ExecutiveBiz – Covers emerging companies in Washington's government contracting sector. 8/2/2021

Peraton will develop a managed service platform to support the Department of Veterans Affairs’ cloud-based storage and computing functions under a potential seven-year, $497 million contract. The company said Monday it will help the department integrate on-premise hardware with the VA Enterprise Cloud system through an infrastructure-as-a-managed service and migrate the Veterans Health Information System […]

The National Science Foundation has partnered with two federal departments and four technology companies for a potential $220 million investment effort to create an additional 11 National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes. The institutes will focus on exploring AI technology platforms various use cases such as elderly care, plug-and-play applications, agriculture and supply chain and adult […]

Avian has purchased redUAS, a counter-unmanned aircraft systems tactics and training company, for an undisclosed sum. RedUAS offers Federal Emergency Management Agency-certified courses meant to make participants aware of threats associated with unmanned aircraft and inform them of the legalities of using drones and counter-drone technologies, Lexington Park, Maryland-based AVIAN said Monday. The company also […]

Bethesda, Maryland-based SaiTech will continue to support information technology operations at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi under a new five-year contract worth $30.8 million. The woman-owned company will provide IT services to the rocket engine test facility and its tenant organizations and contractors, the space agency said Saturday. Work covers IT planning, policy and […]

Jacobs announced on Monday that Patrick Hill has been appointed executive vice president and president of its people and places solutions (P&PS) line of business effective Aug. 1. “Patrick’s appointment aligns with our line of business succession plans, and his visible and forward-leaning leadership style position him as the right leader to drive the next […]

The State Department has approved a potential $83.5 million foreign military sale of Javelin missiles, manufactured by a Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin joint venture, to Thailand for the country’s light anti-tank system modernization push. The Thai government asked to procure 300 FGM-148 man-portable missile systems, 50 command launch units, trainers, missile simulation rounds, batteries […]

Northrop Grumman has received a $69 million contract modification to continue manufacturing hardware for the common missile compartment of the U.S. Navy’s and its British counterpart’s ballistic missile submarines The CMC system, a joint investment and design effort between the two countries, is intended for installation into the navies’ Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear fleets, Northrop […]

Deloitte and Saviynt have teamed up to offer a managed service intended to help government and enterprise customers secure digital identities across multicloud environments. Saviynt said Friday its Enterprise Identity Cloud technology is now available with Deloitte’s Digital Identity+ platform to support joint clients in access management functions. Scott Plutko, senior vice president of global […]

Farinaz Tehrani, a more than two-decade legal and compliance professional, has been appointed to serve as senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at aftermarket services provider VSE. Her appointment takes effect Aug. 16 and she will bring legal, governance and regulatory oversight experience in multiple industries to her new responsibilities, VSE said […]

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder that worked on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Spectral Combs from UV to Thz program spun off a small business, LongPath Technologies, to bring to market a methane detection technology using optical frequency combs. “LongPath now offers commercial products to oil and gas companies […]