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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.
Tetra Tech has won a five-year, $100 million contract from the Environmental Protection Agency to analyze the effects of global climate change on human health and ecosystems. The company said Thursday it will aim to produce models of different climate scenarios and interactive geographic information system displays under the single-award contract. EPA also tasked the […] More
Paperless Innovations, a woman-owned small business headquartered in Virginia, is urging agencies to consider the potential advantages of implementing a software-as-as-service platform to help reduce procurement cycle time. The company said commercial off-the-shelf SaaS offerings and legislative reforms could offer relief for the government workforce that performs acquisition tasks. Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Joni […] More
Allen Badeau, chief technology officer of Empower AI, has recommended four steps for government agencies to consider when laying the groundwork for artificial intelligence adoption as part of their information technology modernization plans. He wrote in an opinion piece for Federal News Network published Thursday that agencies must validate, clean and standardize data sources that […] More
The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory sees the combination of ColdQuanta and Supertech providing an opportunity for the two companies to help quantum scientists advance their work through new computing technology platforms. Both companies have developed tools that could support research and development efforts at ARL’s Q-NEXT, one of the five National Quantum Information […] More
Deltek has quadrupled the number of task order awards in the company’s market intelligence database platform for government contractors to more than 46 million. The Herndon, Virginia-based software provider said it updated the TO search fields and records in GovWin IQ to help customers make preparations to pursue large contract vehicles such as the General […] More
L3Harris Technologies is part of a Leidos-led team that will develop a medium unmanned undersea vehicle for the U.S. Navy under a potential $358 million contract awarded in July. Leidos said Monday the MUUV platform will be designed to help the service branch perform oceanographic sensing, data collection and mine countermeasures operations. Rosemary Chapdelaine, president […] More
NuAxis Innovations has received a contract to help the Internal Revenue Service update agency communications platforms and standards. As part of the award, NuAxis will provide engineering and program management support to the IRS Office of User and Network Services, the company said Wednesday. The Tysons, Virginia-based contractor will work with the office to design […] More
David Morrison, former director of Army programs at General Dynamics‘ mission systems business, has assumed an associate director role within Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space unit. He will be in charge of Raytheon’s Army intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programs and digital mission solutions in his new position, according to his LinkedIn post published Sunday. Morrison […] More
Paperless Innovations cited the potential of cloud-based technology to help federal agencies prepare for a projected retirement wave of seasoned procurement professionals. The company said software-as-a-service platforms could act as guardrails for new procurement staff as organizations work to ensure compliance with government regulations and SaaS offerings are available to federal agencies through authorized platforms […] More
A Raytheon Technologies business has secured an $8.2 million contract to provide support services to a U.S. Army system designed to help soldiers detect and engage targets over a long distance. The company’s intelligence and space unit will perform work on the Improved Targeted Acquisition System at a facility in McKinney, Texas, the Department of […] More
Nilanjan Sengupta, chief technology officer of the applied intelligence practice at Accenture Federal Services, believes the integration of quantum computing and artificial intelligence platforms has the potential to help agencies make sense of large and complex datasets. He wrote in a blog post published Friday that quantum technology can act as an “accelerator for AI” […] More
The U.S. Navy has qualified an Elbit Systems of America subsidiary to compete for sonobuoy delivery orders under a multiple-award contract. Sparton said Thursday it received vendor designation that allows the maritime electronic systems supplier to pursue work through the branch’s sonobuoy procurement vehicle. Naval Air Systems Command first announced the contract in July and […] More
