Cerner has formed an organization of private firms that will help perform a potential 10-year, $10B contract to modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs’ electronic health care record. The EHR modernization team will resume the health information technology company’s work in meeting the medical needs of veterans, Cerner said Wednesday. VA Secretary …

ExecutiveBiz is pleased to recognize the most significant executive recruiters of consequence influencing the government contracting (GovCon) industry with its seventh annual list of the Top Ten Executive Recruiters for 2020. Executive recruiters play a pivotal part in maintaining the success of the sector’s most important companies to lead the continued growth of the GovCon industry as a whole. 

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit research concepts for “revolutionary security technologies” that can help protect the increasing number of internet of things-based devices.

Science Applications International Corp. intends to work with the U.S. Air Force to build and demonstrate battle management systems for the Joint All Domain Command and Control program under a potential $950M multiple-award contract announced in July.

Science Applications International Corp. has secured a potential 10-year, $378 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide enterprise information technology and end-user services to the Federal Aviation Administration, SAIC announced Tuesday.

Jacobs has secured a potential nine-year, $166M architect and engineering design services contract to  help the Federal Aviation Administration replace, modernize and sustain more than 13K facilities that support the National Air Space, the company reported on Wednesday. 

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2020 — Andy Green, president of Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE: HII) technical solutions division, said the acquisition of marine robotics technology developer Hydroid complements HII's unmanned underwater vehicles portfolio, ExecutiveBiz reported March 27.

Persistent Systems has received a four-year, $25M contract to help the U.S. Air Force address the communication needs of convoy operations in austere environments.

IBM is providing citizens free tools through The Weather Channel application and website to help them track reported COVID-19 cases and gain access to news and other information related to the coronavirus pandemic using their computers and smartphones.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Andy Green, executive vice president and president of technical solutions for Huntington Ingalls Industries, as an inductee into the 2020 Wash100 Award for his leadership to drive HII’s technical solutions business through contract awards, acquisition and advancing the company’s capabilities in emerging technology. 

A BAE Systems research and development organization has secured funds from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create a data analytics technology for government analysts to detect and deter the use of weapons of mass destruction.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 11, 2020 — Cognosante will advise and assist the Veterans Health Administration on efforts to transform the agency into a high reliability organization under a potential $98M blanket purchase agreement from the Department of Veterans Affairs, GovCon Wire reported Friday.

Leidos and Sparton have partnered to develop an acoustic device countermeasure system for U.S. Navy submarines to defend against torpedoes. The industry team will design, build, fabricate, integrate and test ADC MK 5 devices intended to launch from a submarine’s internal signal ejector, Sparton said Tuesday. Leidos won the $36.1M Next Generation Countermeasure contract last month. Jim Lackemacher, group vice president …

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks participants for a four-year research program aimed at developing “third-wave” artificial intelligence tools that can mimic human reasoning and common sense, Nextgov reported Friday. The Machine Common Sense project is scheduled to commence in June 2019 and will challenge multiple teams to make AI …

The Army Contracting Command has drafted a solicitation notice for a potential $78 million contract for the procurement of two non-developmental tactical unmanned aerial systems and related logistics support services. A draft request for proposals posted July 2 on FedBizOpps says the contracting effort is part of the ACC-Aberdeen Proving Ground Natick …