Dawne Hickton, head of critical mission solutions business at Jacobs and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the acquisition of KeyW “accelerated that cyber opportunity” for Jacobs, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.

Steven Demetriou, chairman and CEO of Jacobs, has said that the company’s integration of KeyW is “off to a great start” as it seeks to leverage the latter’s low-Earth orbit and space intelligence offerings.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 21, 2019 — Bill Weber, president and CEO of KeyW (Nasdaq: KEYW), told GovCon Wire in an interview published June 11 that the U.S. needs to push collaboration between the public and private sectors to innovate and invest in emerging technologies in order to maintain its leadership position against adversaries.

Jacobs announced on Wednesday that its acquisition of KeyW has been completed. The move further positions Jacobs as a leader in high-value Government Services, and allows Jacobs’ Aerospace, Technology and Nuclear (ATN) business to further advance its strategy of delivering innovative and unique mission-oriented solutions for highly technical and high-consequence government priorities.

KeyW has received a five-year, $57M task order to help the U.S. Army manage content and knowledge assets.

Terry Hagen, president of the aerospace and technology business at Jacobs Engineering Group, has cited intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology offerings as the key driver of interest for Jacobs' plan to acquire KeyW for approximately $815M cash, the Dallas Business Journal reported Monday.

Spire Global has been chosen to provide hosted payload services to support KeyW’s efforts to demonstrate space-based technology platforms and deploy constellations.

The Department of Homeland Security has certified KeyW’s Parrot Labs group as an official training provider in a government-sponsored online resource of cybersecurity training and education services. Parrot Labs’ seven cyber mission training courses are listed in the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies catalog, KeyW said Thursday. The courses are designed to …

KeyW has secured a six-year multimillion dollar task order to support the U.S. Army‘s  training systems as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin under a potential $3.53 billion contract. Hanover, Md.-based KeyW said Tuesday it will assist the Army program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation in efforts to sustain the …

CMMI Institute maintained the level 3 Capability Maturity Model Integration status for development of KeyW Holding‘s national intelligence sector after a re-appraisal conducted on June 6. The re-assessment for development V1.3 maturity, held every three years, involved the review of artifacts and examination of workers on performance in CMMI process areas, the …

The Department of the Navy has awarded KeyW a potential five-year, $43.7 million contract to help the Naval Research Laboratory’s Physical Acoustics Branch develop sea acoustic techniques. DON announced the contract award in a notice posted Wednesday on the Federal Business Opportunities website. Work covers the development of modeling algorithms and computational tools to support …

A KeyW subsidiary has secured a spot on the General Services Administration‘s potential $50 billion Alliant 2 unrestricted information technology procurement vehicle. Sotera Defense Solutions will be able to offer IT services to agencies under the governmentwide acquisition contract, which has a five-year base performance period and a five-year option, KeyW said …

A KeyW subsidiary has secured an $18 million task order to provide software engineering and sustainment, business consulting, information technology infrastructure and procurement management support for the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command. The three-year task order awarded to Sotera Defense Solutions is part of a $7 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract designated for software and systems engineering …

KeyW has received a five-year, $24 million contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory extend its knowledge of autonomous multi-domain sensing technology for airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The company said Tuesday it will explore multi-sensor, multi-domain fusion systems such as electro-optical, radio frequency and infrared sensing technologies. KeyW will …

KeyW has won a potential $23.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop radio frequency exploitation technology. The Defense Department said Tuesday KeyW will explore algorithmic approaches to help the military branch boost sensing and exploitation performance as well as detect, track, image and identify targets simultaneously …