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...
Joseph Mara, who held public sector sales positions at Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC), has returned to the company as vice president for state and local government and education markets in the Americas....
The U.S. Navy has selected National Technical Systems' business in Huntsville, Ala., to test and evaluate manned air vehicles for Naval Test Wing Atlantic/Pacific squadrons under a potential five-year, $81.2M contract....
Four companies have won positions on a potential five-year, $300M contract for information technology and engineering support services to a government-owned, government-operated organization focused on producing and maintaining IT-based simulation and training systems. In separate FedBizOpps notices, GSA named Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), Applie...
SOS International has purchased Tampa, Fla.-based communications and information technology support company Vykin for an undisclosed sum in a move to grow IT and intelligence offerings for the defense sector. SOSi said Wednesday the deal gives the Reston, Va.-based company a spot on the Defense Intelligence Agency's $6B Enhanced Solutions for t...
