Staci Peters has taken on the role of senior vice president of business services at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, a Fluor-led company, according to her LinkedIn post Thursday. Peters, a senior finance executive with a demonstrated history of working in the federal government contractor industry, assumed her new post at SRNS after serving as its...
Jason Miller, a nearly two-decade Google veteran, has joined quantum computing company PsiQuantum to serve as senior vice president of product management. Miller announced his move in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. The executive is responsible for leading PsiQuantum’s product management team, which works to provide customers with software and hard...
The Air Force Global Strike Command has launched a five-year, $100 million initiative in an effort to accelerate commercial partnerships and enhance rapid acquisition capabilities. The Phase III Small Business Innovation Research indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract award for Commercial Engagement and Integration – Rapid Acquisition De...
The U.S. Space Force has awarded 12 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $2.5 billion contract to provide advisory and assistance services for Space Systems Command. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the Hemisphere program is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that seeks to support SSC’s Space Doma...
Teledyne Technologies has agreed to buy select aerospace and defense electronics businesses of Excelitas Technologies for approximately $710 million in cash as part of efforts to expand its tech offerings. According to a joint release published Wednesday, both parties expect the transaction to close in early 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and...
Elbit Systems will supply Iron Fist Active Protection Systems, or APS, to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems under a 34-month, $127 million follow-on contract for upgrades to the U.S. Army’s Bradley M2A4E1 infantry fighting vehicles. The Iron Fist APS, known for its “Hard Kill” capabilities, is designed to protect light...
Mitch Icard, former vice president of space and advanced technologies at Teledyne Brown Engineering, has joined Spectral Energies as chief operating officer. The executive announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post Monday. Icard has a combined 15 years at Teledyne. He initially worked as director of finance and administration for Teledyne Energy S...
Private equity firms H.I.G. Capital and Thoma Bravo have agreed to acquire CompTIA‘s brand, IT certification and training business and products. According to a joint release published Monday, H.I.G. and Thoma Bravo will own and operate CompTIA as a for-profit company and expect the transaction to close in early 2025, subject to regulatory appr...
Odyssey Systems Consulting Group has secured a U.S. Air Force contract worth $531 million contract to provide advisory and assistance services for the branch’s Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Special Operations Forces over a five-year period. The company said Monday it will perform specialty enginee...
ARKA Group has closed its purchase of Maxar Technologies’ radar and sensor technology, or RST, group in a transaction that expands its synthetic aperture radar, moving target indication and geospatial intelligence capabilities designed to address emerging threats facing the U.S. government and its allies. The defense and space manufacturing compan...
