Pamela Rothka, a finance professional with nearly three decades of government services industry experience, has joined Empower AI as chief financial officer. She will work with Empower AI’s executive leadership team and board of directors to drive corporate financial performance, the company said Tuesday. “Her disciplined approach to fin...
A Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics subsidiary has received a potential four-year, $428.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to build prototypes of the Common-Hypersonic Glide Body system. Dynetics Technical Solutions will perform work in Huntsville, Alabama, through July 23, 2027, the Department of Defense said Monday. Army Contracting Com...
Each year, the federal government allocates substantial funding toward defense and security contracts. Government agencies, such as the Department of Defense and the US Armed Forces, tap into the expertise of multiple companies dedicated to developing and providing cutting-edge solutions for defense and warfare initiatives across various domains, su...
Richard Bonnett, vice president of engineering at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, has been promoted to chief technology officer within the company’s unmanned systems business, according to a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. He joined the California-based national security and communications technology maker in 2018 after a 21-year c...
McLean, Virginia-based Xcelerate Solutions has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Tim Conway as a member of the board, Anne-Marie Evans as chief financial officer and Michael Heller as vice president of human resources. Conway, a two-time Wash100 awardee, will bring to Xcelerate’s board his federal contracting industry experience...
Nonprofit organization Silicon Valley Defense Group has named In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s venture capital arm, as the most active investor in top defense and national security startups. IQT has invested in 34 companies included in SVDG’s inaugural list of top 100 defense and dual-use technology startups backed by venture capital firms...
A General Atomics affiliate has secured an $82.6 million contract to continue into the next phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-backed program seeking an unmanned system designed to employ multiple air-to-air weapons. DARPA is obligating $24.5 million in fiscal 2023 research and development funds at the time of LongShot Phase III aw...
The State Department has approved a potential $5.6 billion foreign military sale of F-35 aircraft, munitions and related equipment to the government of the Czech Republic. The foreign buyer requested to purchase 24 units of the F-35 conventional take-off and landing variant, along with engines, advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, captive air ...
The federal government allocates substantial financial services amounting to millions and even billions of dollars to procure a diverse range of services encompassing defense, weaponry, healthcare, cybersecurity, space missions, and more. Federal agencies enter into contracts with private companies that offer these specialized services to accomplish...
The State Department has approved the government of Poland’s request to purchase a configuration of the Patriot missile system equipped with Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System and related equipment under a potential $15 billion foreign military sales agreement. The deal covers the provision of the IBCS-enabled Patriot sur...
