Wes Postol, a 22-year U.S. Army veteran, has been named senior vice president of business development at information technology company Electrosoft. The retired Army chief warrant officer will oversee the company’s overall BD strategy to advance its cybersecurity offerings in the defense and civilian markets, Electrosoft said Monday. “We...
The Office of Personnel and Management has awarded four small businesses positions on a potential 10-year, $1.3 billion contract to provide software subscriptions to support USALearning customer agencies. BlueStreams Group, Four, Oakland Consulting Group and PowerTrain are the awardees on the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity c...
The U.S. Navy has awarded seven companies positions on a potential five-year, $75 million firm-fixed-price contract to produce and deliver prototypes of high-energy laser weapon systems for the service branch. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Virginia received seven offers for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-q...
Aircraft components maker TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) has agreed to acquire Calspan, a technology development and testing services provider headquartered in Buffalo, New York. Cleveland-headquartered TransDigm said it expects to use cash on hand to finance the acquisition and close the transaction during its 2023 fiscal year. Calspan has approximate...
Drew Robbins, vice president of sustainment innovation and operations at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) since June 2019, has transitioned to a new role as VP and deputy of F-35 development. He announced his new position in a LinkedIn post Sunday and will work from the company’s Fort Worth, Texas site. Robbins has held various roles...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a potential $1.2 billion contract to develop two variants of the E-7 airborne early warning and control aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. E-7 comes with an Agile software design and open systems architecture to facilitate the integration of new capabilities and serves as an integrated command-and-control node to provide...
Technology consulting firm Raft has booked a $100 million contract to provide software development support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Detachment 12, also known as Kessel Run. Reston, Virginia-based Raft and Kessel Run will collaborate in product management, discovery, design and engineering efforts through the contract, th...
The U.S. Air Force has released a request for proposals as part of the on-ramp process for a potential $900 million multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to develop systems and related platforms for the warfighter while introducing high confidence programs. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s architecture and in...
Ilene Yarnoff, an information technology and cybersecurity executive with over two decades of industry experience, has been named vice president of business development and capture at Empower AI. “I am very excited to join the Empower AI Team in elevating federal agency missions by bringing the power of artificial intelligence,” Yarnoff wrote in...
Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly gaining traction and popularity, prompting government officials and commercial executives alike to sharpen their focus on harnessing the power of AI in a responsible, sustainable and safe way. According to Ted Kaouk, chief data officer for the Office of Personnel Management, the “disruptive nature...
