Cloud detection and response platforms provider Mitiga has named Charlie Thomas, a technology executive, as CEO. In this capacity, Thomas will oversee Mitiga’s expansion efforts as the company broadens its geographic reach and continues to enhance its platform to meet the rising demand for cloud security platforms, the company said in a Feb. 4 new...
Leidos reported $4.4 billion in fiscal year 2024 fourth-quarter revenue, up 10 percent from the prior-year period, and saw its full-year revenue rise 8 percent year-over-year to $16.7 billion, driven by robust demand across all customer segments, particularly for managed health services. In an earnings release published Tuesday, the defense an...
Dawn Golightly has been appointed vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s upper-tier integrated air and missile defense, or UTIAMD, programs. Golightly announced her appointment in a LinkedIn post on Monday. The move comes after the Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed a $2.8 billion recompete contract to develop the Terminal High Al...
5G connectivity has the potential to mitigate latency and enable large amounts of data to pass through communications systems, a bonus for the military. But so too do non-terrestrial networks — which are facilitated not by cellular towers but rather arrays of satellites — as long as they are situated in low Earth orbit rather than...
Executive Mosaic, the Capital region’s premier government contracting events and media organization, was excited to roll out its 2025 class of Wash100 Award winners. (The list compiles the most promising and impactful executives on both the public and private sector sides of GovCon.) But the company was arguably even more ecstatic to begin it...
The State Department has approved Israel’s two foreign military sales, or FMS, requests worth about $7.41 billion combined for AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, munitions, guidance kits and related equipment and support services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday it has already informed Congress of the proposed FMS deals. Munitions,...
Leidos has secured a $148.8 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force to serve as the managed service provider for Project Night Owl. Support Services for Project Night Owl The Department of Defense said Monday the contract covers managed services support for Project Night Owl, handled by the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center. As...
As director of the 5G Cross-Functional Team at the Department of Defense’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, Juan Ramírez has deep involvement in how the Pentagon is installing and platforming 5G networks as the basis of its communications. In his two years in the role, Ramírez has architected a clear plan forward for integrating...
Christopher Calio, president and CEO of RTX, has been elected as the aerospace and defense company’s chairman of the board of directors. The Arlington, Virginia-based contractor said Monday Calio’s appointment will take effect on April 30. He will succeed Gregory Hayes, who will step down from his post as executive chairma...
Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Navy contract worth approximately $1.36 billion to produce AN/BLQ-10 electronic warfare systems for the military branch’s submarines. The Department of Defense said Monday Naval Sea Systems Command conducted a full and open competition for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will obligat...
