Neural Investments and Island Empire Community Development have jointly acquired Fairfax, Virginia-based information technology and consulting services provider DigitalSpec for an undisclosed sum. DigitalSpec said Thursday the deal provides the company growth capital and access to government contracts as it looks to expand its digital services offe...
Mitre has secured a $474 million option contract to continue operating the U.S. Air Force-funded National Security Engineering Center, which conducts research work in cybersecurity and other technical areas. The nonprofit will continue to manage the NSEC federally funded research and development center through Sept. 30, 2022, and will initially rece...
Amy Wood, a nearly 25-year industry veteran, has been named senior vice president of finance and accounting at Reston, Virginia-based information technology systems integrator Intelligent Waves. She will oversee Intelligent Wave’s finance department and support corporate growth initiatives in her new position, the company said Monday. The cert...
Capgemini will buy VariQ through a stock purchase agreement as part of efforts to further expand its information technology capabilities for government clients and strengthen its presence in the federal market. Founded in 2003, VariQ offers cybersecurity, cloud and software development support services to federal government agency clients through th...
Several leaders from the government and GovCon community will participate in a Sept. 21 virtual event hosted by Executive Mosaic’s flagship Government Contracting Wire (GovCon Wire) to discuss the role of threat intelligence in rooting out national security issues. GCW’s Cybersecurity in National Security Summit will feature two separate...
Document Storage Systems has purchased Alexandria, Virginia-based SBG Technology Solutions for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand DSS’ service footprint at federal departments. SBG works with federal clients to help them modernize information technology systems and offers an artificial intelligence platform designed to support customers...
Cyber experts Stacy Dawn, Christine Horwege and Victor Foulk have joined CGI Federal’s growing cyber practice, the company announced Tuesday. “We look forward to expanding our cyber knowledge and depth of expertise as the growing demand for cybersecurity in the federal space increases,” said Jason Porter, vice president of CGI Federal’s emer...
The Department of Defense has unveiled a program that seeks to provide government funding to startups working on hardware technologies that could have national security and commercial applications, DOD News reported Monday. The National Security Innovation Capital program looks for tech startups across the U.S. to help them further develop and comme...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected three joint ventures and one independent company to offer architectural and engineering task orders under a three-year, $110 million contract. AECOM Technical Services, HDR GEI JV, Kleinfelder-Stantec USACE A JV and Tetra Tech-Black & Veatch JV are the awardees on the firm-fixed-price contract, the D...
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary at the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said DOD’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2023 will offer details on how the U.S. military will spend on efforts to mitigate climate change, Defense News reported Thursday. “We are definitely looking at that both in our strategy development efforts...
