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  • BAE US Subsidiary Names Padraic McDermott New Business Development VP
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    BAE US Subsidiary Names Padraic McDermott New Business Development VP

    Padraic McDermott has joined the U.S. subsidiary of British multinational aerospace company BAE Systems, where he has taken on the role of vice president of business development. McDermott made the announcement regarding his move to BAE Systems Inc. on LinkedIn on Monday. The new BAE VP previously worked at Science Applications International Corporation, where he […] More

  • GA-ASI Wins $95M Research & Development Contract to Support Smart Sensor Prototype EffortGA-ASI Wins $95M Research & Development Contract to Support Smart Sensor Prototype Effort
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    GA-ASI Wins $95M Research & Development Contract to Support Smart Sensor Prototype Effort

    The U.S. Army has awarded the aeronautical business of advanced technology provider General Atomics a $94.8 million contract to support work on the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s Smart Sensor program. The Department of Defense said Wednesday that, under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will conduct research, development, test and evaluation […] More

  • Boeing T-7A Red Hawk Trainer Aircraft Development Effort Completes Three Milestones
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    Boeing T-7A Red Hawk Trainer Aircraft Development Effort Completes Three Milestones

    Boeing‘s T-7A Red Hawk program completed in February a new software flight control law, one of three milestones that the trainer aircraft development effort has recently achieved. Boeing said Monday that following the flight control law’s development, the T-7A underwent over 10 test flights that saw the aircraft reach high angles of attack. In three […] More

  • Nutanix Survey Shows Low Public Sector Use of Hybrid Multi-Cloud But Increase Expected
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    Nutanix Survey Shows Low Public Sector Use of Hybrid Multi-Cloud But Increase Expected

    According to Nutanix‘s sixth annual global Public Sector Enterprise Cloud Index survey and research report, 85 percent of respondents from the public sector say their organizations have embraced cloud-smart IT deployment strategies. Even so, the ECI survey reveals that only 8 percent of global public sector organizations have reported actually using hybrid multi-cloud, Nutanix said […] More

  • Client Solution Architects Secures Spot on $975M Army Contract for Training Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Client Solution Architects Secures Spot on $975M Army Contract for Training Services

    Army Contracting Command – Orlando has awarded Client Solution Architects a spot on the Mission Training Complex Capabilities Support II contract. CSA said Wednesday that under the $975 million multiple-award indefinite‐delivery/indefinite‐quantity contract, it will work to enhance the readiness of military units by providing live, virtual, constructive and gaming training as well as technical support. […] More

  • Elastic VP Chris Townsend Says Data Transformation Critical to Improved Government Services
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    Elastic VP Chris Townsend Says Data Transformation Critical to Improved Government Services

    The recent Elastic Public Sector Summit offered several key takeaways into how government agencies could better handle data in order to improve citizen engagement and deliver public service more efficiently, according to Chris Townsend, vice president of public sector at search analytics company Elastic. First, tools that can rapidly transform large data sets into actionable […] More

  • SAP NS2 Appoints Scott Michalek as Strategic Architecture VP
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    SAP NS2 Appoints Scott Michalek as Strategic Architecture VP

    Scott Michalek has taken on the role of vice president of strategic architecture at SAP National Security Services, an independent U.S. subsidiary of business process software developer SAP. Michalek announced his new position recently on LinkedIn, where he said his new responsibilities include the design and implementation of technologies for customers within regulated U.S. IT […] More

  • CACI Demonstrates ‘Outstanding Performance’ in Q3 FY 2024, John Mengucci Says
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    CACI Demonstrates ‘Outstanding Performance’ in Q3 FY 2024, John Mengucci Says

    CACI International has released its financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2024, during which the company demonstrated what President and CEO and 2024 Wash100 winner John Mengucci described as “outstanding performance.” CACI reported Wednesday that it had generated $1.9 billion in revenue during the period, an 11.1 percent improvement year-over-year, and […] More

  • Lynk to Provide Government Agencies Sat2phone Services via $900M DISA Contract
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    Lynk to Provide Government Agencies Sat2phone Services via $900M DISA Contract

    Lynk Global will make it possible for various government agencies like the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to acquire satellite-direct-to-standard-phone services under a $900 million multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency. Lynk said Wednesday that the contract covers a variety of sat2phone services like weather and information broadcasting, […] More

  • SSC Seeks Satellite-Based Weather Sensing Technologies for DOD Forecasting Needs
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    SSC Seeks Satellite-Based Weather Sensing Technologies for DOD Forecasting Needs

    The Space Systems Command has issued a request for information as part of a strategy to establish an integrated satellite network with space-based environmental monitoring capabilities that would provide terrestrial and space weather data to meet Department of Defense forecasting needs. The government is working to determine the ability of industry partners to deliver technological capabilities relevant to SBEM environmental parameters articulated under 2012 Joint Requirements Oversight Council Memo 091-12 and 2014 JROCM 092-14, according to the RFI posted Tuesday on SAM.gov.

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  • ULA Eyes Vulcan Centaur Upper Stage Reuse for On-Orbit Missions
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    ULA Eyes Vulcan Centaur Upper Stage Reuse for On-Orbit Missions

    United Launch Alliance looks to reuse the upper stages of its Vulcan Centaur heavy-lift launch vehicles by keeping them in orbit, where they could perform other functions apart from the original launch mission. ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno explained in an interview during the Space Symposium conference how Vulcan upper stages, loaded with additional propellant, could work to move other spacecraft in orbit or event defend them against anti-satellite weapons.

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