Processing....
Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP’s federal business, has said government agencies should transform their organizational cultures, adjust budgeting approaches and implement new technolgy as part of initiatives to avoid another data breach similar to the Office of Personnel Management hack that occurred nearly four years ago.
Stacy Cleveland, formerly executive director of integration and transformation at Perspecta, has joined government information technology services provider B&A as executive director of strategic programs, G2Xchange ETC reported Monday.
The Department of Energy has earmarked a total of $46M for 202 U.S.-based compnies to study the feasibility of new technological innovations through DOE's Small Business Technology Transfer and Small Business Innovation Research programs.
Air Center Helicopters won a potential $43.8M contract to provide personnel recovery training services to the U.S. Air Force’s 68th Rescue Squadron. Training will be held at various locations, including Davis-Monthan AF Base, Ariz. and Naval Air Station North Island, Colo.
Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary completed the first flight of its HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter this Friday, where the search and rescue aircraft’s capabilities were assessed at the company’s site in West Palm Beach, Fla. Sikorsky said Friday the flight test comes as part of an Air Force program that seeks to acquire 113 new HH-60Ws. Compared to the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters that currently support the military branches’ personnel recovery operations, the new HH-60W model can hold almost twice as much fuel as the HH-60G, in addition to being designed for improved defense.
American Systems has partnered with Microsoft and F5 to deploy a cloud-based emergency notification platform designed to alert U.S. Air Force personnel in the event of severe weather conditions or shooting threats.
Rick Lemaster, director of global sales and marketing at Boeing, said military customers must begin developing acquisition plans for the V-22 Osprey aircraft to mitigate production obstacles, Air Force Magazine reported Thursday.
Leo Mackay, senior vice president for ethics and enterprise assurance at Lockheed Martin, has been included in this year’s Compliance Week “Top Minds†group for his leadership in risk management and ethical matters.
A team of General Atomics professionals and participating institutions has concluded an 11-month modernization project at a Department of Energy laboratory for energy and nuclear fusion studies.
