Westminster, Colorado-based Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) has acquired Wovenware, an artificial intelligence and software development company, for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its AI, 3D data production, software engineering and machine learning capabilities. Wovenware Co-Founders Christian Gonzalez and Carlos Melendez will conti...
Mitre has been selected by the Department of Transportation to operate a prototype virtual application built to help developers test cooperative driving automation systems. The Federal Highway Administration created the Virtual Open Innovation Collaborative Environment for Safety platform for multiple entities to participate simultaneously in synthe...
NASA has launched an open and full competition for a potential nine-year, $1.93 billion follow-on contract to provide spaceflight mission support services to Johnson Space Center’s Flight Operations Directorate. A notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov says the next iteration of NASA’s Integrated Mission Operations Contract will include prep...
Global supply chain issues have significantly impacted the government contracting ecosystem in recent years, calling attention to the need for speed in federal acquisition, procurement and manufacturing processes. Kicking off GovCon Wire’s 3rd Annual Defense Digital Acquisition and Innovation Forum, Lt. Gen. David Bassett illustrated the...
The current government contracting landscape is one marked by a variety of factors like heightened competition, talent shortages, immense opportunity and significant growth. To understand how executives can succeed most effectively, Executive Mosaic asked five key industry figures what advice they would impart to individuals pursuing growth in...
Frank Lamm, a U.S. Air Force veteran with nearly two decades of technology industry experience, has joined antivirus software vendor PC Matic as vice president of federal sales. He will lead a team of sales professionals and implement the security company’s business development strategy for the federal sector, PC Matic said Tuesday. Prior to j...
Gunnison Consulting Group has received a follow-on task order to provide mobility enterprise support to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. NRC placed the order with one base year, plus four option years, through the agency’s $679 million Global Infrastructure and Development Acquisition vehicle, the company said Tuesday. The commission origina...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) posted $164 million in net income and diluted earnings per share of $1.17 in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 and saw its revenue rise 4 percent to $3.6 billion for that period. The company attributed the sales growth to increased deployments on the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization program, ramp-up...
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global security leader providing innovative systems, solutions, and products to government and commercial customers. It’s a pioneer in military aircraft design and technology with products and systems ranging from advanced intelligence, space, and strike systems to cybersecurity solutions and all-seeing radars...
FireFly Aerospace, a portfolio company of private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, is aiming to raise $300 million in a new funding round by the end of the year. Bill Weber, CEO of FireFly, said the company would use the new capital to advance a medium-lift spacecraft through a development partnership with Northrop Grumman (NYSE:...
