The U.S. Army wants $186 billion in spending power for fiscal year 2025, a figure which has not yet been approved. The budget includes funds for nine barracks construction projects, an increased focus on fitness facilities and routine upticks in pay for soldiers. It has also been assembled with an eye toward responding to “aggression in ..read more

By Bill Webner, CEO of Capgemini Government Solutions, in collaboration with Melissa Hatton, AI Strategy Lead at Capgemini Government Solutions; James Farnsworth, Chief U.S. Compliance & Regulatory Counsel at Capgemini America, Inc.; and Johnathan Duffie, Senior Legal Counsel & Americas AI Legal Lead at Capgemini America, Inc Artificial intelligence is driving groundbreaking innovation across industries ..read more

Darrell Graddy, formerly chief operating officer of Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) U.K. business arm, has been appointed chief strategy officer at Boston Government Services. He brings to the role nearly four decades of government contracting industry experience in program management, business development, capture strategy, strategy development and strategic planning, BGS said Monday. “Darrell has been a ..read more

The Department of Energy services platform of private equity management firm Bernhard Capital Partners has acquired federal technical consulting services provider Strategic Management Solutions for an undisclosed sum. Albuquerque, New Mexico-based SMSI has more than 400 employees and has been providing program management and project support services to DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration, national laboratories ..read more

Mike Page, a more than two-decade federal market executive and a retired U.S. Army major, has joined Arlington, Virginia-based government information technology services provider Tsymmetry as vice president of business development. He announced his appointment in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. Prior to Tsymmetry, Page was executive director leading captures for ManTech‘s federal civilian sector ..read more

Arcfield has secured a potential five-year, $93 million follow-on contract to provide full life cycle support to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s next-generation secure data-sharing tool. The company said Tuesday it will help AFRL maintain the Information Support Server Environment and X-domain Agile Rules-Based Information Transfer OrchestratoR cross-domain suite to enable secure data sharing between ..read more

ECS President John Heneghan was recently presented with his third Wash100 Award during a meeting with Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and creator of the esteemed Wash100 Award. Wash100 is an annual commemoration of government contracting industry executives who have established themselves as forces to be reckoned with in the field. A Wash100 Award recognizes not only ..read more

A joint venture of Tyonek WorldWide Services, Affordable Engineering Services and Zenetex has secured a five-year, $176.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Navy maintain and repair aircraft platforms. Aircraft Readiness Alliance JV will provide depot-level maintenance support services for fielded aircraft and engines, refurbish existing aviation end items and manufacture component parts, the ..read more

A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $296.8 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide system technical support for the military branch’s M10 Booker combat vehicle. Army Contracting Command will obligate funds and determine work locations upon award of each task order and expects contract work to run through April ..read more

As a program manager and engineer in the U.S. Air Force, Rocky Thurston gained the skills he needed to transition smoothly into government contracting. His first work in the field was as a program manager for an intelligence community contract at Booz Allen Hamilton, after which point he took on more assignments and learned and ..read more