The public and private sectors alike share at least one defining characteristic: their operations are determined by their ever-increasing relocation to the cybersphere. Work, agreements, communication, storage and even warfare are now all taking place online, in the cloud and across complex digital architectures. This sweeping and ongoing digital mo...
The Defense Information Systems Agency has posted a draft solicitation for a potential $116 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to address information technology requirements of the U.S. European Command and Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic. A presolicitation notice posted Wednesday states that USEUCOM and NIWC Atlantic...
Brad Barnard, a 25-year defense market veteran, has been appointed vice president and general manager of the land systems division at Saab‘s U.S. subsidiary. His industry career encompasses work across program management, strategy, business development and operations research functions, Saab Inc. said Tuesday in a LinkedIn post. Barnard most r...
As the world moves further into the digital realm, information technology systems have become the core of secure and efficient business processes for both the public and private sectors. Across government and industry, chief information officers work tirelessly to ensure that IT systems are up-to-date and properly equipped to keep pace with the tran...
Artificial intelligence is currently experiencing a major peak in the commercial world with the skyrocketing popularity of generative AI tools in recent months, which is causing a ripple effect with implications in the public sector too. Mandy Long, the new CEO of BigBear.ai, delved into the present state of the AI market, where she thinks it...
Bluestone Investment Partners has made an investment in Precise Systems, a Maryland-headquartered provider of software development and other professional support services to the Department of Defense. The companies said Tuesday in a joint statement that Scott Pfister, former president and chief operating officer of Precise Systems, has been appointe...
Greg Goldwater, vice president of strategic growth at BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) for the past two years, has been elevated to the chief growth officer post. Greg Goldwater Goldwater will be responsible for BigBear’s growth and partnership initiatives in his new role, the artificial intelligence company said Tuesday. His 19-year industry experienc...
An HII (NYSE: HII) business unit will help the U.S. Army Research Laboratory develop, test and evaluate defense systems under a five-year, $94 million task order. HII Mission Technologies will conduct R&D of sensors, weapons and other combat systems for use by mission partners of the Department of Defense, the company said Monday. The parent...
TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) has completed the acquisition of aerospace and defense systems testing company Calspan through an approximately $725 million transaction that includes certain tax benefits. Calspan, which owns a transonic wind tunnel facility, is projected to generate $200 million in 2023 revenue, Transdigm said Monday. The Buffalo,...
Mary Petryszyn, former corporate vice president of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), was named to the board of directors of Saab, according to the Swedish aerospace and defense company. The executive retired from Northrop in mid-January, wrapping up her decadelong career at the company, where she most recently served as president of its defense systems ...
