Amentum has announced the members of its board of directors, which is set to take effect upon the completion of the engineering and technology platforms provider’s merger with Jacobs’ critical mission solutions and cyber and intelligence businesses. The Chantilly, Virginia-based company said Steve Demetriou, former CEO of Jacobs, i...
Herrick Technology Laboratories, a portfolio company of Blue Delta Capital Partners, has appointed Ron Sayco, a veteran finance leader, as chief financial officer. “[Sayco] brings decades of proven finance leadership in Defense Technology at a critical inflection point in our growth, especially given the recent venture capital investment that HTL ...
Jacobs Solutions (NYSE: J) is in advanced discussions to combine its critical mission solutions business with Amentum in a transaction that could be worth more than $4 billion and could form a new publicly traded company, Reuters reported Thursday. Jacobs’ CMS business, which recorded approximately $4.4 billion in fiscal year 2022 revenue, provide...
The Department of Defense announced a $20 billion increase to the potential value of a contract vehicle for technology research and development services to the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center. DOD on Wednesday listed the modification awardees under its IAC Multiple-Award Contract, saying the ceiling boost brings the program’s...
Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, said that DOD will introduce a new “effort” to facilitate industry collaboration in bringing commercial space platforms to the U.S. warfighter mission, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. “The goal of this effort is to incorporate [t...
In a government contracting ecosystem often defined by bureaucratic processes and long timelines, the Space Development Agency has built a refreshing reputation of speed, agility and innovation. As the race for space superiority intensifies, more and more GovCon companies and federal agencies are noticing SDA’s success and looking to adopt the age...
Jake Kennedy, former chief financial officer at Amentum, has been appointed to the CFO post at information technology consulting company Edgewater Federal Solutions. Kennedy has more than three decades of government contracting experience and he will oversee the Edgewater’s finance and accounting departments in his new role, the company said M...
Alissia Lancaster, business operations director of Amentum for the past three years, has been promoted to vice president of financial planning and analysis. She announced her new role in a LinkedIn post Saturday and has nearly two decades of experience in the government contracting industry. Lancaster joined Amentum after the 2020 sale of AECOM̵...
The Space Development Agency has released a draft solicitation for the development of space vehicles, payloads and ground systems for the second tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. A notice posted Tuesday on SAM.gov states that the Tranche 2 Transport Layer program will include three optical communication terminals; Ka-band mi...
Denver-based York Space Systems has won a $200 million other transaction prototype agreement from the Space Development Agency to develop 12 satellites and supporting capabilities for the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System. The company will conduct experimentation and demonstrate Integrated Broadcast Service and tactical satellite co...
