The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in Washington will continue to provide science operational support for the Hubble Space Telescope through June 30, 2026 under a potential $215 million contract extension with NASA. NASA said Tuesday the latest award allows AURA to continue supporting the operations of the Space Telescope Scie...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has separated its cloud-based cybersecurity product development unit into an independent entity that aims to help customers secure information technology assets. Booz Allen said Monday it will retain a minority interest in SnapAttack and serve as the primary channel partner for the standalone company’s federal c...
Rick McConnell, president of Akamai Technologies and general manager of the company’s security technology group, has been named CEO of Dynatrace (NYSE: DT) in a move that takes effect Dec. 13. He will succeed John Van Siclen, who will support the transition as a consultant through May 31, 2022, the company said Monday. McConnell joined...
Stefanie Lehmann, most recently a senior vice president at Atlas Research, has joined Prometheus Federal Services as chief operating officer, FedHealthIT reported Monday. Her professional experience covers business and strategy development, program management, cybersecurity, information assurance and privacy compliance. Lehmann initially worked at A...
Mynaric, a Germany-based maker of laser communications systems for government and commercial aerial and spaceborne applications, targeted to raise $75.9 million through an initial public offering of 4 million American depositary shares at a price of $16.50 apiece. Mynaric said Friday it kicked off trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the...
Potomac Officers Club hosted its The Cost of AI Forum, the latest event in the Data-Driven 2021 Series, on Tuesday to bring together the elite public and private sector leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities involved with integrating innovative AI solutions and infrastructures as organizations work to keep pace with evolving adversarial...
A team of Babcock International Group, Elbit Systems’ U.K. subsidiary and QinetiQ has received a potential 13-year, $133.8 million contract to design, produce and deliver electronic warfare systems to the U.K. naval force. The industry team will integrate, support and update the Royal Navy’s sensor systems, radar electronic support measures and ...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Serco’s U.S. subsidiary have secured separate contracts to provide engineering support, test, product development and ship and systems integration services for the U.S. Navy’s Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems. SAIC will deliver services to PEO IWS 1.0 and 9.0 under a p...
The Potomac Officers Club hosted the third installment of its Data-Driven 2021 Series, The Cost of AI, on Tuesday, which brought together public and private sector leaders to discuss how federal government agencies must plan for budget changes, potential technology disruptions and strategy shifts as they work to integrate innovative artificial inte...
Ammunition technology provider True Velocity has agreed to acquire LoneStar Future Weapons for approximately $84 million as both companies are pursuing the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapons contract. True Velocity said Wednesday the deal would add LoneStar’s portfolio of weapons and projectile technology products to the acquirer̵...
