McAleese & Associates will host the 16th Annual Defense Programs Conference on March 18 at the Grand Ballroom of Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. DPC25 The 2025 edition of McAleese’s Defense Programs Conference will bring together top Department of Defense leaders, policymakers and industry experts to discuss the top defens...
Chenega has appointed Anna Cometa, a litigator with extensive experience representing individuals and businesses in Alaska, as its new corporate counsel. The government contracting company announced Cometa’s new role in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. Chenega Names Corporate Counsel Cometa brings to the role over a decade of experience in lit...
The Defense Health Agency has issued a sources sought notice to identify small businesses that could submit proposals as part of its plan to conduct an on-ramp process for the potential 10-year, $10 billion OMNIBUS IV contract vehicle for military medical research and development support services. According to the notice published Monday, responses ...
Leslie Beavers is a highly consequential figure in the Department of Defense, with a great deal of decision power. Like all modern organizations, the Pentagon is increasingly powered and shaped by its technological systems and, as principal deputy chief information officer of the whole enterprise, Beavers plays an instrumental role in selecting focu...
According to noted national security expert Juan Zarate, financial institutions have been in dire need of updated management technologies to match the current threat landscape. All of the “illicit finance challenges,” as Zarate put it in exclusive comment to GovCon Wire, demand a more effective, efficient and flexible system. That’...
HawkEye 360 has named eight national security experts to its advisory board’s class of 2025. The signals intelligence data provider said Tuesday its newly appointed advisers are Mike Gilday, a retired U.S. Navy admiral; Christopher Miller, former acting secretary of defense; and Mike Studeman, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral. The returning me...
Rocket Lab has announced its intent to acquire laser communications provider Mynaric to expand its portfolio of satellite components, software and subsystems and improve its ability to vertically integrate the production and management of its future satellite application goals. The Long Beach, California-based space company said Tuesday the nonbindi...
Shield AI has raised $240 million in a round of F-1 strategic financing, bringing the deep-tech company’s valuation to approximately $5.3 billion. The company said Thursday it will use the capital to expand the deployment of its Hivemind Enterprise autonomy software to government agencies, original equipment manufacturers and companies. What I...
Following the sunsetting of Task Force Lima last year and coming on the heels of the AI Rapid Capabilities Cell is Thunderforge, the Department of Defense’s newest artificial intelligence endeavor. With the project, the Pentagon is looking to boost its planning, decision-making capabilities and operational protocol. And it has recruited a maj...
Defense technology company Epirus has raised $250 million in a round of Series D financing led by 8VC and Washington Harbour Partners. The Los Angeles-based company said Wednesday it will use the capital to advance the production of its Leonidas defense platform, support talent recruitment efforts and expand into commercial and international markets...
