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  • Leidos Advances Mayhem Hypersonic System Development With Completion of 2 Reviews
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    Leidos Advances Mayhem Hypersonic System Development With Completion of 2 Reviews

    Leidos has completed conceptual design and system requirements reviews for the Mayhem program, marking another milestone in the development of an air-breathing hypersonic system for the Air Force Research Laboratory. The company said Tuesday the reviews were carried out within a digital engineering environment and demonstrated the use of a system design agent construct that […] More

  • Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Gary Hix: Agencies Should Advance Sustainable Data Center Practices
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    Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Gary Hix: Agencies Should Advance Sustainable Data Center Practices

    Gary Hix, chief technology officer at Hitachi Vantara Federal, said the exponential growth of data will prompt federal agencies and their partners to advance efforts to decarbonize data center infrastructures and implement sustainable strategies to meet climate goals while promoting digital diplomacy and cross-border collaboration. In a commentary published Monday in Nextgov/FCW, Hix wrote that […] More

  • Marc Andersen Added to vTech Solution Advisory Board
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    Marc Andersen Added to vTech Solution Advisory Board

    Washington, D.C.-based vTech Solution has appointed Marc Andersen, a senior partner at professional services company EY, as a member of its board of advisers. In a LinkedIn post announcing the appointment, vTech said Andersen will bring to the advisory board his experience in business development, community impact and organizational transformation across the public and private […] More

  • CTC Awarded Marine Corps Contracts to Help Improve Energy Resilience; Ed Sheehan Quoted
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    CTC Awarded Marine Corps Contracts to Help Improve Energy Resilience; Ed Sheehan Quoted

    The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Concurrent Technologies Corp. two contracts to help the service branch improve energy resilience to support warfighters and their mission requirements. CTC said Friday both contracts were awarded by Marine Corps Installations Command. Under a $37 million prime contract, the company will work with subcontractors SKJ, SEA and Barbaricum to […] More

  • Booz Allen Books NGA Vertex-OASIS Pilot Staffing Support Task Order
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    Booz Allen Books NGA Vertex-OASIS Pilot Staffing Support Task Order

    Booz Allen Hamilton has secured a potential four-year, $49.6 million task order from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide 48 full-time equivalents for staffing support and technical operations services across mission-critical areas. NGA said in a May 24 news release the Vertex-OASIS Pilot task order was awarded under the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution […] More

  • Wallaroo.AI to Build AI Tools for Space Domain Awareness Under Space Force Accelerator Program
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    Wallaroo.AI to Build AI Tools for Space Domain Awareness Under Space Force Accelerator Program

    The U.S. Space Force has selected Wallaroo.AI for inclusion in Cohort 3 of the Space Domain Awareness TAP Lab Apollo Accelerator program. The company said Thursday it will leverage its artificial intelligence architecture to build AI and machine learning models and other tech platforms designed to improve SDA-related use cases. The SDA TAP Lab Apollo […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils Engineering Facility in Alabama
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    Lockheed Unveils Engineering Facility in Alabama

    Lockheed Martin has opened a 122,000-square-foot engineering facility in Huntsville, Alabama, to drive innovation and advance the development of national security capabilities. The new facility expands Lockheed’s footprint in the state to 30 work sites and can accommodate 500 employees, the company said Thursday. The $18 million facility will support readiness and sustainment work on […] More

  • Palantir Receives Prototype OTA From DOD Chief Digital & AI Office; Akash Jain Quoted
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    Palantir Receives Prototype OTA From DOD Chief Digital & AI Office; Akash Jain Quoted

    A Palantir Technologies subsidiary has secured a potential $33 million prototype other transaction agreement from the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to transition government and third-party vendor capabilities into a data environment to help combatant commands meet priority digital requirements. Palantir USG will integrate commercial AI platforms into the Combined Joint […] More

  • VA Selects Sierra7, Booz Allen for Legislative Implementation Team Professional Services Contract
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    VA Selects Sierra7, Booz Allen for Legislative Implementation Team Professional Services Contract

    Sierra7 and Booz Allen Hamilton have received a contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide professional support services for the Office of Healthcare Transformation’s legislative implementation team. The OHT legislative implementation team requires agile program management support services across several capability areas to support initiatives related to health care legislation, Sierra7 said Wednesday. […] More

  • Capgemini, DARPA to Collaborate on Carbon Capture Application of Quantum Computing
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    Capgemini, DARPA to Collaborate on Carbon Capture Application of Quantum Computing

    Capgemini Government Solutions will collaborate with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on a project aimed at exploring the use of quantum computing in carbon capture as part of DARPA’s Advanced Research Concept initiative. Under DARPA’s ARC topic IMPAQT, which stands for Imagining Practical Applications for a Quantum Tomorrow, the company said Wednesday it will […] More

  • BCS, Allegient Defense Form New Entity to Support Energy, Defense Missions
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    BCS, Allegient Defense Form New Entity to Support Energy, Defense Missions

    BCS and Allegient Defense have merged and established a new entity that will deliver technology platforms and services to support the missions of energy and defense agency customers. BCS CEO Alain Williams will lead the new entity, which will operate as BCS Allegient. “Our combined energy- and defense-heavy portfolios put us at the intersection of […] More

  • Maximus Appoints Garrett Smiley as Digital Infrastructure & Tech Strategy VP, Chief of Staff to CDIO
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    Maximus Appoints Garrett Smiley as Digital Infrastructure & Tech Strategy VP, Chief of Staff to CDIO

    Garrett Smiley, a federal information technology industry executive, has joined Maximus as vice president of digital infrastructure and technology strategy and chief of staff to the chief digital and information officer. He announced his move to Maximus in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. In this capacity, Smiley will provide operational oversight, executive and decision support, […] More