Funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners have bought T2S Solutions, a provider of research and development, prototyping, engineering, integration and technology products in support of defense, intelligence and government programs. Tim Jahnigen, co-founder and chief growth officer of T2S, said in a statement published Wednesday, “With MD...
Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense business arm has received a seven-year, $341.2 million contract to produce and supply medium equipment trailers for the U.S. Army. Army Contracting Command received one bid for the contract via an online solicitation and will determine work locations and funding upon the issuance of each orders, the Department of ...
Homeland security officials are looking at ways to deploy artificial intelligence within the acquisition process — and within other aspects of their agencies — to drive efficiency and better protect the nation against evolving threats. Mario Wilson, assistant administrator for acquisition program management at the Transportation Security Adminis...
Earlier this month, Stevan Slijepcevic, president and CEO of Cubic Corporation, received his second Wash100 Award from the award’s founder, Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson, in a meeting at Cubic’s Ashburn, Virginia headquarters. The Wash100 Award is the most pedigreed honor in all of government contracting — it has spent a decade reco...
The U.S. federal government has reached a level of honesty about its shortcomings in the realm of technology. Top officials have begun to openly acknowledge that they struggle to keep pace with the private sector in digital transformation efforts. The webpage for the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer cites “poor management of te...
Don’t miss to join the 2024 Space Summit to closely examine how the country’s top space leaders and business leaders deal with the most critical problems and pave the way for the future in space. Col. Richard Kniseley is a seasoned leader in the industry with over two decades of expertise. He is one...
Cybersecurity has become a top priority for the federal government as it presses forward in its digitization journey. Today, public sector agencies are constantly collecting and leveraging unprecedented amounts of data to advance their goals, and safeguarding this information is critical for mission success. The Potomac Officers Club will bring toge...
President Biden issued a landmark executive order in October that established new standards for artificial intelligence and laid the foundation for AI implementation within the federal government. Deltek Senior Vice President of Information Solutions Kevin Plexico, a Govcon Expert and four-time Wash100 Award winner, spoke with Ex...
The audit process is distinct in the contracting industry as compared to private companies without government customers. There are extra rules and regulations by which government contracting organizations have to abide, such as the Cost Accounting Standards or the many expectations set by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. To help navigate this of...
The U.S. space and defense business arm of Airbus has unveiled a new business line focused on helping the Department of Defense meet its demand for uncrewed aircraft systems to detect and counter threats. Brian Zarchin, a retired U.S. Army aviator, will oversee Airbus U.S. Space & Defense’s UAS business line, which will operate with...
