The State Department has approved Denmark’s foreign military sales request worth about $8.5 billion for the Integrated Battle Command System-enabled Patriot missile system and related equipment and support services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday RTX, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will serve as principal contractors...
IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the prolonged government shutdown, the 2025 GovCon International and Global Defense Summit has been cancelled. Potomac Officers Club, the capital region’s leading GovCon networking events organization, is pleased to share that Joseph F. Lyden, chief procurement officer of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency, will d...
The Department of State has approved a foreign military sale request, allowing Ukraine to buy air-delivered munitions and related equipment valued at $825 million. Zone 5 Technologies and CoAspire are identified as the principal contractors, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday. The 2025 GovCon International Summit, hosted by ...
Culmen International has acquired Madison Springfield for an undisclosed sum to expand its capacity to provide proactive risk analysis and real-time insights in support of the U.S. government and its international partners. “This acquisition provides Culmen access to a powerful analytics platform and a portfolio of highly valued public sector and ...
The Navy is encouraging small businesses to create tools to make data from the Maven Smart System, and similar platforms, more accessible, a top service official said Tuesday during his keynote address at the 2025 Navy Summit. Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, N2N6, and director of naval intelligence,...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond The Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program has fundamentally transformed the compliance landscape for defense contractors. With the Final Rule taking effect December 16, 2024, and mandatory third-party assessments beginning in 2025, the approxi...
Applied Signals Intelligence has appointed Azhar Haq as vice president and chief financial officer, with a focus on contracts, compliance and ethics. Haq, who announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday, brings over two decades of financial leadership in the defense technology sector, with senior roles at Antenna Research Associates an...
The U.S. Army has awarded a $127 million contract to ECS Riptide Ventures for continued support of the One Semi-Automated Forces program, a cornerstone of the Army’s modeling and simulation enterprise. The contract award, posted on SAM.gov on Wednesday, was competitively procured, with five bids received. Supporting Force Modernization Through...
Northrop Grumman received a $99.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support to the Department of Defense’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2, vision. CJADC2 Contract Scope The Department of Defense said Monday the cost-plus-fixed-fee, which was not subject to competition, covers the procurement of advan...
The U.S. government has agreed to acquire a 9.9 percent stake in Intel through an $8.9 billion investment in the technology company’s common stock to help achieve U.S. technology leadership and expand the domestic semiconductor industry. Intel said Friday the investment will be funded by $5.7 billion in remaining CHIPS and Science Act grants and...
