TTM Technologies (Nasdaq: TTMI) has agreed to buy Telephonics from Griffon (NYSE: GFF) in a cash transaction worth approximately $330 million to expand its offerings and capabilities in the aerospace and defense market. Santa Ana, California-based printed circuit board manufacturer TTM said Monday it expects the transaction to be immediately accreti...
B&A, a McLean, Virginia-based information technology systems integrator, has partnered with cybersecurity software company Trend Micro to provide a set of platforms meant to help federal government customers improve their security posture through rapid threat detection and response. “Trend Micro provides our customers with a better way to ...
A Leonardo DRS subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $191.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of hardware and engineering services in support of Ship Self Defense System Technical Insertion 2016 effort. DRS Laurel Technologies will perform work at its Johnstown, Pennsylvania location through April 2023 under the initial awa...
Mark Esper, former defense secretary and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has been appointed a partner and chairman of the national security practice at venture capital firm Red Cell Partners. He will be responsible for overseeing investment and business development activities across defense, space, aerospace, cybersecurity and international affairs se...
Private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Oasis Systems with its portfolio company ERC to expand cybersecurity, engineering and technology-focused consulting offerings for aerospace and defense customers worldwide. Brightstar said Wednesday it expects the transaction to close in the second quarter of 2022 and the combined...
Lynker has received a potential five-year, $136.9 million task order to deliver scientific support services to the National Centers for Environmental Prediction within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service. The company said it will work with Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Axiom Co...
Some members of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center leadership team will lend their insights to a panel discussion on the role of digital twin technology in defense programs. The ExecutiveBiz-hosted Digital Twins Forum will feature AFLCMC officials Richard Billings, lead for A-10 product lifecycle M-management implementation; Lynn Eviston, d...
Twenty-one companies have won spots on a five-year, $450 million contract to provide design-build services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Facility Repair and Renewal program. USACE received 80 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Contractors will compete to carry out projects at...
Ryan Hinkle, a government technology market veteran, has been named director of federal sales at Hitachi Vantara’s wholly owned subsidiary located in Reston, Virginia. He will responsible for developing and strengthening Hitachi Vantara Federal‘s business relationships across the public sector, the company said Tuesday. In his new capaci...
The U.S. Army has awarded 26 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $869 million contract to provide research, development and engineering support services to the service branch. The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive fee contract also covers test and evaluation, support for biological and chemical demilitarization operations and acquisition...
