USA Rare Earth has named long-time Siemens USA executive Barbara Humpton as its new chief executive officer, effective Oct. 1. The Stillwater, Oklahoma-based company said Monday Humpton, a five-time Wash100 Award winner, will join USAR’s board of directors. She will play a key role in advancing the company’s goal of establ...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond The clock is ticking for defense industrial base contractors because the Department of Defense begins enforcing Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements across new solicitations and contracts on November 10. For the estimated 80,000 contractors handling controlled unclassified inf...
Razor’s Edge has closed its fourth investment fundraising with $560 million in committed capital, surpassing its original $400 million target and bringing the firm’s total assets under management to more than $1.25 billion. The Reston, Virginia-based growth equity firm said Thursday that the fund will enhance its ability to support missi...
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has secured a $10.86 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to produce up to 99 CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters for the Marine Corps over the next five years. The contract marks the largest quantity order ever received for the aircraft, the company said Friday. Deliveries are scheduled between 2029...
Intelligence professionals have never before had such a bounty of raw data at their fingertips. But they are struggling to manage and leverage such information provided in voluminous amounts by modern ubiquitous sensor technologies. This is a tipping point for the U.S. intelligence community, according to a leading intelligence executive. Glori...
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a CACI International subsidiary a potential five-year, $983 million follow-on blanket purchase agreement for IT support services in support of the DHS Office of the Chief Information Officer. Join us at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Homeland Security Summit, where leaders and experts will expl...
Grays Peak Capital has launched a $500 million private credit vehicle designed to provide strategic capital for government and defense contractors in North America. The New York-based global investment firm said Wednesday its second fund, Grays Peak Private Credit II, has received initial commitments from strategic asset managers groups and Fund I i...
Vitesse Systems, backed by private equity firm Trive Capital, has completed the acquisition of Spacetime Engineering, a specialist in ground antenna technology for military and commercial satellite networks. Trive Capital said Wednesday the move positions Vitesse as a leading provider of multi-band antenna solutions, which are vital f...
In today’s increasingly competitive government contracting landscape, winning proposals are no longer just about getting ahead of the bid or maintaining compliance. As federal agencies demand more from contractors, proposal teams must evolve their approach to build a pipeline of best-fit opportunities, craft compelling narratives and act befor...
Raft, a defense technology company, announced on LinkedIn Tuesday that it has secured a $349 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to enhance the delivery of edge-to-enterprise data and artificial intelligence technologies across the Department of Defense. Enhancing Battlefield Decision-Mak...
