ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has acquired Tapestry Technologies, a cybersecurity services provider to the Department of Defense, for an undisclosed sum in a push to increase the number of ManTech's contracts and customers within the DoD market. “The addition is highly complementary and further builds upon our differentiated cyber solu...
Millennium Engineering and Integration Services will support flight and mission projects at NASA's Ames Research Center in California under a potential five-year, $168M task order....
Rich Wilkinson, director of solutions engineering for Unanet and a GovCon Expert, has published the latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. Wilkinson utilized his extensive experience of more than 25 years of experience in the government contracting (GovCon) industry to explore how the COVID-19 pande...
Organizations across the U.S. financial services, technology and academic industries, including Microsoft, have announced the formation of a new National Council for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI). The council will work to expand technology solutions to solve challenges within industry. The council also includes the Brookings Institution, CUNY, the...
Investment firms Blackstone Group and ClearSky have jointly completed the purchase of 400K shares in Milpitas, California-based cybersecurity firm FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE) for $1K a share. Blackstone's tactical opportunities business led the $400M strategic investment deal....
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center has picked the National Security Technology Accelerator to manage the potential $12B Space Enterprise Consortium for a period of 10 years....
The Senate on Friday passed in a 84-13 vote a bill that would authorize $740.5B in defense funds for fiscal year 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The upper chamber’s vote sends the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature....
Interested offerors have until Feb. 10, 2021, to submit proposals for the initial round of an Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity program that seeks algorithm-based systems for whole-body biometric identification at long distances from an elevated or an aerial sensor platform....
James Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has said the company has expedited payments to 10K suppliers that include 5.9K U.S. small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic and estimated that accelerated supply chain invoices will reach more than $1B by the end of this year....
During Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Summit, Dr. Joe Evans, principal director for 5G, reporting directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, will be featured as the keynote speaker. To register for Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Summit, as well as see upcoming opportunities, vis...
