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The?Defense Department announced?that its potential ten-year, $10 billion?Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure?(JEDI) cloud computing contract, which was first?awarded to Microsoft?in Oct. 2019, has been canceled due to cloud advancement and the development of other initiatives.?"JEDI was developed at a time when the Department’s needs were different and both the CSPs technology and our cloud conversancy was less mature,” said?John Sherman, acting DOD CIO.?
Huntington Ingalls Industries?(HII) announced on Tuesday that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire?Alion Science and Technology?for $1.65 billion in cash from?Veritas Capital, subject to customary adjustments. Alion is a technology-driven solutions provider for the global defense marketplace. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2021.?
Rick Wagner, president of?Microsoft Federal?and four-time?Wash100 Award recipient, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for its latest?Executive Spotlight?interview to discuss his team driving new solutions for federal customers, the greatest challenges in digital transformation, Azure Government’s advanced capabilities, data processing for military service branches and the future for Microsoft heading into the second half of 2021 and beyond.?
The?Potomac Officers Club?hosted its?2021 Air Force Acquisition Forum?on Thursday, July 8th. If you missed the?2021 Air Force Acquisition Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting?Potomac Officers Club’s Event Page.
Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO of?Peraton, was presented his?2021 Wash100 Award, the most esteemed and respected award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by?Executive Mosaic?CEO?Jim Garrettson?last week during a recent visit to the company’s office.?Executive Mosaic congratulates Peraton and Stu Shea for his 2021 Wash100 Award.
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BigBear.ai?is expected to be awarded a two-year contract from the?Air Force Research Laboratory?(AFRL) for a composable collaborative planning prototype. Work is expected to establish the technological foundation to incorporate advanced computing capabilities, including machine learning, robotic process automation and natural language processing. The prototyping effort is scheduled to commence in late September.
Serco Group’s North American division has secured a spot on a potential $400 million re-compete contract from the?U.S. Navy?for engineering and technical services in support of?aviation C5ISR electronic systems. The company said Thursday the multiple-award contract has a five-year base period and one two-year option period.
Science Applications International Corp.?(NYSE: SAIC) on Friday wrapped up its?acquisition of Halfaker and Associates?for $250 million cash as part of a move to expand its portfolio of digital transformation offerings and capability to help the government meet its health care mission.
Maxar Technologies?announced on Thursday that the company secured a multi-year $35 million contract for WorldView Legion?satellite constellation?capacity through an expanded agreement with a key international defense and intelligence customer. The contract will extend the customer's ability to easily task and download 30 cm-class satellite imagery to its ground station from Maxar’s current constellation under the Direct Access Program.?
Soraya Correa, chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since 2015, has informed her staff that she will retire from the federal government at the end of July after a more than four-decade career. Correa has been with DHS for 18 years and oversees the delivery of operational procurement services throughout the department in her current capacity.