Roger Kelly will succeed Matt Mulherin Jr. as vice president of contracts and pricing for HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. In his new role, Kelly will oversee contract negotiations, pricing strategy, and export and import compliance for the shipyard, the company said Thursday. He will report directly to Don Godwin, vice president of b...
General Dynamics Information Technology has received a $1.25 billion task order to continue modernizing and securing IT systems for U.S. Army Europe and Africa. The Enterprise Mission Information Technology Services 2 award, announced in September, includes a five-month transition period followed by seven option years, GDIT said Thursday. Supporting...
Kunal Mehra has been named CEO of Scientific Systems, a company specializing in artificial intelligence-powered autonomy for defense applications. The Burlington, Massachusetts-based company said Tuesday Kunal will succeed his father, Raman Mehra, who founded Scientific Systems over thirty years ago. Raman is retiring after decades of...
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International The White House’s recent announcement placing quantum science and artificial intelligence at the top of federal research and development priorities for fiscal year 2027 represents more than a policy shift. It signals a recognition that these two technologies will define the nex...
Anduril is the ultimate disruptor in national security technologies. Competing against traditional contracting giants such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing, Anduril has found its niche in GovCon by operating more like a tech startup than a legacy defense prime, pushing software-first, rapid prototyping and iteration cycles measured in months instead ...
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...
