TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 22, 2021 — T-Rex Solutions has formed two business areas that will focus on providing information technology support to the federal civilian and national security sectors, ExecutiveBiz reported Feb. 9. The IT professional services firm appointed former Chief Growth and Strategy Officer Sean Murphy as executive vice pres...
Suzanne White, deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), recently discussed how the Intelligence Community (IC) has spearheaded new efforts to integrate emerging technologies to remain up to speed with the advancing science and technology landscape. During her keynote address at GovConWire’s IC Acquisition and Innovation Forum, Whi...
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards Holicity, Astra Enter Into Merger Agreement; Chris Kemp Quoted Astra has agreed to merge with Holicity in a deal that would also transform the small satellite launch services provider into a publicly traded company. Alameda, California-based Astra said the transaction implies ...
Perspecta, the Chantilly, Virginia-based government technology services contractor, announced in January that it will be acquired by Veritas Capital for $7.1 billion in cash, or $29.35 per share. Veritas Capital, which holds approximately 14.5 percent of Perspecta’s outstanding shares, intends to combine Perspecta with Peraton, another governm...
Novetta has promoted company veterans Michael Thieme and Kevin Heald to senior vice president ranks in support of its efforts to align technology offerings and expand the division whose primary focus is on delivering advanced technologies to defense and intelligence customers. Heald, an eight-year company technologist and former VP of information ex...
Stewart Wharton, who served as director of naval and cyber accounts at Technical and Project Engineering from 2011 to 2016, has rejoined the company as vice president of operations. He will be responsible for implementing programs and supervising employees who support federal customers, TAPE said Thursday. The retired U.S. Navy captain will also ser...
Herndon, Virginia-based geospatial intelligence provider BlackSky and Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: SFTW) have agreed to join forces in a business combination deal worth potentially $1.5 billion, or $10 per share. Both parties expect to close the merger transaction in July and intend for the combined entity to trade under the BKSY ticke...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Nika a position on a potential five-year, $125 million contract to help operate and maintain the Department of Defense’s medical facilities within the continental U.S. Nika said Thursday it will support maintenance, facility operations and systems, project development, occupancy, commissioning and gener...
Advanced Technology International and the U.S. Partnership for Assured Electronics have established a consortium as both nonprofit organizations aim to drive domestic production of electronic systems for defense use. ATI said Thursday the Defense Electronics Consortium will support a research and development effort focused on lead-free electronics m...
Tysons, Virginia-based government technology contractor Applied Insight has acquired Bridges for an undisclosed sum in a move to add cybersecurity, data analytics and cross-domain platforms as a complement to the former’s cloud offerings. Applied Insight said Wednesday it made the acquisition to also grow its intellectual property portfolio an...
