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  • Michael Farrar Joins Booz Allen as Weather & Climate Chief Scientist - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Farrar Joins Booz Allen as Weather & Climate Chief Scientist

    Booz Allen Hamilton has appointed Michael Farrar, who served in the federal government for over three decades, as chief scientist for weather and climate. In a LinkedIn post published Thursday, Prachi Sukhatankar, a vice president at Booz Allen, said Farrar brings to the McLean, Virginia-based technology consulting firm a 36-year career in federal service, including […] More

  • J&J Worldwide Services Wins Spot on $1.8B Navy WEXMAC 2.0 Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    J&J Worldwide Services Wins Spot on $1.8B Navy WEXMAC 2.0 Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded CBRE’s government and defense business J&J Worldwide Services a spot on a potential 10-year, $1.8 billion follow-on contract to provide logistics support services for expeditionary forces worldwide. In a LinkedIn post published Tuesday, J&J Worldwide Services said it will help set and sustain theaters to support combatant commands, federal agencies […] More

  • Constellis Subsidiary Wins Spot on OASIS Plus Unrestricted Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Constellis Subsidiary Wins Spot on OASIS Plus Unrestricted Contract

    Constellis subsidiary Centerra has won a position on the unrestricted track of the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus, or OASIS+, contract. In a statement published Tuesday, Terry Ryan, CEO of Constellis and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the contract award reflects the company’s ability and expertise to provide global integrated […] More

  • Air Force Taps Verizon for 5G Network Upgrades - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps Verizon for 5G Network Upgrades

    Verizon Business will install 5G and provide 4G LTE network upgrades at 35 U.S. Air Force bases located throughout the country under the military branch’s Offer to Lease, or OTL, program. The company said Tuesday it will provide small cells, C-Band carrier adds, new macro builds and other network enhancements to deliver increased bandwidth, lower […] More

  • Northrop Names Nikki Kodama as VP, B-21 Production Programs Manager - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Names Nikki Kodama as VP, B-21 Production Programs Manager

    Northrop Grumman has appointed Nikki Kodama, most recently vice president of aerospace structures, as VP and manager for B-21 production programs. “Humbled by the opportunity to continue to support the Air Force as we deliver America’s bomber!” Kodama said in a LinkedIn post published Sunday. Nikki Kodama’s Career Background Kodama has been with Northrop for […] More

  • LMI Names Ricken Shah, Ashley Jung to VP Roles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI Names Ricken Shah, Ashley Jung to VP Roles

    LMI has appointed industry leaders Ricken Shah and Ashley Jung as vice president of public health and VP of business transformation and total experience, respectively. In a LinkedIn post published Thursday, the Tysons, Virginia-based management consulting firm said Shah’s experience in strategic planning, enterprise performance management and process improvement will be key as he oversees […] More

  • MetTel's Don Parente on Managing Space-Based Network Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MetTel’s Don Parente on Managing Space-Based Network Access

    Don Parente, vice president of public sector sales at MetTel, has provided recommendations to help agencies manage space-based network access and keep track of shadow IT users. In a commentary published Tuesday on Federal News Network, Parente wrote that agencies should have access to an omniscient portal and dashboard to get an overview of their […] More

  • Airbus US Executive Robert Geckle Discusses Unmanned Systems, Dual-Use Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus US Executive Robert Geckle Discusses Unmanned Systems, Dual-Use Technologies

    Robert Geckle, chairman and CEO of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, said that with the incoming administration, he predicts that there will be “continued momentum” in unmanned systems like the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, hypersonics and effectors as the U.S. military pursues manned-unmanned teaming and other force multipliers in denied environments. More Innovation in UAS When […] More

  • Hitachi Vantara Federal's Phil Fuster on Data Trends to Watch in 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Phil Fuster on Data Trends to Watch in 2025

    Phil Fuster, chief revenue officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, shared his key predictions for the federal IT landscape in 2025. One of those is that agencies will prioritize data-driven decision-making, which he said will be accelerated by the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies. “For agencies to be effective, they first need complete visibility and a catalog […] More

  • Splunk's Bill Rowan on Digital Resilience, Need for Better Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Splunk’s Bill Rowan on Digital Resilience, Need for Better Data

    Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk, said digital resilience has become a necessity for government organizations as they navigate the current threat landscape and deal with growing cyber workforce challenges and evolving regulations. In a blog post published Friday on Splunk’s website, Rowan discussed how the company works with Cisco to drive […] More

  • Noblis Books $709M FAA ATEPS II Contract for National Airspace System Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Noblis Books $709M FAA ATEPS II Contract for National Airspace System Modernization

    The Federal Aviation Administration has selected Noblis as the prime contractor for the unrestricted track of the potential 10-year, $709 million Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support, or ATEPS, II contract. Noblis said Thursday the ATEPS II indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a two-year base term and four two-year options and provides vendors with an opportunity to […] More

  • Tech Leaders on Advancing Rapid Decision-Making, Strengthening Cyber Resilience - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Leaders on Advancing Rapid Decision-Making, Strengthening Cyber Resilience

    Corey Hulen, chief technology officer at Mattermost, highlighted the importance of artificial intelligence-driven tools and automation in accelerating response times to critical incidents during a panel discussion organized by The National CIO Review and moderated by Mattermost Chief Marketing Officer Leigh Dow, the publication reported Tuesday. “Time to respond is everything. Getting structured data from […] More