Perspecta CEO and Wash100 awardee Mac Curtis, with the help of StoneHedge Global Partners CEO William "Bill" Jasien, kicked off the 2020 Heart Ball on Tuesday night at the Tower Club in Tysons Corner, Va.

The Defense Innovation Unit and the U.S. Navy have selected L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) to build and test an underwater drone for the service branch. L3Harris said Wednesday it will provide the Iver4-900 unmanned undersea vehicle as part of an other transaction agreement to support the Navy's Next Generation Small-Class Maritime Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures UUV program.

Skyview Capital has purchased Fidelis Cybersecurity, an automated threat detection and response technology provider to the government and commercial sectors, for an undisclosed sum. "This transaction aligns well with our investment philosophy of targeting and investing in mission critical technology businesses across a wide spectrum of verticals, from telecommunications to cybersecurity," said Alex Soltani, chairman and CEO of Skyview Capital.

A team composed of Planned Systems International and MicroHealth has landed a potential $250M contract to help the State Department's Bureau of Medical Services manage physical and electronic health records.

The Federal Aviation Administration has partnered with Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) to modernize an automated system that helps U.S. air traffic controllers manage the spacing and sequencing of aircraft. "We want air traffic controllers to have the best tools available to manage the increasingly complex airspace around our airports," said Dave Wajsgras, president of the intelligence, information and services business at Raytheon and a 2019 Wash100 awardee.

Ellen Lord, acquisition chief at the Department of Defense and a 2019 Wash100 awardee, has said Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will develop a computer network to replace the F-35's Autonomic Logistics Information System, Reuters reported Wednesday.

Barry Sheldon, formerly director of business development at Peraton, has been appointed to the same position at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), G2Xchange ETC reported Thursday.

The U.S. Army has informed the National Advanced Mobility Consortium that it will award other transaction agreements to QinetiQ North America and Textron (NYSE: TXT) to build two variants of a robotic combat vehicle.  The military service said Thursday it expects to finalize the OTAs in mid-February to procure four light RCV units from QinetiQ NA and four medium RCVs from Textron.

Pattonair, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity, and Wesco Aircraft Holdings have merged through an approximately $1.9B deal in a move to grow customer base and footprint in the global supply chain management services market.

NASA is looking to add vendors to the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program via an on-ramp procurement method,  SpaceNews reported Thursday.