday. Harris joined Pyramid in 2011 and oversaw corporate support services before his promotion to the COO post. He previously served as p...
Five companies have won spots on a five-year, $25 million contract to help the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command connect with external organizations to develop a science, technology, engineering and math talent pipeline. Contractors will support CCDC in networking pursuits in the government, commercial and academic sectors to...
The White House plans to introduce a $715 billion budget proposal for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022, Politico reported Thursday. Politico cited sources that say the budget request would represent a 1.5 percent increase from DOD’s current FY 2021 budget allocation of approximately $704 billion and would be less than the previous...
Sean Plankey, a cybersecurity and government veteran, has been appointed director of cyber missions at enterprise artificial intelligence company DataRobot. He will oversee the development and integration of DataRobot’s AI technology into cybersecurity platforms for government and commercial markets, the company said Thursday. Plankey’s appointm...
