Geospatial data analytics company HawkEye 360 has raised $59 million in a Series D-1 funding round and intends to use the new capital for space system development and defense mission support expansion. The financing activity was led by investment firm BlackRock, with the additional backing of seven other companies, HawkEye 360 said Thursday. Ma...
Kathryn Simpson, vice president and associate general counsel of the mission systems sector at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has been promoted to corporate VP and general counsel in a move that takes effect Oct. 30. She will take over the responsibility of overseeing Northrop’s legal affairs from the retiring Sheila Cheston and will report dir...
By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International A new bipartisan legislation, the Cybersecurity Awareness Act, would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to launch a public-private campaign that would promote access to cybersecurity resources and expand outreach to small businesses and underserved communities on...
As the digital world continues to expand, cybersecurity, data and new technologies are rising to the forefront and becoming essential to government and industry organizations alike. M9 Solutions President and Chief Revenue Officer Sean DuGuay sat down with Executive Mosaic to discuss how the defense landscape is changing, which emerging technol...
Unanet CEO Craig Halliday was decorated with his first-ever Wash100 Award this year and to celebrate, Executive Mosaic CEO and award founder Jim Garrettson met with Halliday at Unanet’s Dulles, Virginia headquarters. The annual honor is the most prestigious recognition of its kind in the government contracting and federal sectors. I...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business will continue manufacturing M10 Booker combat vehicles for the U.S. Army under a $257.6 million contract modification. The service branch ordered 26 additional units of the vehicle formerly called Mobile Protected Firepower for its second low-rate initial production phase, the company said Thursday. General Dyn...
McLean, Virginia-based Xcelerate Solutions has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Tim Conway as a member of the board, Anne-Marie Evans as chief financial officer and Michael Heller as vice president of human resources. Conway, a two-time Wash100 awardee, will bring to Xcelerate’s board his federal contracting industry experience...
Nonprofit organization Silicon Valley Defense Group has named In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s venture capital arm, as the most active investor in top defense and national security startups. IQT has invested in 34 companies included in SVDG’s inaugural list of top 100 defense and dual-use technology startups backed by venture capital firms...
David “Heat” Lyons, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has joined Scientific Systems Co. Inc. as vice president of business development. He will bring to the role over three decades of aerospace and defense industry experience as he oversees SSCI’s client base and new markets, the company said Thursday. Lyons, a global strike subjec...
Guided by Secretary Frank Kendall’s Seven Operational Imperatives – space order of battle, operationally focused advanced battle management systems, moving target engagement, tactical air dominance, resilient basing, global strike and readiness to deploy and fight – the U.S. Department of the Air Force is preparing to launch a number...
