Vikram Manikonda, an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the government contracting industry, has been appointed chief technology officer of BlueHalo, effective Jan. 1. BlueHalo said Wednesday Manikonda spent more than two decades at the company’s technology innovation subsidiary Intelligent Automation Inc., where he most rec...
Six companies have secured contracts worth potentially $40 million combined to help NASA’s Ames Research Center develop rotorcraft vertical lift technologies. Tasks under the five-year hybrid contracts are scheduled to commence on Tuesday and will continue through Dec. 20, 2026, the space agency said Wednesday. Contractors will provide resourc...
The Air Force Research Laboratory has released a synopsis of its planned $371 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the development and demonstration of a large-class air-breathing hypersonic missile designed to perform different missions. AFRL expects to issue in January a request for proposals for the Mayhem program aimed at...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has agreed to purchase Creative Systems and Consulting for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its federal information technology modernization capabilities. Creative has been delivering digital strategy, data analytics, cloud and infrastructure platforms and other digital transformation support to federal agencies sin...
Having millions and even billions of dollars recurring spending, the United States government and its federal agencies are known to be the world’s largest buyer of products and services. The federal government buys almost everything they need from big and small businesses. To quickly obtain their needs, the federal government made government c...
The Missile Defense Agency has begun seeking information on small businesses that could provide software development, data management and other related services to support the modernization and operation of an agencywide data repository. MDA issued the request for information for the Agency Information Management and Software Services program to hel...
APR Consulting has won a potential $500 million contract to perform science, engineering and technical work for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. The transition period for the Temporary Support and Services contract – also known as TSAS – is scheduled to begin Feb. 1, the company said Thursday. Under the 10-year contract, APR...
General Atomics and the Department of Energy have completed negotiations regarding a financial award for an industry team to build a rare earth element separation and processing facility. The company said Thursday its electromagnetic systems business will lead the team that will construct and operate the REE demonstration factory as part of the 40-m...
Mo Hessabi, former senior vice president for growth at MetroStar, has been named chief operating officer of the Reston, Virginia-based digital services and management consulting company. He oversees the firm’s growth operations that include capture, proposal and business development functions, according to his official bio on MetroStar’s...
Raja Maharajh, most recently chief of staff to Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) Chairman and CEO Greg Hayes, has been appointed general counsel of the Waltham, Massachusetts-based defense and aerospace company. He succeeds Frank Jimenez and will oversee legal and regulatory functions that include corporate governance and transactions, litigation, c...
