Latest stories

  • Bechtel Completes Munition Destruction at Kentucky Blue Grass Plant; Michael Costas Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Bechtel Completes Munition Destruction at Kentucky Blue Grass Plant; Michael Costas Quoted

    Bechtel has concluded the safe destruction of the last munition in the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Kentucky. The Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass team enabled the U.S. to fulfill its commitment to the Chemical Weapons Convention treaty after destroying about 523 U.S. tons of chemical agent configured […] More

  • Tecolote Research Awarded $72M Air Force Financial Management Support Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Tecolote Research Awarded $72M Air Force Financial Management Support Task Order

    Tecolote Research has received a potential one-year, $71.6 million task order from the U.S. Air Force for financial management support services. The company will help the Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System Directorate develop and maintain program cost estimates, integrate engineering designs with such cost estimates, conduct schedule management and earned […] More

  • Carahsoft's Tiffany Goddard: Transforming CX Could Enable Public Sector to Build Trust With Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    Carahsoft’s Tiffany Goddard: Transforming CX Could Enable Public Sector to Build Trust With Customers

    Tiffany Goddard, director of customer experience and engagement solutions at Carahsoft Technology, highlighted key takeaways from a summit on customer experience and one of those is that the public sector can build and foster trust among the citizens it serves through CX transformation. “Great CX starts with an organizational understanding that building and sustaining trust […] More

  • NATO Issues RFP for 1st Concept Study Under Next-Gen Rotorcraft Capability Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    NATO Issues RFP for 1st Concept Study Under Next-Gen Rotorcraft Capability Program

    The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has released a request for proposals for the first of five concept studies meant to inform the design of the next-generation medium- or heavy-class military helicopter, FlightGlobal reported Wednesday. The tender is seeking a company that could perform research into a “novel powerplant” for the Next-Generation Rotorcraft Capability program […] More

  • Intel’s Steve Orrin on Data-Driven Government, Iterative Learning Concept - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    Intel’s Steve Orrin on Data-Driven Government, Iterative Learning Concept

    Steve Orrin, chief technology officer at Intel’s federal arm, said becoming a data-driven organization in the public sector calls for agencies to know how to effectively leverage data. In a DataFramed podcast aired Monday, Orrin highlighted the key role of data in enabling the U.S. government to deliver citizen services and support national defense. “But […] More

  • DISA Seeks Info on Potential Industry Sources for Defense Enclave Services Expansion Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    DISA Seeks Info on Potential Industry Sources for Defense Enclave Services Expansion Program

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has begun to solicit information on small businesses with the technical capability to meet the requirements of the Defense Enclave Services Expansion program. DISA intends to compete DES-E as a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help modernize the Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network, Secret IP Router Network, Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications […] More

  • Paul Smith Named Rancher Government Solutions Interim CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Paul Smith Named Rancher Government Solutions Interim CEO

    Paul Smith, a Red Hat veteran and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has been appointed as acting CEO of Rancher Government Solutions. He takes over the responsibilities of Lynne Chamberlain, who decided to retire after three years at the helm of RGS, the company said Thursday. Smith spent 17 years at Red Hat, where he served […] More

  • Carahsoft's Alex Whitworth on EPA's Cybersecurity Action Plan for Water, Wastewater Systems Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in ,

    Carahsoft’s Alex Whitworth on EPA’s Cybersecurity Action Plan for Water, Wastewater Systems Sector

    Alex Whitworth, cybersecurity solutions vertical executive at Carahsoft Technology, said the Environmental Protection Agency released an action plan meant to safeguard water and wastewater systems from cyberattacks. The action plan comes with several measures, such as providing technical support to water systems, enhancing the process of information sharing and data analysis, advancing projects that implement […] More

  • Booz Allen's Susan Penfield on Speeding Up Decision-Making Process Through Data, AI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    Booz Allen’s Susan Penfield on Speeding Up Decision-Making Process Through Data, AI

    Susan Penfield, chief technology officer at Booz Allen Hamilton, said the U.S. technology industry and the public sector must advance collaboration, accelerate the decision-making process by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and data and make trust as a principle of innovation. Penfield wrote in an article published Thursday on Fast Company that the U.S. […] More

  • Coalfire-Carahsoft-Google Team Seeks to Accelerate FedRAMP Certification for SaaS Companies; Craig Abod Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    Coalfire-Carahsoft-Google Team Seeks to Accelerate FedRAMP Certification for SaaS Companies; Craig Abod Quoted

    Coalfire, Carahsoft Technology and Google’s public sector arm have formed a partnership to provide enterprise software-as-a-service companies with Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program assessment and consulting services to speed up their FedRAMP authority-to-operate certification and expand into new federal markets. Under the partnership, Coalfire will provide FedRAMP advisory services to enable Carahsoft and Google […] More

  • Anduril Demos C4 Platform 'Menace' at INDOPACOM-Sponsored Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in

    Anduril Demos C4 Platform ‘Menace’ at INDOPACOM-Sponsored Exercise

    Anduril Industries demonstrated its two Menace command and control hardware systems during the Northern Edge 23-1 exercise hosted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command between April 28 and May 20 across the Gulf of Alaska and the Joint Pacific-Alaska Range Complex. Menace, which was unveiled in September 2022, is an expeditionary command, control, communications and computing system […] More