The acceleration of technology development in the modern era has presented a myriad of new challenges that have transformed fundamental elements of the Department of Homeland Security’s mission. A panel of experts at GovCon Wire’s Defending the Homeland: Science & Technology Forum said Tuesday that DHS has embraced its own evolutio...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business will engineer the combat system of the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers under a one-year, $308.5 million contract option. The funds will also cover miscellaneous items and travel activities that support work on the fleet’s mission systems and equipm...
Andrew Moore, former director of artificial intelligence at Google’s cloud business, has joined U.S. Central Command to provide guidance on applying AI, robotics, cloud computing and data analytics to the CENTCOM mission in multiple regions. Moore became the command’s first adviser on these technology areas and will share his expertise w...
Nicole Robinson, a nearly two-decade space and satellite communications industry veteran, has been named chief strategy officer at Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL). She will work with Comtech’s Strategic Council to oversee new technology development and implementation efforts, drive global growth initiatives and identify business oppo...
The Department of the Air Force has begun seeking proposals for the recompete of geospatial support and services to enhance shared situational awareness and improve decision-making processes in military combat operations. The GS&S 2.0 procurement effort will consist of approximately 10 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity basic contracts, wit...
A joint venture between Rothe Development and Ares Technical Services Corp. has secured a potential $814 million contract to help two NASA offices manage information technology and multimedia operations. The Rothe-Ares JV will provide support to the agency’s chief information officer and communications departments under the Enterprise Mu...
Dinakar Hituvalli, a 25-year veteran of Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), has joined Deltek as senior vice president and chief technology officer. He will oversee Deltek’s cloud and engineering operations and global enterprise resource planning product innovation efforts, the Herndon, Virginia-based software provider said Monday. Hituvalli previously led t...
Peter O’Donoghue of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and Adam Clater of Red Hat said systems integrators are partnering with companies that offer innovative technologies to speed up the delivery of tech platforms meant to help government agencies address mission challenges. Clater and O’Donoghue wrote in a joint article published on Carahsoft‘s website...
Paul Harrington, formerly a partner at McKinsey & Company, has been appointed to the chief growth officer role at Empower AI. He brings to the position more than three decades of technology and government services market experience, the enterprise artificial intelligence services provider said Friday. Jeff Bohling, CEO of Empower AI, noted Harri...
Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has secured the majority of regulatory clearances needed to advance its merger with Boston-based private equity firm Advent International and both parties now expect the transaction to be completed in late April or early May. In December, Advent agreed to buy Maxar in an all-cash transaction worth approximately $6.4 b...
