Federal contracting veteran Craig Reed has been named a strategic partner at Donovan Capital Group, a Virginia-based investment company focused on the aerospace, defense and government services industries, DCG announced Monday. “In addition to strengthening our investment team, Craig deepens our firm’s ability to guide the companies we work with...
Serco‘s U.S. arm has secured a potential six-year, $125 million recompete contract to help the Naval Systems Engineering and Logistics Directorate design and engineer naval ships and associated systems. Serco Inc. said Thursday it will support combatant ship integration efforts for the U.S. Navy’s surface ships, boats, autonomous vehicle...
Systems Planning and Analysis, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has purchased space domain awareness platforms provider PRKK for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its offerings in the space and intelligence sectors. Established in 2006, PRKK is focused on providing cross-domain analyses and studies for the U.S. Space ...
Scout Space has acquired Free Space, a startup that developed satellite autonomy software concepts, as both companies aim to establish a presence in the government market. Free Space CEO Gil Valdes and Executive Chairman Vin Bisceglia will join Scout as vice president of government programs and VP of growth, respectively, Scout said Thursday. Founde...
Shankar Rachkonda has been an entrepreneur at heart for a long time, so it wasn’t a question if he was going to start a business, just a matter of when. After earning a mechanical engineering bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. in engineering, he built a career working in large businesses serving government and commercial entities as...
Government contracts awarded by Air Force Research Lab have since been an effective collaboration between the government and private sectors. The purpose of these research and development programs is to advance technical and scientific expertise and apply what is gained to achieve national and agency goals The Air Force Research Laboratory (A...
Quantum computing is not a new field by any means, but its impact and potential are still largely unknown. In the next few decades, experts believe quantum developments will have significant, game-changing implications in a myriad of fields, and the capabilities quantum unlocks will be critical for the country’s technological power. However, quant...
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to unfold, the situation is uncovering key insights into what the future of warfare might look like. Namely, the issue of contested logistics — in other words, sustaining military operations in contested or hostile environments — has come to the fore as a major area of focus for...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will develop a long-range electronic warfare system prototype for the second phase of a U.S. Army program aimed at providing higher echelons with situational awareness through the detection and disruption of signals of interest from adversaries. The Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade is designed to support EW...
Recognized by the U.S. Department of Defense as a top priority, artificial intelligence offers numerous benefits for the warfighter – but these potential advantages are not limited to the nation alone. While the DOD has accelerated its work to develop and deploy AI technologies, so have U.S. adversaries, making the race to perfect AI tools mo...
