Amentum promotes industry veteran to build enterprise-wide AI operating model
Amentum’s new chief artificial intelligence architect describes how the company is pushing to scale grassroots innovation into mission-ready capabilities. Amentum has promoted Sam Nazari to chief artificial intelligence architect, a newly-created position for the company. The title itself also helps illustrate how Amentum is approaching AI. By adding the “architect” term to his title, Amentum is tasking Nazari […]
York Space Systems to acquire solar cell maker
Solestial specializes in making ultrathin, radiation-hardened solar cells and modules that have some self-healing capability. York Space Systems has agreed to acquire a maker of solar cells and modules as part of an ongoing push to gain more visibility and control over key subsystems in supply chains. Solestial was first stood up in 2013 at Arizona […]
Navy preps small businesses for aircraft systems integration recompete
The service branch sketches out a rough timeline for the draft solicitation and indicates it is looking close at President Trump’s fixed-price contracting executive order. In keeping with the contract’s tradition, the Navy has decided to reserve an upcoming airborne systems integration services recompete for small businesses only as work continues toward a final solicitation. The […]
GAO denies E-Logic’s protest over SEWP VI elimination
Conflicting product information in the company’s proposal spreadsheet cost it a spot on the contract vehicle. One remaining protest involving NASA’s SEWP VI IT contract has been resolved after the Government Accountability Office denied E-Logic’s challenge that the agency improperly evaluated its proposal. E-Logic’s argument that NASA looked at too much of its proposal defied logic […]
A trio of CEO appointments and more leadership moves across the market
Key hires and promotions for growth, product development and advanced research efforts also feature in this listing. CGI Inc. Tim Hurlebaus has been elected chief executive by the board of directors at this global IT and professional services company, where his term started on Monday. The 21-year CGI veteran was most recently president and chief operating […]
Air Force Research Lab seeks small businesses for rapid innovation support
AFRL’s Center for Rapid Innovation focuses on addressing urgent operational needs in 24 months or less. The Air Force Research Laboratory has started to canvas the small business community in search of companies that can support technology development, operational testing and other activities within AFRL’s Center for Rapid Innovation. Also known as CRI, this team is […]
Second company withdraws protest against Army MAPS contract
Seven protests remain active as the Army is signaling another extension of the proposal deadline for this $50 billion professional services vehicle. A second company has now withdrawn its protest involving the $50 billion Army MAPS vehicle. This latest exit from the case comes from a small business joint venture of TechSur and Guidehouse. The Government Accountability […]
WT 360: A pulse check on GovCon’s capital market landscape
Dave Khalsa, head of mid-cap defense and government technology investment banking at J.P. Morgan, reviews the conditions and decisions shaping public offerings and all other transaction types across the sector. The window for government contractors, especially those in defense and space technology, to go public is open again as several listings over the past 12 […]
Protests paint troubling picture of Army MAPS contract
The $50 billion professional services vehicle faces multiple complaints about ambiguities, restrictions on competition and inadequate information. The group of protests involving the Army’s $50 billion MAPS contract paint a picture of a troubled program with complaints about what the companies are politely calling “ambiguities.” At the time of publication, eight protests were active at the […]
Amentum cites data centers, networks as core to its infrastructure strategy
In talking with Wall Street, Amentum’s CEO and chief operating officer detailed what the company does today in digital infrastructure and how work with commercial clients such as telcos can apply in government. Artificial intelligence and data centers are mainstream topics in today’s landscape that are intertwined as advances in both are also raising demand for […]