Private investment firm Charlesbank Capital Partners has finalized its acquisition of inertial navigation systems provider EMCORE to solidify the formation of Velocity One as a new company focused on providing highly engineered products for the aerospace and defense sectors. Velocity One: Supporting Aerospace, Defense Markets Charlesbank said Wednes...
By Amy Hilbert, executive vice president of government solutions at Casepoint and Kelly Swank, vice president of business development for government solutions at Casepoint Like other federal agencies, the Department of Defense requires resources to conduct investigations, manage litigation and respond to a growing number of Freedom of Information Ac...
By Tom Kennedy, General Manager at Axonius Federal Systems Data silos are a government efficiency and cybersecurity killer. Agencies that operate in silos lack cross-department collaboration and experience data fragmentation, both of which can result in duplication of efforts and an incomplete picture of potential risk. The Trump adm...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International Every administration that comes to office brings with it contemporary issues to address in order to meet national security responsibilities and keep the U.S. at the forefront of the global economy. In 2025, we are in the initial stages of a technological revolution driven by emerging...
The State Department has approved Israel’s three foreign military sales requests worth approximately $3 billion combined for munitions, guidance kits, bulldozers and related equipment and support services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday it has notified Congress of the proposed FMS deals. MK 84, BLU-117 General Purpose Bomb...
Tyonek Technical Services, a subsidiary of Tyonek Native, has booked a $98.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the procurement of cyber operations formal training support. Cyber Training Contract Specifications The Department of Defense said Thursday the Madison, Alabama-based company will render in-depth subject matter expertise and...
V2X has secured a $100 million contract to provide the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Critical Incident Response Group with aviation maintenance and support services. Aviation Support Services The Virginia-based company said Wednesday the FBI will use V2X’s mission-critical aviation resources to conduct intelligence gathering, investi...
Joe Lewis, a veteran cybersecurity and technology executive, shared on LinkedIn Tuesday that he has been named vice president of cybersecurity solutions for health and civil sectors at Leidos. Who Is Joe Lewis? Lewis brings 25 years of leadership experience in the public and private sectors to his new role. The new Leidos executive is...
By Venkatapathi “PV” Puvvada, CEO of NetImpact Strategies Understanding the Cost of Technical Debt in Federal IT The United States has long struggled with managing its financial debt—borrowing beyond its means, deferring payments and accumulating obligations that eventually come due. The same holds true for technical debt, the si...
Anthony Robbins, vice president of federal business at NVIDIA and an eight-time Wash100 awardee, has retired after more than seven years at the Santa Clara, California-based company and nearly four decades in the technology sector serving the federal government. Robbins announced his retirement in a LinkedIn post published Monday. In his post, the h...
