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  • Clarifai Eyes Workforce Expansion With $60M Series C Funding - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Clarifai Eyes Workforce Expansion With $60M Series C Funding

    Clarifai plans to drive international expansion, develop new artificial intelligence technologies and grow its AI community through the $60 million investment it secured during a New Enterprise Associates-led Series C funding round. The AI platform provider said Friday it now has a total funding of $100 million following the close of the financing round, which […] More

  • Sarcos to Expand Testing, Demo of Guardian DX Robot for Navy-Specific Tasks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sarcos to Expand Testing, Demo of Guardian DX Robot for Navy-Specific Tasks

    A Sarcos Technology and Robotics subsidiary will continue working on a teleoperated dexterous robotic system for the U.S. Navy after the service branch executed an option on its Guardian DX contract with the company. Sarcos Defense will further its Guardian DX testing, evaluation and demonstration efforts to focus on Navy-specific tasks, such as maintenance, modernization […] More

  • CareView, S3 Partner to Deliver Patient Safety Offerings to VHA Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CareView, S3 Partner to Deliver Patient Safety Offerings to VHA Facilities

    CareView Communications will provide the Veterans Health Administration with information technology offerings through the company’s partnership with a joint venture between Decisive Point Consulting Group and Booz Allen Hamilton. Shore Systems and Solutions is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that has a spot on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ TeleCare indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which will be […] More

  • SpaceLink Expands HQ in Northern Virginia; David Bettinger Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceLink Expands HQ in Northern Virginia; David Bettinger Quoted

    SpaceLink is increasing its presence in Northern Virginia with its expansion in Fairfax County amid the satellite communications company’s ongoing efforts to advance space commerce, exploration and security as well as environmental awareness. David Bettinger, CEO of SpaceLink, said in a statement published Thursday the region is the “natural choice” considering its pool of technology […] More

  • Comtech President, COO Michael Porcelain to Succeed Fred Kornberg as CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech President, COO Michael Porcelain to Succeed Fred Kornberg as CEO

    Michael Porcelain, president and chief operating officer at Comtech Telecommunications, was selected to succeed Fred Kornberg as the company’s chief executive by the end of the year. The executive move will complete the CEO succession plan of Comtech and will see Porcelain also joining the board of directors and Kornberg potentially continuing as a director […] More

  • Saab Provides Aircraft Component for Boeing's T-7A Red Hawk Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Provides Aircraft Component for Boeing’s T-7A Red Hawk Program

    Saab has delivered an aft airframe section to Boeing that the latter will use for the development of trainer aircraft under a potential 16-year, $9.2 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force. The company is in partnership with Boeing to provide the service branch with up to 475 T-X trainer aircraft and 120 ground-based training […] More

  • Caesar Nieves: Jacobs to Provide NGA With Geospatial Data Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Caesar Nieves: Jacobs to Provide NGA With Geospatial Data Support Services

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 1, 2021 — Jacobs will support the Geospatial-intelligence Enterprise OpenDataStore of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency by providing mission-driven and data-centric tools under a seven-year, $302 million contract, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 16. Caesar Nieves, senior vice president of cyber and intelligence at Jacobs’ critical mission solutions unit, said digital services, modern […] More

  • Riverbed Elevates Shaun Bierweiler to Chief Revenue Officer Role - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Riverbed Elevates Shaun Bierweiler to Chief Revenue Officer Role

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 1, 2021 — Riverbed Technology has promoted Shaun Bierweiler to the role of chief revenue officer, responsible for the global sales, services and partner strategy of the San Francisco-based information technology company, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 16. Bierweiler previously served as senior vice president of public sector at Riverbed. He joined […] More

  • Cognosante, Partners Launch New Consortium to Advance Health Info Exchange Delivery; Erick Peters Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cognosante, Partners Launch New Consortium to Advance Health Info Exchange Delivery; Erick Peters Quoted

    Cognosante has helped establish a new consortium focused on delivering Health Information Exchange as a managed service to support health care improvement efforts. The company said Wednesday it is one of the founding members of Collabrity Health, an alliance of HIEs and health care vendor partners that seek to share among consortium members interoperability resources, […] More

  • Capgemini to Purchase VariQ, Expand Government IT Offerings; Doug Lane Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Capgemini to Purchase VariQ, Expand Government IT Offerings; Doug Lane Quoted

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 30, 2021 — Capgemini will acquire VariQ and integrate the cybersecurity, cloud and software development support service provider into its government solutions business in a push to expand its federal marketplace footprint and increase information technology offerings, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 15. Doug Lane, CEO of Capgemini Government Solutions and a […] More

  • Roy Azevedo: Raytheon Eyes Accelerated Space Tech Deliveries With SEAKR Engineering Buy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Roy Azevedo: Raytheon Eyes Accelerated Space Tech Deliveries With SEAKR Engineering Buy

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 30, 2021 — Raytheon Technologies plans to integrate SEAKR Engineering into its intelligence and space business once its acquisition of the Centennial, Colorado-based space electronics supplier is completed, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 15. Roy Azevedo, president of Raytheon Intelligence and Space and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the company aims to […] More

  • NEC Names Kathleen Kiernan as President of National Security Systems Subsidiary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NEC Names Kathleen Kiernan as President of National Security Systems Subsidiary

    Kathleen Kiernan, a federal law enforcement veteran, will formally serve as president of NEC Corporation of America‘s national security systems business after holding the post on an interim basis for more than two months. NEC said Wednesday Kiernan drove the company’s Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence-mitigated subsidiary as it moved to a new phase of […] More