LinQuest has received a potential five-year, $67.8 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide technical support services to the space and missile systems center’s remote sensing systems directorate. The service branch received three offers for the task order that was awarded under the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business contract […] More

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group has won a $50.8 million contract to assist in the U.S. Air Force‘s activities related to aircraft research, development, production and lifecycle acquisition and sustainment. The company will perform engineering, scientific, research, financial and administrative works for special operations forces and personnel recovery division, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Odyssey Systems […] More

Fortinet and NATO’s Communications and Information Agency have entered a two-way information sharing partnership that aims to boost cybersecurity efforts. Derek Manky, Fortinet global security strategist, said in a company blog post published Monday the collaboration with NATO aims to serve as a “call to action for intelligence collaboration with the private sector.” “While Fortinet processes billions […] More

Peerless Technologies has secured a potential four-year, $53.7 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide consulting and assistance support services for the structures and aerodynamics test centers of the aerospace vehicles division. The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded the cost-plus, level-of-effort order through the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated […] More

Michael Niggel and his partners started Advanced Concepts and Technologies International — or ACT I — in 1998 with an initial division dedicated to foreign military sales. The Arlington, Virginia-based government services contractor now has five divisions that provide acquisition and program management support services to U.S and international defense agencies for programs such as the F-35 Joint […] More

Greg Resutek joined Bethesda, Md.-based engineering services contractor ASRC Federal in June 2014 as chief operating officer alongside his former URS Corp. colleague Mark Gray, who was named CEO. Resutek also held the role of acting chief financial officer at ASRC Federal until the company appointed former Northrop Grumman executive Gordon Foster to the CFO post. […] More

IBM has teamed up with the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center to facilitate the sharing of cyber threat data between industries and organizations. IBM will provide access to the company’s X-Force Exchange cyber threat research and analysis to FS-ISAC members, IBM said Monday. The company will also work to integrate the Soltra Edge threat […] More

Data analytics company Unissant will provide software development and network services to the Environmental Protection Agency‘s Office of Administrative Services Information System under a contract with the EPA. The company said Aug. 13 it will plan, design, develop, deploy and maintain software applications, Web servers and databases for systems within the OASIS security accreditation boundary. Manish Malhotra, president and […] More

Robin Portman oversees business development function at Booz Allen Hamilton in her role as an executive vice president for the consulting and contracting firm. She supports the firm’s work in the defense, security, civil and commercial sectors through leadership of a BD organization that seeks to understand and analyze market shifts for proposal development. In this conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Portman […] More

The governments of Colorado and West Virginia have adopted a CGI enterprise resource planning system to automate purchasing and accounting processes. CGI said Thursday the new Colorado Operations Resource Engine uses the firm’s Advantage ERP technology and is built to help the state government manage budgeting and procurement functions. The company also helped West Virginia’s […] More

Hewlett-Packard Co. has unveiled a new cloud encryption tool for customers to protect sensitive data, Infotech Lead reported Thursday. HP designed the Atalla cloud encryption system to secure data residing in the cloud and on enterprise premises such as emails, payment data and electronic health records, according to the report. Financial institutions, retailers, energy firms, […] More

Bill McMullen, president and CEO of Reston, Va.-based services contractor WBB, joined the company in 1994 after a 27-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps that included service as a commanding officer and at headquarters. McMullen took the leadership reigns at WBB in 2008 and has since led WBB through a period of major wins on […] More