Booz Allen Buys Ultra I&C Mission Solutions in $720M Deal
Booz Allen Hamilton has agreed to acquire the Ultra I&C Mission Solutions business of Cobham Ultra Group, an Advent portfolio company, for $720 million, a deal that gives national security clients a broader product set at greater speed and scale. “Technological superiority is essential to U.S. national security, and maintaining our advantage requires a relentless
Booz Allen Tapped to Build Cloud Platform Powering National Weather Forecasting
Booz Allen Hamilton has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service to build a cloud-based data platform to power the nation’s weather forecasting tools and services. “Building the systems that power our nation’s weather forecasting is a mission of national importance,” said Katie Hermosilla, executive vice president at Booz Allen.
Navy Taps Booz Allen for $99M Effort to Upgrade Wireless Networks on MSC Ships
Booz Allen Hamilton has won a $99 million contract from the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command to engineer, deploy and sustain wireless networks for civil service mariners aboard government-operated ships. Under the contract, the company will equip ships in the Pacific, Europe and the U.S. with secure and reliable connectivity. Booz Allen will deploy a
Top CISOs to Watch in 2025: Booz Allen’s Amanda Cody
Amanda Cody CISO, Booz Allen As Booz Allen brings advanced technology solutions to accelerate results for federal and commercial customers, CISO Amanda Cody leads its efforts to keep this technology secure and resilient. With an eye to supporting the business through a discreet focus around tech enablement, her team leans in on AI-enabled operations, coupled
Booz Allen, SEEQC Expand Partnership to Advance Quantum Computing
Booz Allen Hamilton and SEEQC are expanding their partnership to speed the development of quantum computers by tackling core engineering challenges such as error correction, energy efficiency and scaling devices for full-scale use. As part of the collaboration, Booz Allen’s quantum software will be integrated into SEEQC’s stack to help develop the software and firmware
Booz Allen Wins $1.58B Contract to Support Counter-WMD Intelligence Efforts
Booz Allen Hamilton has received a 5-year, single-award task order with a ceiling of $1.58 billion to provide intelligence analysis in support of countering weapons of mass destruction. Awarded in September 2024, the Weapons of Mass Destruction Analysis, Exploitation, and Data Science Support task order calls for Booz Allen to use advanced technology and tradecraft
Booz Allen Launches Vellox Reverser to Speed Malware Defense With AI
Booz Allen Hamilton has launched Vellox Reverser, an artificial intelligence-enabled cloud product designed to help organizations detect and defend against advanced malware in minutes instead of days or weeks. The service uses a network of peer-to-peer nodes to break down complex malware binaries and deliver actionable defensive recommendations. Cybercriminals and nation-state actors increasingly deploy AI
Booz Allen Partners with L3Harris Technologies on $315M Air Force Command & Control Contract
Booz Allen Hamilton has won a $315 million contract to deliver the Advanced Battle Management System Distributed Battle Management Node Phase II Tactical Operations Center-Light prototype for the Department of the Air Force’s Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management. The contract holds a maximum performance period of up to 5 years.
Booz Allen’s Rich Crowe on Disrupting Government Tech to Save Lives, Lead Change
Rich Crowe looks back on one of his initial assignments after joining Booz Allen as “one of the greatest stories most people will never actually see.” In the early 2000s, during the height of the global war on terror, Crowe joined Booz Allen and almost immediately launched into high-stakes work. His first assignment: supporting a
Top Cyber Execs to Watch in 2025: Booz Allen’s Erica Banks
Erica Banks Vice President, Booz Allen In the wake of recent cyber aggression from the People’s Republic of China, Erica Banks’s team at Booz Allen is working with the federal government to deter efforts of state-sponsored cyber actors to disrupt federal networks. The team works with 13 federal agencies to prevent and protect against successful
WATCH: Prachi Sukhatankar, Caroline D’Angelo on Climate Resilience Mitigation, Adaptation & Optimization
In this virtual video panel series, WashingtonExec sits down with industry and public sector leaders to discuss current challenges, innovations and initiatives top of mind across the government IT landscape. WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sits down with Prachi Sukhatankar, vice president at Booz Allen leading the firm’s climate and infrastructure portfolio; and Caroline D’Angelo, acting chief
Top CFOs to Watch in 2024: Booz Allen’s Matt Calderone
Matt Calderone CFO, Booz Allen Hamilton In March 2024, Booz Allen reported its best fiscal year since the company’s 2010 IPO, continuing years of exceptional organic growth. As chief financial officer, Matt Calderone is focused on optimizing the firm’s financial performance, capital structure and related operations to implement VoLT (Velocity, Leadership, and Technology), which aims to
Top Contracts Execs to Watch in 2024: Booz Allen’s Linda J. Asher
Linda J. Asher Senior Vice President & Head of Contracts, Procurement and Pricing, Booz Allen Hamilton Linda Asher is most proud of the transformational technology and critical capabilities Booz Allen delivers to clients across missions of national importance, from protecting the nation to transforming health care, exploring space, securing critical infrastructure and more. In an
Booz Allen Taps William Vass as CTO
Booz Allen Hamilton has appointed William Vass as chief technology officer effective June 17. In his role, Vass will accelerate solutions that leverage the firm’s deep mission knowledge and leading position in artificial intelligence, cyber, and software and data-centric capabilities. “As we bring transformative technologies to missions of national importance at speed and scale, we
Top CSOs to Watch in 2024: Booz Allen’s Sharon Claridge
Sharon Claridge Vice President & Chief Security Officer, Booz Allen Sharon Claridge takes particular pride in launching Booz Allen’s new Cross Border Travel capability. This innovative system simplifies employee reporting, automates foreign travel reporting to the government and ensures compliance with security regulations. It supports the firm’s international operations and provides accurate payroll and tax
Top Cloud Executives to Watch in 2024: Booz Allen’s Dan Tucker
Dan Tucker Senior Vice President & Cloud and Data Solutions Lead, Citizen Services Business, Booz Allen For Booz Allen’s Citizen Services Business, “there isn’t a single mission we work on that’s more significant than the rest,” said Dan Tucker. For Tucker, the team is seeing the impact all around and have the opportunity to do
Booz Allen Wins $550M DOE Contract
Booz Allen Hamilton has won a 10-year, $550 million contract from the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. Booz Allen will support the advancement of high-potential, high-impact early-stage technologies that generate, store and use energy in entirely new ways to reduce U.S. emissions, improve energy efficiency and increase the resiliency and reliability of the nation’s
Booz Allen Adds Mac Thornberry to Board
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., the parent company of consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, has appointed William McClellan “Mac” Thornberry to the board of directors, effective April 1. Thornberry represented the 13th District of Texas in the House of Representatives from January 1995 until January 2021. He served on the House Armed Services Committee throughout
Top Supply Chain Execs to Watch in 2023: Booz Allen’s Julia Donley
Julia Donley Vice President of Global Supply Chain, Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen made great strides in securing its supply chain over the past year, and Julia Donley said this has truly been a firmwide achievement. Donley and her team work closely with the Enterprise Technology Services & Solutions team to ensure they’re closely watching
Booz Allen Wins DISA’s Thunderdome Production Agreement
Booz Allen Hamilton has won a follow-on production other transaction authority agreement to deploy Thunderdome, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s zero trust network access and application security architecture. Under this contract, Booz Allen will help to move DISA, the Fourth Estate and its mission partners to a zero trust architecture. “The at-scale production of Thunderdome
Booz Allen Snags a Spot on $2.6B IRS EDOS Contract
Booz Allen Hamilton won a spot on the Internal Revenue Service Enterprise Development, Operations Services contract, a blanket purchase agreement with a ceiling value of $2.6 billion. The multiple-award BPA has a 7-year period of performance. The EDOS contract supports IRS’ applications development portfolio to modernize mission critical applications while implementing annual tax season legislative
Top Contracts Execs to Watch in 2023: Booz Allen’s Linda Asher
Linda Asher Senior Vice President, Head of Contracts, Procurement and Pricing, Booz Allen Hamilton Linda J. Asher’s proudest accomplishment is the partnership and client trust in Booz Allen to deliver critical capabilities to warfighters, veterans and the American people through work across defense, national security, civilian agencies and health care. One outcomes-based contracting example Asher
Top ESG Execs to Watch in 2023: Booz Allen’s Elizabeth Wayt
Elizabeth Wayt Director of Environmental, Social, Governance, Booz Allen Hamilton With nearly 25 years of experience in environmental consulting and management, Elizabeth Wayt leads Booz Allen’s Environmental, Social, Governance program. She brings skills in sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, environmental issues, and sustainable business to her work driving ESG amid rapid growth at the firm.
Booz Allen Taps Andrew Turner to Lead Commercial Business
Booz Allen Hamilton has appointed Andrew Turner to lead its global commercial business. In his new role, Turner will deliver an integrated vision of Booz Allen’s portfolio of cybersecurity services. This includes strategy, risk management, incident response, cyber defense, cloud and operational technology that help commercial clients reach business outcomes and growth. “Andrew is a
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