Chesapeake Technology International has purchased Rapid Imaging Technologies for an undisclosed sum to grow CTI’s product offerings for the defense and intelligence sectors. CTI said Thursday the purchase brings in a patented situational awareness platform that adds geospatial augmented reality overlays to real-time, full-motion videos Middlet...
By Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek In March, the Office of Management and Budget officially released the Biden Administration’s initial fiscal year 2024 discretionary budget request. This initial budget proposal includes a total of approximately $1.8 trillion in top-line discretionary budget requests fo...
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...
Peter O’Donoghue of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and Adam Clater of Red Hat said systems integrators are partnering with companies that offer innovative technologies to speed up the delivery of tech platforms meant to help government agencies address mission challenges. Clater and O’Donoghue wrote in a joint article published on Carahsoft‘s website...
Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has secured a $215.6 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Defense to modernize and expand its facilities at three sites that produce rocket propulsion systems as part of efforts to help DOD meet the increasing demand for tactical missile systems. The company will use the funds from the agreement to...
Stephen duMont, president of GM Defense, received his first Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to GM offices. Each year, the top 100 “executives of consequence” working in the government contracting sector are named to the prestigious Wash100 list. These individuals represent the best and the b...
The U.S. Air Force has added Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) and Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary as awardees on a $400 million contract for aerospace system research and development services. Fifteen bids were submitted to the Air Force Research Laboratory for the Advanced Aerospace Systems Technolo...
A BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) subsidiary will establish a process line for converting uranium oxide to a purified metal product under a five-year, $428 million contract awarded by the National Nuclear Security Administration. Nuclear Fuel Services will set up conversion and purification processes for highly enriched uranium at NFS facility in Erwi...
Karen Quimby, senior director of supply chain and global procurement at BAE Systems Inc. since July 2022, has assumed a new role as vice president of global supply chain within the Falls Church, Virginia-based contractor’s platforms and services business sector. Quimby announced her new position in a LinkedIn post published Sunday and her resp...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) have joined the list of awardees on a U.S. Air Force research and development contract worth up to $400 million over seven years, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Five companies now hold spots on the Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research program. General Atomics, Lockheed...
