DHS’ $3B mobile device contract faces protest
Turning Point Global Solutions is disputing Widepoint’s incumbent capture of the Cellular Wireless Management Services III award. Disappointed challenger Turning Point Global Solutions LLC is challenging a $3 billion award that went to Widepoint Corp. to help manage the Homeland Security Department’s mobile device inventory. Widepoint protected its incumbent position on the third iteration of the […]
Lockheed, Ondas move on tech-focused acquisitions
Maritime systems, including sonar, and autonomous vehicles are the key areas of interest for both buyers. Lockheed Martin The world’s largest defense company has entered into a $3.45 billion agreement to buy Ultra Maritime, a business unit of Cobham Ultra that focuses on undersea and anti-submarine warfare technologies. Ultra Maritime’s product portfolio sonar technologies, sonobuoys, torpedo […]
Iridium closes deal to expand air traffic network
The acquisition of Aireon comes as Iridium prepares for its $8 billion takeover by Rocket Lab. Iridium has closed its acquisition of Aireon to add space-based air traffic surveillance and aviation intelligence services capabilities into the portfolio. Financial terms of the deal, first announced in May, were not disclosed. Aireon will operate as a subsidiary focused […]
OPM’s HR systems award clears protest window
None of Oracle’s competitors have filed objections to the $396 million Federal HR 2.0 contract. The Office of Personnel Management’s plan to consolidate human capital management systems was a hotly-contested contract that Oracle won in June. Seven companies in total submitted bids, but Oracle has begun work on the 10-year, $395.8 million contract and the protest […]
DLH promotes finance chief JohnBull to CEO
The board of directors also elevates a new chief financial officer as CEO Zack Parker retires from the position. DLH Corp.’s board of directors has promoted a new chief executive from within the technology services company’s own ranks in Kathryn JohnBull, who has worked in the chief financial officer role since 2012. The transition is effective […]
Growth, finance and tech leadership moves across the market
Plus, one global financial giant appoints a new leader for its commercial banking team focused on this industry, among other key hires and promotions. AEVEX Corp. Murali Krishnan has joined the defense technology company as chief growth officer, two months after its $320 million initial public offering. The two-decade industry veteran will oversee functions related to […]
AWS launches Secret Cloud for industry’s classified workloads
The company made several announcements geared towards its government customers, including up to $1 billion in cloud credits for U.S. intelligence agencies. Amazon Web Services on Tuesday announced a new cloud offering designed to run contractor-owned classified workloads, a first for the defense industrial base and select research institutions that historically have had to build and […]
The third best practice GovCon keeps ignoring
Your Shipley process and CRM are only as good as the customer intelligence feeding them. Most firms have never measured that capability, writes growth expert Nic Coppings. Your organization lost a recompete you should have won, or worse, you are about to lose one. The debrief covers technical strengths, transition approaches, or variations on best value. […]
New executive order pushes agencies toward quantum-ready AI security
EO 14409 sets a high bar for protecting AI models and training data — and agencies can’t do it alone; they need help from their vendors, writes Gina Scinta, CTO of Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies. Earlier this month, the White House issued Executive Order 14409, “Executive Order: Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security” to lay […]
TSA launches $13B security screening tech solicitation
The Transportation Security Agency set up this multiple-award contract to support its efforts to transition away from being both operator and regulator at airports. The Transportation Security Administration has opened the window for industry to start working on and turning in proposals for a potential 10-year, $12.9 billion contract vehicle focused on airport security screening technology […]