Gentex has won a potential five-year, $95M contract to supply U.S. Special Operations Command with helmet systems designed for coxswains or boat operators. USSOCOM is procuring the helmets to address personal equipment advance requirements of the country's special operations forces, the Department of Defense said Thursday....
Julie Sweet, who has led Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) North American business over the past four years, will succeed David Rowland as CEO of the company and join its board of directors beginning on Sept. 1....
Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has purchased Allen, Texas-based mobile video security company WatchGuard for an undisclosed amount in a move to expand offerings for the public safety sector....
Houston-based investment company Braes Capital has acquired cyber research-and-development company Siege Technologies for an undisclosed sum in a push to gain access to the critical infrastructure protection market. Alex Clary, managing partner of Braes Capital, said in a statement published Wednesday he believes Siege has the potential to introduce...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a pair of delivery orders to supply power electronics for the U.S. Navy's E-2 Hawkeye early warning-and-control aircraft. Northrop will provide high-voltage power supplies to the service branch under the first order worth $17M, the Department of Defense said Thursday. For th...
Oklahoma City-based private equity firm Acorn Growth Companies has acquired counter-unmanned aircraft systems platforms developer Black Sage Technologies for an undisclosed sum....
The Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration’s Centers of Excellence have issued a draft request for quote and request for information to seek industry feedback on a plan to obtain two backup mainframes to replace existing hardware supporting OPM’s critical workloads, FedScoop reported Thursday....
The Air Force Research Laboratory has collaborated with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to explore the potential applications of commercial quantum technology to U.S. Air Force operations. AFRL said Tuesday it will work with the company's researchers to examine optimization challenges, quantum chemistry simulation and machine learning algorithms on actual har...
Saab has received a potential $445M contract to supply ammunition for a disposable weapon system and a recoilless rifle to support the U.S. Army, Marine Corps and special forces....
A team composed of Halfaker and Associates, Deloitte and Medallia has won a potential five-year, $244M contract to help the Department of Veterans Affairs implement an enterprise-wide customer experience management platform. The industry team will update the surveying and dashboard functions of VA's Medallia-built platform under the Veteran...
