Viasat has been selected to help the Department of Defense assess weapon system architectures as part of a cybersecurity pilot program that will employ an analytics-based automation process. Under a DOD contract, Viasat will work to identify vulnerabilities in key weapon components through cyber and software-defined radio threat assessments, the com...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $206.8 million order modification from Naval Air Systems Command to adapt F-35 systems for developmental test and system modernization efforts. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the company’s aeronautics segment will conduct non-recurring engineering activities, plan system adjustments and prov...
Mirion Technologies, a radiation detection and measurement platforms provider, is expected to start trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange after it completed its merger with blank check company GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II (NYSE: GSAH) that was first announced in June. Shareholders at GS Acquisition approved the combination Tuesday and A...
Mac Curtis, former chairman of the board, president and CEO of Perspecta and a seven-time Wash100 Award winner, has joined McLean, Virginia-based growth equity firm Blue Delta Capital Partners as a venture fellow. Phil Nolan, a general partner at Blue Delta, said in a statement released Wednesday that Curtis will serve on some boards of...
Shareholders at GS Acquisition Holdings (NYSE: GSAH) voted at a special meeting Tuesday to approve the company’s merger with Mirion Technologies, a provider of anti-radiation equipment to the defense sector. The two companies have set the transaction’s closure date for Wednesday, according to a joint statement. The combined entity will a...
The Department of Energy plans to invest $105 million in small business-led research and development projects that will focus on creating technologies that could help address the impacts of climate change. DOE said Monday that previous grantees under the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs are eligible ...
CAE USA (NYSE: CAE) has received a potential $37 million contract to develop a system for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to access, process and distribute three-dimensional geospatial information. The company said it will lead the development and integration of a prototype for the Training and Readiness Accelerator-managed Beyond 3D eff...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2021 — CAES will deliver radio frequency assemblies to L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) for use on a virtual electronic shield designed to counter threats to the F-16 Block 70/72 multirole aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 29. L3Harris’ AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield all-digital electronic warfare suite will be prov...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2021 — Siemens’ federal arm will modernize the Defense Information Systems Agency’s cooling and ventilation systems in its facility at Hill Air Force Base in Utah as required by a task order awarded under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ $1.2 billion Utility Monitoring and Control Systems – V contract...
On Thursday the Potomac Officers Club hosted its 7th Annual Intel Summit, a virtual seminar featuring notable government and private sector leaders and executives who gathered to explore the intelligence community’s obstacles, opportunities and future initiatives including AI/ML, data utility and foreign adversary threats. Following DIA Director...
