Twist Bioscience Corporation (TWST) became the first to implement Battelle™s ThreatSEQ web service DNA screening platform to detect and characterize sequences of concern in genomic data, supplementing its internal biosecurity efforts, TWST announced on Tuesday. œWe have spent decades working with and characterizing biothreats to support gl...
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has been awarded a potential $873M contract for analytic, engineering, research, development, test and evaluation services to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The Washington Headquarters Services announced the contract award in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday. APL will support OSD in globa...
ManTech (Nasdaq: MANT) won a potential five-year, $128M task order to help the Customs and Border Protection Office of Acquisition manage programs and engineering operations. The company said Monday it will provide broad-based support services including the development and analysis of requirements, strategic planning and acquisition governance. Kevi...
Teresa Shea, formerly executive vice president of technology at In-Q-Tel, has joined Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) as VP of cyber warfare and mission innovations within the intelligence, information and services business. She will report to John DeSimone, VP of cybersecurity and special missions at Raytheon IIS, and lead the integration of the company™s...
Applied Insight announced on Thursday that it is moving its headquarters from Ashburn, Va. to Tysons Corner, Va. and made changes to strengthen its leadership team. Mehdi Cherqaoui will serve as chief financial officer in a company that focuses on analytics, cloud and mission IT for federal government clients. He joined the company this month...
Arlington Capital Partners announced its strategic investment in Octo Consulting Group on Thursday. Octo develops solutions for federal government clients in health care, national security, civilian and defense agencies. The company™s expertise with Agile software development, UI/UX, cloud, infrastructure, blockchain and other emerging te...
ABS Capital Partners closed a $23 million Series A funding round for deepwatch, a leading provider of intelligence-driven managed security services. deepwatch will accelerate research and development for its machine learning security analytics platform and market expansion. œCybersecurity leaders immediately recognize deepwatch™s truly rev...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on military defense programs as discussed by Pentagon officials at the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee hearing Wednesday. John Rood, defense undersecretary for policy; Air Force Gen. Terrence O™Shaughnessy, commander of Northern Command; Lt. Gen. Sam Greave...
A Chevron-Keenan Development partnership secured a potential 30-year, $1.60B contract to provide energy services at a U.S. Army installation in Frederick, Md. The Department of Defense said Wednesday it expects Keenan Fort Detrick Energy LLC to complete services under the firm-fixed-price contract by March 31, 2049. Army Mission and Installation Con...
Mehdi Cherqaoui, formerly chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Phacil, has joined Applied Insight as CFO, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. He previously served as VP of finance and mergers and acquisitions at PAE™s VP of finance and mergers and acquisitions. Before that, Cherqaoui held various leadership role...
