Razor’s Edge, a venture capital firm that invests in national security-focused technology companies, has reached nearly $340 million in investor support upon the closure of its third fundraising effort. The Reston, Virginia-based firm said Tuesday the investment fund, which is 36 percent more than the $250 million fundraising target it initially s...
5G technology is helping the U.S. government to modernize its communications and network capabilities, especially in military applications. But because so many government and military operations, weapons systems and communications rely on network connectivity today, 5G is no longer just an option, but a necessity, experts argue. “From my perspecti...
Ideas, Commitment, Results has received a 10-year, $532 million sole-source contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide machine learning, visualization approaches and data analytics and science services in support of accelerated special programs. Work under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase III award will be conducted at ICR’s Auror...
Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary has secured a five-year, $228.2 million contract to implement hardware and software updates to the U.S. Navy’s H-1 light attack helicopter fleet. The company will modernize the baseline configuration of the airframe, flight controls, aircraft wiring interface terminals and weapon systems interfaces u...
The General Services Administration has released requests for proposals for Historically Underutilized Business Zone and service-disabled veteran-owned small business pools of the Polaris governmentwide acquisition contract for information technology products and services. GSA said Friday it will accept proposals through Nov. 4 for SDVOSB and HUBZon...
Anthony Robbins, vice president of the federal business at NVIDIA, accepted his 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest honor in government contracting (GovCon), from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office in Herndon, VA. “Anthony Robbins is an artificial intelligence evangelist known to almost everyone in t...
The U.K. government has approved Viasat’s (Nasdaq: VSAT) proposed acquisition of Inmarsat under the National Security and Investment Act. Mark Dankberg, executive chairman and CEO of Viasat, said in a statement published Friday Viasat has been a partner of U.K. national security and defense communities for over 10 years, particularly in the delive...
The U.S. Army is seeking additional vendors capable of providing high performance computing in support of research, development, test and evaluation efforts of Department of Defense organizations. In a SAM.gov notice for combined synopsis/solicitation, the Army Engineering Research and Development Center said it seeks to on-ramp qualified firm...
Robin Gonzalez, chief technology strategist of Redhorse since June 2017, has been named vice president of the information technology company’s federal civilian practice. Gonzalez has helped the company establish partnerships with vendors and clients in telecommunications, cloud computing and DevSecOps areas, as well as led the development of a...
Allen Couture, a 10-year veteran of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), will formally join Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) on Oct. 3 to serve as senior vice president of execution excellence. He will be responsible for overseeing engineering, supply chain and program management functions in his new position, Mercury Systems said Thursday. Couture most...
