The Department of Veterans Affairs has started conducting market research on potential contractors to provide support services for the modernization of its financial management and acquisition system, an initiative under the Financial Management Business Transformation, or FMBT, program. Scope of FMBT Technology Product Management Contract Acco...
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has named Rachel Leahy as vice president of advanced programs. Who Is Rachel Leahy? Leahy, who announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post on Thursday, most recently served as director of advanced programs at General Atomics. She joined General Atomics in June 2020 after spending time as director of operation...
Science Applications International Corp. will support the U.S. Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities in prototyping warfighting capabilities under a five-year, $928 million Hyper-Innovative Operational Prototype Engineering 2.0 contract. Air and space defense is a critical component of national security and is becoming increasingl...
A bill sponsored by Rep. Mark Messmer, R-Ind., and endorsed by Sens. Dan Sullivan, R-Ark., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., that aims to modernize and enhance the United States’ missile defense capabilities was introduced on Tuesday. Messmer’s website says the Ground and Orbital Launched Defeat of Emergent Nuclear Destruction and Other Missile...
NASA’s Ames Research Center, or ARC, has announced plans to extend the performance period of the third iteration of the Intelligent Systems Research and Development Support, or ISRDS-3, contract by another two years. Intelligent Systems Research and Development Support 3 Contract Requirement According to a presolicitation notice published Mon...
Federal IT services provider Comtech has named Matt Bugbee, a federal civilian growth strategist, chief growth officer. In a LinkedIn post published Tuesday, Bugbee said he is excited to collaborate with Comtech CEO Shailendra Sharma and the entire team as the company focuses on expanding its presence in the federal civilian and state and local...
The U.S. Air Force has started soliciting proposals for a recompete of the Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirement, or SABER, contract with a potential value of $120 million. Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirement Contract Scope According to the request for proposals issued on SAM.gov Wednesday, the potential cont...
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson has presented the 2025 Wash100 Award to Matt Desch, CEO and director of Iridium Communications. Desch earned an unprecedented 11th Wash100 Award for his continuous leadership in championing technological innovation and global expansion. Established in 2014, the coveted award is given yearly to the t...
ByKevin Plexico, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek A more unstable federal government contracting environment, and an increased need for cost management and adapting strategy to new priorities, are just a few of the challenges that businesses involved in public sector sales are facing. These challenges — and the initiatives...
Intel has appointed industry veteran Greg Clifton as general manager of government go-to-market and sales. Clifton announced his appointment in a LinkedIn post published Friday. In a separate announcement published Wednesday, Intel said it has appointed sales leader Greg Ernst as chief revenue officer; Srinivasan Iyengar as senior vice president and...
