Bradley Jacobs, former senior vice president of finance at BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary, has joined the board of directors of Ashburn, Virginia-based cybersecurity company Telos (Nasdaq: TLS). Jacobs has worked as an industry consultant on government contract bid protests and an adjunct professor at Rollins College since 2015, according to his...
The Federal Reserve Board issued a discussion paper outlining the potential benefits, risks and policy considerations for a U.S. central bank digital currency. The paper titled “Money and Payments: The U.S. Dollar in the Age of Digital Transformation” includes a discussion of existing forms of money, the current state of the U.S. payment system ...
The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded contracts to Airbus’ U.S. arm, Capella Space, ICEYE, Umbra and PredaSAR to develop commercial radar systems. NRO said Thursday it issued a broad agency announcement framework for strategic commercial enhancements in October 2021 with commercial radar as the first focus area. The agency’s Strategic C...
GovernmentCIO has unveiled an updated logo and changed its name to GovCIO to mark the company’s expansion into new federal agencies and reflect its corporate growth and additional information technology service offerings. The rebranding effort came after GovCIO acquired IT services contractor Salient CRGT in August 2021, creating a combined entity...
John Boyle, group president of defense and civilian solutions at Cherokee Federal, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Thursday. He discussed the company’s acquisition of Preting Consulting, push into the intelligence community, work in the federal health care industry and growth in the government...
Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, commander of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, spoke at length on the “booming” space economy, growing adversarial threats in the space domain and the nation’s most pressing space capability gaps in a closing keynote address during the Space Acquisition Forum, hosted by GovCon Wire Events on Wednesday...
Kim Crider, a retired U.S. Air Force major general and former chief innovation and technology officer for the U.S. Space Force, has been appointed to lead artificial intelligence innovation for national security efforts within Deloitte’s government and public services practice. Crider will work with government agencies to further advance their ado...
The Potomac Officers Club on Wednesday hosted its 8th Annual Defense R&D Summit, which fostered collaborative conversations between distinguished public and private sector defense leaders surrounding the Pentagon’s paramount research and development initiatives to close crucial capability gaps within Department of Defense agencies, d...
KnightSwan Acquisition has put a $10 price tag on shares for its initial public offering and expects to raise $200 million. The special purpose acquisition company intends to sell 20 million units that will trade Friday under the symbol “KNSW.U” on the New York Stock Exchange, KnightSwan said Thursday. New York-based KnightSwan offered its book-...
On Wednesday, the Potomac Officers Club hosted its 8th Annual Defense R&D Summit which featured preeminent leaders across defense agencies and industry who gathered to discuss the top research and development initiatives shaping next-generation technology acquisition strategies, infrastructure modernization plans and innovation priorities with...
