The U.S. Intelligence Community is prioritizing cloud migration as it works to push capabilities out to the tactical edge and better support U.S. warfighters with access to critical data. Notably along this effort, the Department of Defense recently released its software modernization strategy, which replaces its 2018 cloud strategy and more clearl...
Five companies will compete for task orders to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers carry out remediation and environmental projects at international locations under a cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract worth potentially $500 million. USACE’s Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama, received eight bids for the procur...
Steve Tolbert, executive vice president of business systems at CACI International, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the company’s position in the federal market to assist our government agencies in implementing the latest technology and modernizing their business systems. In addition, Tolbert discussed the changes that government agen...
Derrick Pledger, vice president and director of the Digital Modernization Accelerator at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), said establishing deep strategic partnerships with other companies could help facilitate the development of new capabilities and platforms that could help address mission challenges facing federal agencies. Pledger wrote that there are three...
The U.S. subsidiary of British infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has won a $697.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide design and construction services to Fort Meade in Maryland. The project involves work on the fourth East Campus Building and a new parking structure on the military installation, the Department of...
In a new report, GovCon Expert and three-time Wash100 winner Jim McAleese shares his analysis of individual budget requests by U.S. military branches as part of the $773 billion Department of Defense spending plan for fiscal year 2023. President Biden submitted a $773 billion DOD budget request to Congress in March, up 5 percent from...
Ken Hunzeker, former president and CEO of Vectrus (NYSE: VEC), has joined the board of directors for SparkCognition‘s subsidiary that develops artificial intelligence technology for government and national defense applications. The retired Army lieutenant general will serve on the board of SparkCognition Government Systems, where he brings mor...
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at an April 20 forum hosted by GovCon Wire Events to share his outlook for service intelligence. Trussler has served as deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare and the 68th director of naval intelligence since June 2020. He previously served...
The U.S. military is shoring up its cybersecurity and information security defenses as the evolving geopolitical landscape requires service branches to better protect their intellectual property. Specifically, the Army Futures Command is working to minimize the risk of compromising sensitive information and maintain the United States’ technologica...
BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) has appointed former U.S. military officers Joseph Kernan, John Mulholland and Michael Dickey to the company’s newly formed advisory group. They will advise the BlackSky leadership on business growth, technology investment and partnership matters, the geospatial services provider said Monday. Kernan, a retired Navy vice a...
