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...
Lisa Costa, chief technology and innovation officer for the U.S. Space Force, was presented her 2022 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to its office in the Pentagon. Executive Mosaic is thrilled to recognize Lisa Costa with her first Wash100 Award, the highest honor in all of government contracting (GovCon)...
The satellite communications industry — a once-sleepy sector — is indisputably booming right now. With the ubiquity of launch, the skyrocketing growth of commercial infrastructure in space, the exponentially increasing importance of resilient communications and the creeping volatility of the space domain, satellite networks are in the spotlight ...
Matthew Calderone, chief strategy officer of Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), will take over Lloyd Howell‘s responsibilities as chief financial officer following the latter’s decision to retire from the firm by the end of the year. The incoming CFO will be tasked to help drive Booz Allen’s execution of its Velocity, Leadership and ...
