GSA’s Technology Modernization Fund Awards Seven Projects to Advance Cybersecurity In Federal Agencies; Clare Martorana, Chris DeRusha Quoted
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) Board has announced seven new awards totaling $311 million to help federal agencies bolster cybersecurity capabilities and accelerate IT modernization efforts. This is the seventh round of awards given since TMF’s establishment under the Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2017. The projects will be funded by the American Rescue Plan's emergency […]
SDA Director Derek Tournear: Satellite, Launch Prices Have Dropped
Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency (SDA) and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said virtually in a Defense One panel that the military's goal to establish a network of low Earth orbit satellites is now more reachable as a result of commercialization. Tournear said launches now cost tens of millions of dollars compared to […]
DHS Kicks Off ‘Cooling Solutions’ Competition to Boost Climate Resilience; Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Quoted
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a series of competitions intended to bolster the nation’s climate resilience and advance the development of innovations that address climate change risks. The DHS said Thursday that its science and technology directorate and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will lead the first series of competitions focused […]
Gen. John Raymond: Space Force to Handle Army, Navy SATCOM Operations
Gen. John Raymond, the chief of space operations and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, said the U.S. Space Force will be responsible for U.S. Army and U.S. Navy satellite communications, in an effort to consolidate SATCOM missions, DOD News reported Wednesday. Raymond said at the Air Force Association meeting that USSF would receive this authority […]
GovCon Expert Reggie Brothers: BigBear.ai First Half 2021 Financial Results Show Consistent Contract Awards, Backlog Growth
BigBear.ai, an artificial intelligence and cloud-based data analytics solutions provider, announced its first half 2021 financial results, which include $72 million in year-to-date revenue, $150 million in contract awards and their upcoming merger with GigCapital4, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021. “BigBear.ai’s steady pace of contract awards and expanded customer […]
Maximus Board Selects John Haley to Succeed Peter Pond as Chair; Bruce Caswell Quoted
Maximus announced Friday that its board of directors has unanimously elected John Haley to serve as chair and Anne Altman to work as vice chair alongside Wash100 awardee Richard Montoni. Haley previously served as a director at Maximus from 2002 to 2019 and rejoined the board in 2020. He brings deep knowledge of Maximus and […]
US, Australia, UK Announce Trilateral Security Partnership; Gen. Lloyd Austin Quoted
The U.S., Australia and the U.K. have agreed to further strengthen collaboration on defense and security capabilities under a trilateral security partnership. The AUKUS alliance will provide the Royal Australian Navy with at least eight nuclear-powered submarines and the Australian government said Thursday it plans to construct the submarines in Adelaide. DOD News reported the […]
Amentum Selected for GSA’s ASTRO IDIQ; CEO John Vollmer Quoted
Amentum, a leading federal defense contractor, announced Wednesday that the company has been selected for nine pools on the General Service Administration’s multiagency, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity ASTRO contract to provide mission support for the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. “We look forward to offering our technological services to help maintain and sustain our nation’s […]
Gen. John Raymond: Space Force to Capitalize on Small, Fast Satellites
Gen. John Raymond, the U.S. Space Force's chief of space operations, said microelectronics and advanced propulsion can enable small satellites that can be deployed in large numbers while having the computing power to rapidly transmit data, Space News reported Monday. He said at an Arizona State University-sponsored virtual conference that USSF wants to capitalize on […]
Lloyd Austin: US Capabilities to Strike, Track Global Threats Have Evolved Since 2001
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said he believes the U.S. is now safer than in 2001 given the capabilities it has acquired and developed when it comes to collecting, analyzing and tracking threats worldwide, Voice of America reported Sunday. “Our ability to strike has increased by […]
Guidehouse to Acquire Dovel Technologies; Ramzi Musallam, Scott McIntyre Quoted
Guidehouse announced on Wednesday that the portfolio company of Veritas Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dovel Technologies for an undisclosed amount. The transaction is expected to close sometime in the fourth quarter of the 2021 fiscal year, and the combined enterprise is expected to generate more than two billion dollars in […]
Peraton Names Mara Motherway to SVP, Government & Customer Relations Role; CEO Stu Shea Quoted
Mara Motherway, former vice president for Government Relations and Military Affairs at Booz Allen Hamilton, has been appointed to the new role of senior vice president of Government and Customer Relations at Peraton. “I'm excited to welcome Mara to the company at such a critical time," said 2021 Wash100 Award winner Stu Shea, Peraton's chairman, […]
NCI Awarded $112M Contract Extension From CMS to Continue Support of Medicare Payments; CEO Paul Dillahay Quoted
NCI Information Systems announced on Tuesday that the company has received a five-year, $112 million Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) contract extension from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to advance the agency’s monitoring, measuring, and reporting of Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) improper payments. “We are honored that CMS continues to entrust its CERT […]
Executive Spotlight: Dana Barnes, SVP of Public Sector for Palo Alto Networks
Dana Barnes, senior vice president of Palo Alto Networks’ Public Sector and 2021 Wash100 Award winner, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview to discuss the challenges of creating a productive culture, the impact that artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are having on the federal workforce and training, necessary changes […]
DIU’s Mike Madsen Receives 2021 Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson
Mike Madsen, deputy director and director of strategic engagement at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), was presented his first Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and respected award in all of government contracting (GovCon), during a recent visit by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award. Executive Mosaic recognized Madsen with […]