Financial services firm Baird, which has deep involvement in the government contracting community through advisements on major mergers and acquisitions deals, has announced the schedule and speaker slate for the 2024 edition of its annual Defense & Government Conference. According to details shared with GovCon Wire, the always-vital gathering ...
David Anderson has been appointed vice president of product and program execution at Frontier Technology Inc., a company that provides advanced technology services across all domains. FTI said Wednesday Anderson will oversee the newly established data, cyber and integrated services group and ensure the company continues its drive to innova...
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Metris Global a potential five-year, $100 million contract to provide training, education and development program support to help meet the needs of its workforce and carry out its mission within the Department of Homeland Security. The company said Thursday the Training and Analysis Support Services contract will run...
Data, cloud and artificial intelligence company Snowflake has acquired Night Shift Development, a data analytics firm that serves the U.S. public sector. Snowflake’s Chris Degnan, chief revenue officer, and Matthew Rose, industry principal of the global public sector, said in a blog post Thursday that the acquisition will expand its presence in th...
Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, a joint venture between Bechtel National and Parsons Government Services, will now move to the closure phase of the Blue Grass Chemical-Agent Destruction Pilot Plant. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the multi-year effort is under a $481.9 million contract modification recently awarded by the U.S. Army. The joint ...
The newly combined entity of Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies named senior leaders to its leadership team to help advance growth initiatives as it works to expand its geostationary and low Earth orbit satellite communications systems for government and commercial clients. “With this team, we are well-positioned to deliver innovat...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $297.1 million contract from NASA to oversee the development of a lightning mapping instrument called the GeoXO Lightning Mapper. NASA said Tuesday the cost-plus-award-fee contract, awarded on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, covers the production of two flight instruments ...
Philip “Duke” Labasi, an executive with more than three decades of leadership and business experience, was named executive vice president and general manager of the strategic and defense solutions business unit at Auria Space. The defense and space manufacturing company announced Labasi’s promotion via a LinkedIn post Tuesday. Laba...
The Department of Homeland Security is conducting market research in support of its Biometric Identity Research and Development program. According to a request for information notice posted on SAM.gov, DHS’ Office of Biometric Identity Management is transitioning from the hardware-based Automated Biometric Identification System to the cl...
Quantum computing is just over the horizon for the federal government, and agencies are gearing up for a future in which post-quantum cryptography, or PQC, defines information security. Moving these efforts forward is the Office of Management and Budget, which in July published a report detailing the steps federal organizations must take to imp...
