THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense business segment a potential $7.48 billion contract for Joint Direct Attack Munitions, JDAM tail kits, spares, repair and technical support services.
Join the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Air Force Summit on July 23 to hear important updates on cutting-edge technology adoption, modernization initiatives and more. Register here.
Glen Ives will assume the CEO post at Castellum on July 1, taking over Mark Fuller's role at the Vienna, Virginia-based cybersecurity, electronic warfare and software services company as the latter will step down to pursue other interests. Ives currently serves as chief operating officer of Castellum.
Private equity management firm Bernhard Capital Partners has expanded its government services platform with its purchase of Apogee Engineering. Apogee supports federal government customers by providing critical platforms and services across the areas of cybersecurity, technology modernization and integration and program management.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has introduced its inaugural information technology roadmap designed to help the Intelligence Community make transformative decisions about cybersecurity, data analysis, artificial intelligence, cloud and other IT-related matters. More than 100 IC technical leaders participated in developing the recommendations outlined in the document titled Vision for the IC Information Environment: An Information Technology Roadmap.?
The FBI has awarded 95 companies positions on the potential eight-year, $8 billion follow-on Information Technology Supplies and Support Services blanket purchase agreement. Thirty-one of the ITSSS-2 BPA awardees are large companies and 64 are small businesses.?
Mitchell Sutika-Sipus, a nearly two-decade technology industry leader, has joined AutogenAI as chief solutions architect. He will advance AutogenAI’s growth initiatives in the federal sector and help corporate clients secure more government contracts through the adoption of the company's artificial intelligence platforms in the federal proposal writing process.
Nine companies have secured spots on a potential 10-year, $4 billion multiple-award contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency research, develop, test and evaluate scientific and technological platforms for combating weapons of mass destruction. Work will be divided into three mission pools: artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science and software development; operations and countermeasures in a CBRN environment; and targeting, information operations and irregular warfare.
Herrick Technology Laboratories, a portfolio company of Blue Delta Capital Partners, has appointed Ron Sayco, a veteran finance leader, as chief financial officer. Sayco previously served as CFO at federal cybersecurity systems provider Merlin Cyber and managed satellite services company Ovzon.
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured a potential $738.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide a complete range of classified and unclassified information technology and telecommunications services within the National Capital Region.
Join the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Air Force Summit on July 23 to hear important updates on cutting-edge technology adoption, modernization initiatives and more. Register here.
Beverly Roberts, senior managing director of health at Maximus, recently sat down for an Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz to discuss how the culture at Maximus contributes to successful service delivery. She illuminated the importance of data in improving health outcomes and highlighted emerging technologies that are transforming the public sector.?