Sixteen companies will compete for task orders to perform architectural and engineering work for the U.S. Army of Engineers under a potential five-year, $249 million contract. USACE received 75 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via an online solicitation process and will determine funds and work locations with each order, the Department of Defe...
Four companies have received task orders to provide advisory and assistance services to U.S. Air Force installations located in Florida, Tennessee and California. Oasis Systems received a $543.3 million award to support Eglin AFB’s 96th Cyberspace Test Group while Torch Technologies secured a $474.9 million award to assist the 96th Test Wing’...
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Robin Carnahan, former secretary of state of Missouri, to serve as head of the General Services Administration. She established and led the state and local government practice at GSA’s digital services unit 18F between 2016 and 2020, the White House said Tuesday. Carnahan helped federal, local and state gove...
Gainwell Technologies, a Veritas Capital portfolio company offering health and human services, has completed the acquisition of Irving, Texas-based health care technology provider HMS Holdings for approximately $3.4 billion in cash, or $37 per share. Veritas looks to optimize HMS’ product suite across Gainwell and private equity-backed health ...
The Potomac Officers Club will facilitate a discussion on digital transformation and innovation during its 2nd Annual CIO Forum, with speakers from Lockheed Martin, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Department of Commerce and Tricentis. Jose Padin, director of sales engineering at Zscaler‘s public sector business, will ...
Elbit Systems’ (Nasdaq: ESLT) U.S. subsidiary closed its purchase of Sparton from an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management after it received U.S. government clearance and other regulatory approvals needed to complete the transaction. “The growing importance of the maritime arena and the market position and technological strength of Sparto...
Dan Corbett, chief financial officer and chief development officer of Valiant Integrated Services, has been promoted to succeed the retiring Jim Jaska as CEO at the Herndon, Virginia-based government services contractor starting April 15. Valiant said Monday that Chief Operating Officer Mike Pilon will take over Jaska’s responsibilities ...
Teresa Carlson, a more than 25-year cloud and data management industry executive, will officially assume the role of president and chief growth officer at Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK) on April 19. Carlson, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient, will report to Splunk President and CEO Doug Merritt and will lead efforts to drive business transformation across g...
President Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, for the role of undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. Brown has been serving as head of DIU within the Department of Defense since 2018. Under his leadership, the unit transitioned 26 tech capabilities to warfighters and b...
Venture-backed defense technology provider Anduril Industries has bought Georgia-based Area-I, which maintains a portfolio of autonomous tube-launched unmanned aerial systems or air-launched effects, for an undisclosed amount. Anduril said Thursday it seeks to add software-defined mission autonomy and intelligent teaming applications to the company&...
