Joshua Marcuse, head of Strategy and Innovation for Google’s global public sector business, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious honor in all of government contracting (GovCon), on Tuesday during a visit from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. The Wash100 Award is an annual honor given to the elite members of the GovCon...
As government contractors continue to heavily invest in technology to better discover, research, qualify and bid on government solicitations, the know-how to successfully evolve underlying business processes is of the highest importance for the success of any technology investment. Private sector leaders must learn how to mature the capture pr...
NASA has issued a draft request for proposals for a contracting opportunity to provide highly specialized operations support to the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and its affiliated organizations, according to a notice posted on SAM.gov. The agency plans to select multiple companies to assist the JSC Flight Operations Directorate in ...
The U.S. Army has awarded five companies approximately $299.4 million in contracts to come up with digital concept designs for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program. BAE Systems, General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), Oshkosh Defense, American Rheinmetall Vehicles and Point Blank Enterprises will participate in the concept design phase to help inform...
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has selected 18 technology companies to help design and demonstrate various approaches to implementing zero trust architectures. The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s NCCoE said Thursday it will work with the companies to design and field architectures based on the concepts ...
Shield AI has acquired Heron Systems for an undisclosed sum to further expand its artificial intelligence engineering and reinforcement learning capabilities. Heron Systems is a software company founded in 1993 and is known for developing an AI pilot that emerged undefeated against a human Air Force F-16 fighter pilot in five rounds of simulated air...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) missiles and defense business has received a $90.2 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to perform tests and related activities to support the transition of a guidance electronic unit to production as part of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA program. Under the award, Raytheon Missiles...
Parsons‘ (NYSE: PSN) government services business has won a 10-year, $953 million contract to build, operate and maintain a layered base security system for U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa. The company will employ air base air defense equipment at various U.S. military installations throughout the European and African continents, t...
Glen Schuhmacher, president of Sincerus Global Solutions, will succeed Tony Smeraglinolo as CEO while the latter will assume the executive chairman post at the professional services company as part of its strategic growth initiatives. As president and chief executive, Schuhmacher will have operations oversight and drive Sincerus’ continuous de...
John Howanitz, a 39-year Bechtel veteran, has been promoted to president of the company’s nuclear, security and environmental business in a move that takes effect Sept. 1. He will succeed Barbara Rusinko, who has led the NS&E organization over the past five years and is due to retire from the company in October after nearly...
