ExecutiveBiz News on Video 12/15/2022

Science Applications International Corp. has won a $150 million blanket purchase agreement from the Transportation Security Administration to continue executing operational testing and assessing TSA airport screening equipment and non-screening systems. Under the agreement, SAIC is responsible for providing test planning and performance, data analysis and evaluation of passenger and baggage screening equipment, the Reston, Virginia-based company […]

A new Splunk study has found that 66 percent of public sector organizations face difficulties in using data to mitigate cybersecurity threats and recover from cyber incidents and 52 percent of such organizations struggle to leverage data to inform decisions related to cybersecurity. Splunk said Wednesday 56 percent of respondents in the public sector reported […]

Accenture‘s federal business arm has won a position on a five-year, $137 million blanket purchase agreement with the National Cancer Institute for software engineering and information technology services. Under the award from NCI IT Engineering Office, Accenture Federal Services is expected to provide a range of services to support the institute’s scientific, grants management and business applications […]

Allison Transmission has secured a $51 million contract to equip the Abrams main battle tank used by the U.S. Army and international military customers with transmission technology. The company said Wednesday it will deliver X1100-3B1 transmission and technical support to the service branch and foreign military sales clients beginning in January 2023. Deliveries and technical […]

Simba Chain has landed a contract under the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule program to offer blockchain services to all U.S. federal agencies. The potential 20-year contract is the first of its kind and will allow Simba Chain to expand the market for blockchain technology in the public and private sectors, the company said. […]

Jacobs will provide services in support of base operations at Naval Station Mayport and Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Florida and outlying areas as part of a $30.6 million contract modification. The recent indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award from the U.S. Navy raises the total cumulative contract value to $148.06 million and extends work through December […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory has selected a team up of Black Sage and Spectral Sensor Solutions to research novel lidar sensing systems eyed to boost the detection and discrimination capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles. Black Sage said Wednesday the partnership will conduct work under the Lidar Unmanned Aerial System Detection and Discrimination program at […]

In a recent Executive Spotlight interview with GovCon Wire, Kent Wilcher, executive vice president and chief growth officer at LinQuest, underscored the value of its people in driving business growth in such a competitive market. The Q&A also tackled the company’s focus on national security and space as well as the government’s implementation of artificial […]

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, a fully managed data and storage service, has achieved FedRAMP and Department of Defense certification and is approved for public sector use. The service, offered by a NetApp-Amazon Web Services partnership, now has FedRAMP Moderate and High authorizations in select regions and meets impact levels two, four and five of […]

HII hosted a ceremony at its Pascagoula shipyard on Monday to signal the commencement of building the future USS Sam Nunn (DDG 133).  The upcoming Arleigh Burke-class naval ship will be a DDG 51 Flight III guided missile destroyer that will focus on air and missile defense operations for the U.S. Navy fleet, the Naval […]