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Mark Esper: $738B Defense Budget a ‘Good Number’News

Mark Esper: $738B Defense Budget a ‘Good Number’

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a 2019 Wash100 winner, has expressed satisfaction with the $738B fiscal 2020 defense budget agreed upon by the White…
Advent International to Acquire Cobham for $5BM&A Activity

Advent International to Acquire Cobham for $5B

Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to pay approximately $4.99B, including debt, for U.K.-based aerospace and defense contractor Cobham, Financial Times reported Wednesday. The price…
McAleese & Associates: Lockheed’s Q2 2019 Sales Growth Driven by Space, Missiles & Fire Control SegmentsFinancial Reports

McAleese & Associates: Lockheed’s Q2 2019 Sales Growth Driven by Space, Missiles & Fire Control Segments

A report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) saw its sales in the second quarter of 2019 rise 8…
SE Solutions Rebrands as Steampunk; Matt Warren QuotedNews

SE Solutions Rebrands as Steampunk; Matt Warren Quoted

SE Solutions has adopted the name Steampunk and tagline “Design. Disrupt. Repeat” to reflect the how the company delivers technical…
Palo Alto Networks’ Anti-Malware Service Gains FedRAMP CertificationNews

Palo Alto Networks’ Anti-Malware Service Gains FedRAMP Certification

Palo Alto Networks has received authority-to-operate designation from Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for a cloud-based offering designed to protect government…
GSL Solutions Wins $450M DLA Automated Pharmaceutical Tech IDIQ SpotContract Awards

GSL Solutions Wins $450M DLA Automated Pharmaceutical Tech IDIQ Spot

GSL Solutions has won a spot on a potential 10-year, $450M contract with the Defense Logistics Agency to deliver automated pharmaceutical…
Edouard Benjamin Named Leidos Gov’t Health, Safety Business Dev’t VPExecutive Moves

Edouard Benjamin Named Leidos Gov’t Health, Safety Business Dev’t VP

Edouard Benjamin, former vice president of the Food and Drug Administration programs division at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been appointed VP of business…
ClearSky-Led Investor Group Buys Analytics, Engineering Firm Altamira; Ted Davies, Jonathan Moneymaker CommentM&A Activity

ClearSky-Led Investor Group Buys Analytics, Engineering Firm Altamira; Ted Davies, Jonathan Moneymaker Comment

A consortium of investors led by venture capital firm ClearSky has acquired engineering and analytics platforms provider Altamira Technologies for…
Joshua Skule, Executive Assistant Director for Intelligence with the FBI, Announced as Keynote Speaker for Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Intel Summit on July 31stNews

Joshua Skule, Executive Assistant Director for Intelligence with the FBI, Announced as Keynote Speaker for Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Intel Summit on July 31st

Joshua Skule, executive assistant director of Intelligence for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), will be a keynote speaker for
Akima Subsidiary Gets USDA Research Center Support ContractContract Awards

Akima Subsidiary Gets USDA Research Center Support Contract

An Akima subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $13.6M contract to help manage a Department of Agriculture research facility in Wyndmoor, Pa. Sunik will provide…