Eric Fanning, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association and a previous Wash100 Award winner, highlighted the key role of government investment in ensuring the security of the U.S. critical mineral supply chain amid competition with China during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the state of the U.S. defense industrial base ...
HII (NYSE: HII) saw its fourth-quarter revenue for 2022 rise by 5 percent to $2.8 billion compared with the prior-year period’s $2.67 billion, and recorded 10.7 billion in full-year revenue, up 12.1 percent from the previous year. The military shipbuilder said Thursday it recorded approximately $3.2 billion in Q4 new contract awards and ended the...
A website developed by NASA’s Office of Procurement to attract acquisition ideas and approaches from diverse industry sources is now live. Government and industry users of the NASA Acquisition Innovation Launchpad can provide input on how to eliminate barriers to entry in contracting programs and reduce the burden on industry, the space agency...
Since he began at Army Futures Command in 2020, Lt. Gen Thomas Todd has focused on aligning the Department of Defense’s technology arsenal with its fast-moving targets and battle demands. As deputy commanding general for acquisition and systems management, Todd is in charge of envisioning and leading research on the next generation of wa...
Poland has requested to procure Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) high mobility artillery rocket system launchers and related equipment from the U.S. government under a $10 billion foreign military sales agreement approved by the State Department. The proposed FMS transaction includes 18 M142 HIMARS launchers, tactical missile systems, extended-rang...
IronNet has booked a contract from the U.S. Navy after the company completed a pilot run of its cybersecurity technology offering for Naval Sea Systems Command. The pilot test saw NAVSEA implement the Collective Defense Platform, designed to help organizations gain visibility of network security risks and share threat indicators, the company said Tu...
The rapid growth of commercial space has unlocked exciting new opportunities for the U.S. federal government. Many of these possibilities lie in the field of geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, and space-based imagery, especially with the recent development of 3D and 4D capabilities. GovCon Wire spoke with six-time Wash100 Award winner&nb...
Executive Mosaic Kicks Off Popular Vote Competition for Wash100 Awardees; Amentum Wins $4.6B Air Force IDIQ for Parts, Repair Ordering System Support; Dave Dzaran Named Sumaria Systems CEO; Q&A With Mattermost’s Barry Duplantis Click to Unmute...
Amentum has won a 15-year, $4.64 billion contract to help the U.S. Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate manage information technology and procurement processes for defense service support to foreign military sales customers. The company will support Air Force, Navy and Army FMS transactions under the Parts and Repair Ordering Sy...
Sol Salinas brings 30 years of experience in corporate sustainability and digital transformation to his role as a global executive vice president at Capgemini. He previously managed the energy efficiency, carbon and sustainability department at a major government contractor and established and ran the global small infrastructure and smart cities pra...
