GovConWire's Government Contracting News 2/15/2023

Executive Mosaic is honored to recognize Al Whitmore, president of the intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems Inc., as a winner of the 2023 Wash100 Award for the company’s growth initiatives in military simulation training and federal information technology markets. He has led the McLean, Virginia-headquartered I&S organization since October 2017. “Al Whitmore has

As global tensions rise and competition intensifies, the Department of Defense is making a clear pivot toward “hard target” adversaries. The impacts of this shift are echoing across the DOD and the intelligence community, and government leaders are looking at their strategies, capabilities and technologies from new perspectives. “We’ve really had to reorganize or change

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office within the Department of Commerce is soliciting comments on the current state of artificial intelligence technologies and issues related to inventorship. The USPTO is asking the public to submit written responses to a list of questions related to the use of AI and machine learning in the invention creation

David Baer, a cyber and intelligence industry leader, has joined SilverEdge Government Solutions as president of the company’s national security group business unit. Baer will bring to the position over 20 years of experience across cyber and intelligence sectors and operational and technical knowledge as he leads and helps expand the business unit that is

Former National Security Agency executive Lori Weatherwax has joined LexisNexis Special Services Inc., a government-focused subsidiary of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, to serve as director of business development enterprise solutions. Weatherwax brings to the role three decades of federal service experience in cybersecurity, data science and analytics, counterterrorism, counternarcotics and foreign partnerships, LNSSI said Tuesday. She

The State Department has approved a potential $250 million sale of information technology services to Kuwait’s Military Medical Command. Oracle‘s (NYSE: ORCL) Cerner subsidiary will act as the principal contractor on the proposed foreign military sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday. Kuwait requires assistance to plan, integrate, deploy and maintain health IT infrastructure

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) reported fiscal year 2022 fourth-quarter sales of $3.7 billion, up 6 percent from the prior-year period, and saw its full-year revenue climb 5 percent to $14.4 billion. The defense and information technology services contractor said Tuesday non-GAAP diluted earnings per share rose 17 percent for the October-December period to $1.83 and net

Alan Thomas, a former General Services Administration executive, has been named chief solutions officer at Washington, D.C.-based public sector data provider Leadership Connect. He will oversee Leadership Connect’s practice that offers professional services to federal agencies and contractors, the company said Tuesday. “I’m looking forward to building a professional services practice to complement the product’s

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded seven positions on a five-year, $250 million contract to carry out land-based civilian construction projects. The firm-fixed-price contract is expected for completion by Feb. 13, 2028, and will be funded on a per-order basis, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. USACE has yet to determine where the

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has released a draft request for proposals for the instrument suite of a next-generation satellite constellation intended to collect space-based imagery of Earth’s land surface. The center is soliciting comments on presolicitation documents related to Landsat Next, a joint project between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, according to a