Michelle Howell, a two-decade human resources professional in the defense industry, has been named chief HR officer at Alexandria, Virginia-based government contractor Systems Planning and Analysis. She will be responsible for overseeing SPA’s talent attraction, retention and development functions across three continents, the company said Wednesda...
Michael Adams, director of sales at Carahsoft, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. The Q&A focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning, the growing use cases that led to more vendors joining the AI space as well as how Carahsoft’s practice has grown over the years. Here’s an excerpt fro...
AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV) has purchased Planck Aerosystems for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to drive the development of autonomy capabilities for its unmanned aircraft platforms. San Diego-based Planck is a small technology firm founded in 2014 and has worked with clients from the Department of Defense, allied governments and security ag...
The Federal Aviation Administration has begun to solicit information on potential industry sources that could meet the requirements of the second iteration of the Enterprise Programs, Infrastructure and Communications Services contract. The EPICS II contract will provide services in support of the FAA’s Communications, Infrastructure and Network P...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 18, 2022 — Cognosante will provide the Department of Defense with knowledge translation services as well as research and development support as part of the company’s spot on a $10 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Defense Health Agency, ExecutiveBiz reported. Under the Omnibus IV vehicl...
Bechtel Corporation is an American procurement, project, and construction management firm founded in San Francisco, California, in 1898. The Bechtel group headquarters are in Reston, Virginia, after it relocated to the Washington D.C. area in 2018. It is the largest construction company in the U.S. and offers primary services, including finance, tun...
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded eight companies positions on a potential $400 million blanket purchase agreement for technical, engineering and programmatic services. DOE named the contractors on the NNSA TEPS III BPA through an award notice published Saturday on the SAM.gov website. The awardees are...
William “Billy” Morrison, former president and CEO of Veolia Nuclear Solutions’ federal services arm, will serve as chief operating officer of waste management, federal services and commercial development and strategy at EnergySolutions. Morrison’s appointment marks his upcoming return to the Utah-headquartered nuclear services company, havi...
John Phillips, vice president of the public sector business at Tricentis, said government agencies looking to improve the security and efficiency of software development should adopt an automated, no-code approach to testing risk-based software. Agencies should detect and mitigate vulnerabilities in their applications prior to and after app deployme...
The Missile Defense Agency has begun market research on potential industry sources and their capabilities to help inform the development of its acquisition strategy for the MDA Integration and Operations for Enterprise Solutions contract. The MIOES contract seeks to enable stakeholders to meet missile defense objectives in five technical areas...
