Affigent, an Akima subisidiary; and Qmulos, a cybersecurity company, have partnered to help the federal government comply with security requirements and keep pace with growing issues. Affigent will combine its expertise with Qmulos' regulatory compliance products to support risk management efforts and accelerate evidence-based decision-making of federal agencies, Akima said Thursday.

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Mike McKinney, former managing director of Attain's defense business, has joined information technology contractor OBXtek as chief operating officer.

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Tenax Aerospace has appointed Joe Boeckx as executive vice president of Business Development, effective Aug. 17, the company announced Wednesday. Boeckx, a U.S. Army veteran and former Department of Defense serviceman, brings a deep experience across aerospace and defense industries. Prior to joining Tenax, Boeckx served as executive vice president of Corporate Development at Akima.

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Dave Turner, president and CEO of Hitachi Vantara Federal, has been appointed to the board of directors at the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the company announced Thursday. “I look forward to connecting with and learning from individuals across the different areas of technology,” said Turner.

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Retired U.S. Army Col. Jim Enicks has joined Corvus Consulting, a Castellum subsidiary, to serve as CEO.

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Executive Mosaic, the leading executive media and events company in the government contracting “GovCon” industry, announced the 2020 winners of the highly coveted and prestigious Wash100 Award. The full list of winners and more information about the award can be found on Wash100.com. 

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise has recognized Affigent as a small business partner of the year for federal distribution efforts in 2018. Affigent, an Akima subsidiary, provides the federal government with HPE's GreenLake, an information technology offering that delivers hardware, software and expertise either in-cloud or on-premise, Akima said Tuesday. The platform operates on a consumption-based model.

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Akima's RiverTech subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $34.5M contract to provide command-and-control technical support services to the U.S. Air Force.

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Jacobs Engineering Group will collaborate with Akima Support Operations to help maintain facilities at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center as part of a potential  $131.7 million contract. Jacobs said Wednesday it will serve as Akima’s strategic contract partner to support GSFC’s Facilities Operations and Maintenance Division. NASA awarded the five-year Facilities Operations and Maintenance Services III contract in February. Under […] More

Cubic Applications will provide support services to the Joint Base Lewis-McChord mission training complex in a $15 million task order from the U.S. Army Forces Command. The award includes a transition period plus one base year, with options to extend for two more years, and comes under the Operations, Planning, Training and Resource Support Services II […] More

Bechtel has donated $15,000 to a program in Washington state for nearly 250 students to participate in a series of mathematics, engineering and science achievement competitions, KVEW TV reported Friday.  Dan Thesman writes that nearly 60 teams of middle and high school students competed in challenges related to prosthetic arms development and operation. The MESA […] More