Arlington Capital Partners has established GRVTY, its new platform company that will provide defense technology systems to meet the national security priorities of the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community and the Department of Homeland Security. The Washington, D.C.-area private investment firm said Wednesday GovCon industry v...
Leslie Beavers is a highly consequential figure in the Department of Defense, with a great deal of decision power. Like all modern organizations, the Pentagon is increasingly powered and shaped by its technological systems and, as principal deputy chief information officer of the whole enterprise, Beavers plays an instrumental role in selecting focu...
According to noted national security expert Juan Zarate, financial institutions have been in dire need of updated management technologies to match the current threat landscape. All of the “illicit finance challenges,” as Zarate put it in exclusive comment to GovCon Wire, demand a more effective, efficient and flexible system. That’...
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson had the privilege of personally presenting the 2025 Wash100 Award to Carahsoft President Craig Abod. Garrettson established the Wash100 Award in 2014 to honor the most influential figures in the government contracting industry and the federal sector. The prestigious accolade celebrates major contributors, incl...
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Training Directorate has awarded a $100 million contract to Yulista, an aerospace company headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Under the contract, Yulista will support the Air Force Sustainment Center’s T-38 Talon Repair, Inspection and Maintenance, or TRIM, program and more rapidly retu...
Joanie Barr, a 30-year veteran of the government contracting industry, has been appointed senior vice president of business operations at Koniag Government Services. The native-owned contracting company said Barr will oversee messaging and communications strategies across the operations, growth, and proposals departments, focusing on...
Rocket Lab has announced its intent to acquire laser communications provider Mynaric to expand its portfolio of satellite components, software and subsystems and improve its ability to vertically integrate the production and management of its future satellite application goals. The Long Beach, California-based space company said Tuesday the nonbindi...
Government and workforce technology provider Kavaliro has sold its Salesforce division to Accordion, a business consulting firm. John Mahony, managing partner of Kavaliro, said Monday that the move will enable his company to focus all efforts on its core offerings. “This strategic decision allows us to double down on the services that ar...
John Gelsinger, a seasoned executive with 25 years of IT and consulting experience, announced on LinkedIn Monday that he has been appointed vice president of business development for digital solutions at CACI International. The business development professional brings extensive experience in driving growth, building strategic partnerships,...
Bechtel has appointed Dena Volovar, a 26-year company veteran, as president of its nuclear, security and environmental, or NS&E, business. The engineering and construction firm said Monday Volovar succeeds John Howanitz, who will retire in April after a 42-year career at Bechtel. Craig Albert, president and chief operating officer of Bechtel and...
