Oracle has selected consultancy firm Accenture to help train Department of Veterans Affairs clinicians on the Cerner-built electronic health record platform, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Under the recently signed contract, Accenture will provide additional training to VA clinicians in support of the next rollout of the Cerner EHR system, according to Ken Glueck, executive vice president […] More

A Huntington Ingalls Industries business has completed production services for the U.S. Navy’s program of record on the MK 18 Mod 2 unmanned underwater vehicle and delivered more than 90 systems to the fleet since 2012. Hydroid, which HII acquired in 2020, received multiple contracts throughout the effort managed by the expeditionary missions office under the […] More

Bryan Vandrovec was named as chief technologist for autonomy and artificial intelligence systems at Booz Allen Hamilton, Vandrovec shared via a LinkedIn post.  In his new role, Vandrovec will handle system development and help drive the creation of the company’s AI/Autonomy products and platforms with emerging technology. Prior to joining the management consulting firm, Vandrovec […] More

The distinguished recipients of the 10th annual Wash100 Award — the recognition of the most impactful names in government contracting and the federal sector — have been unveiled. Executive Mosaic, the industry-leading networking and media company with deep involvement in these markets, vets and selects the honorees along with input from the populace. The main criteria for […] More

The defense and rocket system services division of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has been given an initial task order to support Leidos in its work on the U.S. Air Force air-breathing hypersonic missile program. Kratos said Tuesday it will perform digitally engineered system requirement and conceptual design reviews of the Expendable Hypersonic Multi-Mission ISR […] More

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems secured an award from Advanced Space to provide spacecraft and services in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Oracle spacecraft program. The General Atomics unit will construct an ESPA-Grande class satellite and conduct payload integration and space vehicle test for the spacecraft program, the energy and defense company said Thursday.  […] More

The Department of Energy has identified 111 energy service companies that are qualified for the government’s multi-tiered energy savings performance contracting program.  The list is in compliance with the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and serves as an initial step in the procurement process for energy-related contract opportunities, DOE said Friday.  The energy companies will […] More

Horace Blackman, senior vice president and defense, intelligence and space business unit head at CGI Federal, has earned industry leadership recognition from The Consulting Report. The executive was chosen by the publication as one of its Top 50 Government Consulting Leaders, a list based on annual assessments of top industry figures experienced in advising at the federal, […] More

Leidos subsidiary Dynetics has subcontracted Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to support the development of a hypersonic flight test bed under a Department of Defense initiative for advancing national hypersonic testing capability. As a subcontractor in the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed program, Kratos will utilize the expertise of its defense and rocket support […] More

A Cherokee Federal business was tapped by the Defense Health Agency to provide services related to the implementation of the Military Health System Genesis under a $33.7 million award. Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions, which won a similar contract in 2020, is expected to perform work on the firm-fixed-price contract in various military treatment facilities outside […] More

Robert Beyster, a GovCon sector legend who founded Science Applications International Corp., was honored by the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in 1997 as the inaugural Technology Good Scout Award recipient. He established SAIC with an employee ownership structure in 1969 and it grew to an $11 billion company prior […] More

An industry team led by Leidos subsidiary Dynetics has secured a contract to develop a hypersonics flight test bed envisioned to enable test payloads to ride along on multiple commercially-available launch vehicles. The Department of Defense said Thursday the test bed will serve as a national hypersonic testing capability to advance the development and deployment […] More