LGS Innovations has won a one-year, $9.5 million task order to provide telecommunications cables for the U.S. Navy’s submarine fleet. The company will supply the military branch with cable assemblies that comply with the Hydro-Acoustic Data Acquisition System – Truck Cable standard, the Defense Department said Monday. LGS Innovations will perform work through July 2016 in High […] More

The April release of documents for a draft request for proposals on a future nationwide public safety communications network marked another step in the government’s push to further examine how it can make greater use of commercial technologies. Also in April, Defense Department announced its own move to explore the commercial sector’s offerings in April with the release of Better Buying Power […] More

This is part two of our chat with Kevin Kelly, LGS Innovations‘ CEO. Click here for part one. ExecutiveBiz: How would you describe the current state of the GovCon M&A market? What do LGS and other companies look for in potential targets? Kevin Kelly: It is very active. In the course of the last twelve months, LGS has looked […] More

LGS Innovations will work as a subcontractor for on an initiative to upgrade the Defense Department’s Research and Engineering Network under a potential 10-year, $750 million contract awarded to CenturyLink in 2012 by the Defense Information Systems Agency. LGS’ task is to develop high-performance network for five supercomputing locations with speeds of 40 gigabits per second for DREN, […] More

  LGS Innovations has completed upgrade work on a communications infrastructure at a U.S. Army-run facility located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The Army’s Kuwait-based main communications facility is responsible for managing the service’s C4 operations across Southwest Asia, LGS said Tuesday. According to LGS, the C4 system modernization is part of the Pentagon’s Joint Information Environment project. “LGS is proud […] More

Rich Martin, chief information officer at LGS Innovations, believes that comprehensive testing and validation are necessary to prevent technical issues when deploying massive federal IT infrastructures. “For crucial systems, many potential issues can be mitigated through testing,” Martin said in a question-and-answer session published on LGS’ website. “You need a lot of eyeballs reviewing test results […] More

Kevin Kelly, chairman and CEO of defense services provider Arcfield, has been deemed as one of the 100 most outstanding leaders in the government contracting sector in 2024 by Executive Mosaic. As one of the 42 first-time inductees into the Wash100 league, he is credited for his role in the company's recent milestones including the acquisition of Strategic Technology Consulting and Orion Space Solutions.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most sought-after digital solutions by the federal government. AI features, such as speech recognition, expert systems, machine vision, accurate detection, and efficient processing, are integrated into warfare and security systems to reduce risks, fortify defense, and achieve mission success. While the demand for AI is rising, many organizations […] More

To ensure safety and improve the American people’s lives, the federal government maximizes its financial resources by working with businesses that can provide for their needs. These businesses are called government contractors.   Many businesses aim to be part of the federal contract to win some federal contract spending or government contracts. But the question […] More

Todd Probert, president of National Security and Innovative Solutions at CACI as well as a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the recent acquisition of SA Photonics and its benefit to the company’s growth initiatives and customer satisfaction. In addition, the two-time Wash100 Award winner also discussed the new growth markets that CACI is looking to move into […] More

Jim Faist, vice president and chief technology and strategy officer for Lucent Government Solutions Labs at CACI International, has returned to Trident Systems as a member of its board of directors. John Broglio, president of Trident, said in a statement published Tuesday Faist has experience in technical engineering, knowledge about electronic communications and space operations […] More

Kevin Kelly, president of the national security and innovative solutions sector at CACI International, said warfighters are inundated with one-off systems that demand network, storage and battery and the company seeks to address that with multimission platforms, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.

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