DMI was included in the Top Workplaces of 2023 list by news publication Indianapolis Star, which based the ranking on an employee feedback survey conducted by Energage. The information technology services firm said Monday the Energage-led study looked into alignment, execution, connection and 12 other culture drivers to measure organizations. “Our belief is that if […] More

DMI will continue modernizing the cybersecurity posture of the National Institutes of Health under a three-year, $24 million recompete contract. DMI will handle cybersecurity enhancements for NIH as part of the Cybersecurity Modernization II Initiative, the OceanSound Partners portfolio company said Wednesday.  The contract covers the modernization of industrial control systems, management of enterprise assets, […] More

Ralph Tursi, a former deputy assistant director of the FBI, has been appointed senior director for law enforcement business at General Dynamics‘ information technology arm. In his new role, Tursi will oversee business strategy development, program and product delivery to address the Department of Justice’s IT requirements, the defense contractor said Thursday. Tursi held various […] More

Ninety-nine percent of female small business owners who responded to a Goldman Sachs survey said they believe the U.S. government needs to improve efforts to support women-owned enterprises and 72 percent rated the effectiveness of federal programs and services for them with a “C” grade or below. The global banking investment firm polled 898 WOSBs […] More

Boeing’s AH-64 Apache attack aircraft has reached the mark of five million flight hours since the helicopter was fielded in 1984. The company said Thursday 1.3 million hours were achieved during combat and the milestone equates to flying nonstop for more than 208,333 days or 570 years and nine months. Apache was built in Mesa, Arizona, […] More

Damon Griggs and Jon Brooks, former Dovel Technologies executives, have entered into a partnership with Madison Dearborn Partners to help the private equity firm identify and pursue investment opportunities in the federal government technology sector. Griggs and Brooks both bring decades of industry experience in areas such as business development, technology delivery, mergers and acquisitions, […] More

The Joint Authorization Board of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has moved to prioritize collaboration with IronNet to help the latter secure a provisional authority to operate for its threat detection and data exchange platform. IronNet’s Collective Defense technology was chosen to undergo the JAB’s evaluation process for P-ATO following the latest round […] More

Ursa Major has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop an engine designed to produce 5,000 pounds of thrust and power rockets for low-Earth orbit satellite deployment. The company said Wednesday it will also test multiple “Hadley” engines and provide datasets to the Air Force Research Laboratory on performance parameters such as […] More

Spire Global and Ursa Space Systems have teamed up to merge their capabilities and help U.S. federal agency clients track illegal activity in the maritime domain. Spire will provide automatic identification system data and combine it with synthetic aperture radar imagery sourced by Ursa Space to help detect and monitor “dark” ships that may be […] More

Rocky Thurston, chief operating officer With DMI, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his appointment to the company back in January as well as the growth initiatives and company culture that is driving the long-term success of its workforce and growth in the federal landscape during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read the full Executive Spotlight interview with Rocky […] More

Sunny Singh, president and CEO of Aeyon, said the company sees complementary cultures and capabilities as key factors when considering potential targets for a merger or an acquisition. “Mergers and acquisitions don’t fail because of contracts, they don’t fail because of revenue or money or anything else. They generally fail because of personalities and cultures,” […] More

HII has won the right to compete for task orders to support U.S. Navy training systems under two multiple-award contract vehicles worth potentially $341 million combined. The company said Monday it can vie for work to help the service branch develop, engineer, update, test, integrate, secure and maintain threat systems intended for tactical and electronic […] More