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Lou Von Thaer began a new phase of his nearly three-decade GovCon career in Summer 2015 when McLean, Virginia-based DynCorp International appointed him to the chief executive post. He joined DynCorp from a two-year stint at Leidos as national security sector president, which was preceded by a decade at General Dynamics as head of the advanced information systems unit. […] More
Unisys has completed work to help migrate the Interior Department‘s Financial and Business Management System to a cloud computing environment as part of a $44 million task order awarded under the Foundation Cloud Hosting Services contract. The company said Tuesday it provided infrastructure-as-a-service technology that includes partner Virtustream‘s SAP in the Cloud hosting services to support the migration. Unisys […] More
Ray Duquette, president and general manager of CAE‘s U.S. arm, has said the company builds simulation technology to replicate what the company believes will happen to pilots during military or commercial aircraft flights, the Tampa Tribune reported Saturday. “We do both training and mission rehearsal with multiple simulators networked,” Duquette told Tribune reporter Yvette Hammett in an interview. “We […] More
Teresa Weipert, executive vice president and leader of Sutherland Government Solutions, sees a growing trend of robotic process automation in the public sector as RPA offers several benefits to government. Weipert wrote in an opinion piece for Nextgov published Friday that RPA tools could help to simplify and augment an agents’ ability to perform tasks and […] More
CACI International has received a five-year, $56.3 million contract to maintain and develop software for the U.S. Army’s Project Director Network Enablers for tactical communications. The company said Tuesday it will work to utilize an agile development and sustainment process to support the Army’s effort to update key management systems, communications security and electronic cryptographic product delivery infrastructure. […] More
Casey Coleman, vice president of the federal civilian business group at Unisys, has forecast that agencies will aim to implement strategies to centralize common information technology functions, strengthen cybersecurity and refine IT acquisition processes over the next year. She wrote in a blog entry posted Monday that she observed many agencies eyeing adoption of shared services programs so […] More
Bob Fecteau, chief information officer at Science Applications International Corp., has said companies should standardize practices in order to allow CIOs to perform enterprise resource management initiatives. Fecteau wrote in an article published Dec. 15 on The Enterprisers Project website that a CIO’s basic responsibility is to oversee the deployment of information technology platforms in an effort to improve […] More
Workforce transformation and human capital initiatives are two federal workforce-related areas that will garner greater attention from agencies as they seek to further engage employees in the public sector, the incoming leader of Deloitte‘s federal practice has told ExecutiveBiz. Dan Helfrich, whose appointment takes effect Jan. 1, also singled out to ExecutiveBiz employee performance management and […] More
Engility Holdings has received a $14 million contract extension to keep its upgrade and technical support for the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s command-and-control systems. The company will continue to explore potential technology upgrades and provide support for the Deployable Joint Command and Control system for an additional five years, Engility said Tuesday. “Engility’s customers at NSWC […] More
Gene Colabatistto, CAE‘s group president for defense and security, has said the company is eyeing new unmanned aircraft programs as it aims for a bigger share of the pilot training services market, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Sandra Erwin writes CAE has helped the U.S. Air Force train around 1,500 aircrews a year to operate General Atomics-built Predator […] More
CenturyLink has received approval from the General Services Administration to serve as a mentor to Pathway Partners for three years under GSA’s Mentor Protege Program. The Mentor-Protege Program aims to develop partnerships between small businesses and GSA prime contractors, promote business development among smaller firms and help such companies compete for federal contracts, CenturyLink said […] More
The International Space Station captured an Orbital ATK-built spacecraft at 6:19 a.m. Eastern time to start a 50-day berthing period for astronauts on the ISS to carry out scientific studies with cargo and other research supplies delivered by the company’s Cyngus ship. NASA said Wednesday astronaut Kjell Lindgren used the space station’s robotic arm to take in Cyngus and the spacecraft […] More
