Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary has secured a potential $2.7 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and deliver 35 more CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters. The contract includes the development of 12 units of Lot 7 CH-53Ks and 15 Lot 8 aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps and eight helicopters for Israel’...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will lead two separate teams under a pair of NASA contracts to develop concepts for a passenger jet capable of reaching Mach 2 to Mach 4 speeds. Each industry team will create a nonproprietary aircraft design and a high-speed air travel roadmap for the next phase of the Advanced Air Vehicles...
Laura Kurup, a data and analytics professional, will assume the role of principal director for data science innovation at Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal government subsidiary on Sept. 11. In this capacity, she will help Accenture Federal Services‘ agency customers address mission-critical challenges using data science, artificial intell...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has purchased Sealing Technologies for approximately $200 million in a transaction that expands its defensive cyber capabilities, broadens its client base across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community and strengthens its presence as a cybersecurity company in the national security market. Established in 2012, Sealin...
HII (NYSE: HII) has won a seven-year, $78.7 million contract to provide independent advice and assessment support for the Missile Defense Agency’s initiative to develop an integrated and layered system for intercepting adversary missiles. The Department of Defense named Alion Science and Technology the awardee of the competitive cost-plus-fixe...
Aaron Weis, managing director of technology at Google Public Sector, has been selected as chair of Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 CIO Group. More than 200 top GovCon companies are represented in the 4×24 executive leadership program, whose mission is to create an environment that empowers idea exchange and relationship building betwee...
By Cameron Chehreh, Vice President and General Manager of Public Sector at Intel and 2023 Wash100 Award winner One doesn’t need to look far to discover a tapestry of ways in which the federal government is successfully leveraging artificial intelligence. From the Air Force using AI to plan airlift operations to neuromorphic computing being used...
Eqlipse Technologies has purchased Stevensville, Maryland-based cloud analytics company Net Vision Consultants for an undisclosed sum. DLA Piper, a global law firm that advised Net Vision on the transaction, announced the acquisition Monday. Net Vision offers network analysis and engineering consulting services to the defense and intelligence secto...
Potomac Officers Club, the premier organization that specializes in gathering high-profile speakers and collaborative colleagues for government contracting industry events, is excited to announce its upcoming 2023 Healthcare Summit. This highly relevant, informative day of programming will tap into the most important things happening in the healthc...
By Eric Trexler, Senior Vice President of U.S. Public Sector at Palo Alto Networks Today’s zero trust conversation has matured since it was originally popularized in 2010 by John Kindervag, one of the world’s foremost cybersecurity experts and a Palo Alto Networks alum. Although the urgency and capabilities for zero trust have exploded in t...
