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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
Akima announced on Wednesday that its subsidiary, RiverTech, has been awarded a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grant Programs Directorate (GPD) task order to provide support to enhance its data analysis and reporting. The potential five-year task order is made under the One Acquisition Solutions for Integrated Services (OASIS) small business contract vehicle.
Virgin Orbit announced on Thursday that its LauncherOne rocket is fully assembled and will soon be shipped to Mojave Air and Space Port in California for pre-launch operations. The rocket’s upcoming mission is called Tubular Bells, Part One, which will launch CubeSat satellites for the Department of Defense (DOD) and Royal Netherlands Air Force, as well as two optical satellites for SatRevolution. The launch is scheduled for June of this year.
Shift5 announced on Friday that Burke "Ed" Wilson, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, has joined its board of advisers. Wilson brings decades of military and information technology experience to the operational technology data and cybersecurity company.
CGI announced on Friday that its Momentum enterprise suite software as a service (SaaS) has been authorized for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) by the Joint Authorization Board (JAB), enabling the company to work within the cloud at federal agencies. JAB granted CGI the authorization after a six-month certification process.
Intelligent Waves announced on Thursday its appointment of Kathy Barlow as the new senior vice president for contracts and pricing. Prior to joining Intelligent Waves, Barlow worked as the senior director of contracts at IntelliDyne.
Leidos announced on Thursday that it has been awarded a spot on potential $12.6 billion Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise III (SITE III) contract from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The company will continue supporting DIA and compete for task orders to support the overall information technology (IT) program. SITE III runs for ten years and is a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
Peraton announced Wednesday that it has opened a dedicated Pega Center of Excellence (COE) to make sure technology best practices are continually implemented and to support the company's commitment to deliver digital transformation services to clients. The company, a Pega platinum partner, will use its new COE to transform citizen services at civilian agencies, such as the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Veritas Capital announced on Wednesday that it has finished fundraising for The Veritas Capital Vantage Fund, closing its hard cap with a total of $1.8 billion of committed capital. The Vantage Fund’s closing brings the company's total assets to approximately $28 billion.
BAE Systems has received a $76 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to develop additional vertical launch system (VLS) canisters. The award raised the contract value to $306 million and requires BAE to produce canisters for the Mk 13, Mk 14, Mk 25, Mk 29 and other hardware for the service branch, the company said Tuesday. The canisters are a critical component for storing, transporting and firing offensive and defensive missiles on the Navy’s guided-missile cruisers and destroyers.
Booz Allen Hamilton announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Liberty IT Solutions for $725 million in an effort to strengthen the former's digital solutions capabilities and improve the its ability to work with strategic industry partners to help clients adapt and transform. "Liberty IT has been extremely successful in helping to operationalize Salesforce within federal market so it’s not difficult to see why this transaction makes sense for Booz Allen,” said John Song, managing director at Baird, which serves as Liberty’s exclusive financial adviser.
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) announced it is soliciting proposals for early-stage research referred to as seedlings for next-generation microelectronics for artificial intelligence (AI). Interested parties must submit a white paper until May 17, while the proposals themselves are due June 30.
Leidos announced on Monday a new partnership with the Milken Institute Center for Public Health in an effort to combat opioid addiction. Leidos and Milken intend to mobilize employers in all industries to address the opioid and concurrent mental health crises.
