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Oddball has tapped Paul Baumgartner to lead federal health Baumgartner brings more than 18 years of federal health experience to the role The 2026 Healthcare Summit will explore AI, healthcare delivery and more Paul Baumgartner, a federal health technology executive, has joined digital services provider Oddball as vice president of federal health.

The award carries a $20 million minimum guarantee against a $494.4 million ceiling Three proposals came in against a single solicitation DCSA obligated $21.8 million on the first task order ASRC Research and Technology Solutions has won an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $494.4 million to support the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s Case Processing Operations Center.

Suzanne Maddux has joined BWX Technologies to assume the new role of senior vice president of operations Maddux’s scope includes environmental health and safety, supply chain, quality and manufacturing operations Her career has taken her to companies including RTX, Mercury Systems and Cascade Engineering BWX Technologies announced Thursday the appointment of Suzanne Maddux to the newly established senior vice president of operations role.

Katz has served as a MANTECH distinguished engineer since August 2024 He spent nine years at IBM, most recently leading data and AI technical delivery for federal work He previously headed Georgetown University’s computational linguistics program MANTECH has named Graham Katz chief technology officer and executive director of its data and artificial intelligence practice. The company announced the appointment Thursday in a LinkedIn post.

Tech industry vet Eric Trexler will lead go-to-market operations at Chainalysis as COO Trexler most recently served as SVP of U.S. public sector at Palo Alto Networks The 2026 Intel Summit will spotlight AI in intelligence operations, OSINT and more Chainalysis has appointed Eric Trexler, an enterprise technology executive, as chief operating officer.

Everforth ECS will provide management and maintenance support for a SUNet system The $147.8 million contract also covers plans to transition and retire the network The award builds on Everforth ECS’s previous SUNet support for the Army Everforth ECS, the former ECS Federal, has received a $147.8 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide services supporting a secure unclassified network, or SUNet, legacy system and its infrastructure, the Department of War said Thursday.

Google, Salesforce Ventures and Wellington Management joined the round Total equity funding has exceeded $386 million A new San Jose plant is designed for up to 500 satellites a year by 2027 Muon Space has closed a $250 million Series C round, bringing total equity funding past $386 million. Eclipse led the financing, the satellite company said Thursday.

Army drone assault battalion set for a core mission realignment Shift to airborne infantry role follows a major field exercise The 2026 Navy Summit will explore AI, autonomous and unmanned systems and more The Army will realign a drone assault battalion established in January to study drone and ground robot warfare, with the unit set to refocus on its core role as an airborne infantry battalion after completing a major field exercise in Germany, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Steve Kapinos has been promoted to chief cyber officer at MANTECH Kapinos most recently served as MANTECH’s vice president for cognitive cyber MANTECH has announced several promotions in the past two months to bolster its technology leadership MANTECH announced Wednesday that it has promoted Steve Kapinos, its vice president for cognitive cyber, to chief cyber officer.

VA has raised the Oracle Health EHR contract ceiling to $27 billion The modification adds nearly $17 billion in potential contract value The contract has been extended through May 2031 with additional option periods The Department of Veterans Affairs has modified its electronic health record modernization, or EHRM, contract with Oracle Health Government Services, raising the contract ceiling by $16.94 billion, according to an award notice published Wednesday on SAM.gov.