Ehikian departs GSA for tech industry post
The General Services Administration’s former No. 2 official is now CEO of C3 AI, an artificial intelligence firm pushing to make inroads in the federal market. Stephen Ehikian has left the General Services Administration to take up the chief executive role at C3 AI, an artificial intelligence firm founded by Tom Siebel in 2009. Ehikian’s departure […]
Aerodyne-Amentum venture wins $1.8B NASA contract
The new contract is called COSMOS and includes support for systems used in NASA’s primary mission control center. A joint venture of Aerodyne Industries and Amentum has won a potential nine-year, $1.8 billion contract for broad mission support services that focus on command-and-control systems in space vehicles. Ascend Aerospace & Technology is poised to begin work […]
GSA’s OneGov deals hype billions in savings, but should we buy into it?
Amid all the discount announcements, these short-term agreements raise more questions than they answer about real value to government buyers. Hardly a week goes by that the General Services Administration is not announcing a new agreement with a commercial tech company under the OneGov initiative. GSA’s press releases ooze with enthusiasm about how these agreements will […]
FAA starts the bidding for new air traffic control system contract
The eventual winner will have three-and-a-half years to implement the new system. The Federal Aviation Administration has given the green light for industry to start working on and turning in their proposals for a contract to stand up a new air traffic control system for managing U.S. airspace. While the contract has no ceiling value at […]
ServiceNow, GSA strike OneGov deal to drive government AI adoption
Government customers can access discounts of up to 70% off select ServiceNow products through the deal. Tech firm ServiceNow agreed to major discounts for all government customers of its flagship software offering in the latest OneGov agreement brokered by the General Services Administration. Announced on Wednesday, the months-in-the-making agreement will see ServiceNow offer up to a […]