Empower AI has appointed Carlton Graves, a federal business development and capture leader, as vice president of capture and proposal management. Leadership shifts across the federal technology market continue as companies like Empower AI position themselves for future opportunities and engagement with government customers. Industry executives and s...
RTX reported higher sales, earnings and free cash flow for full-year 2025 and issued a 2026 outlook projecting continued growth, supported by sustained demand across its commercial aerospace and defense portfolios and a growing pipeline of long-term defense contracts. The company said Tuesday that it ended 2025 with a total backlog of $268 billion, ...
Vertosoft has appointed Hollie Kapos as vice president of legal and contracts, marking the company’s first in-house attorney hire. Kapos announced the move in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, saying she joined Vertosoft after nearly four years at Arrow Electronics. She said she began the role in time to attend Vertosoft’s annual sales kickoff...
By Kevin Plexico, Deltek senior vice president of information solutions, a six-time Wash100 awardee and a GovCon Expert Defense contractors have always focused on delivering for the warfighter. Many of the companies that do so are publicly traded. As a result, they must balance performance with solid financial results. It’s a tightrope and tho...
Quantum computing company IonQ has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SkyWater Technology, a U.S.-based pure-play semiconductor foundry, in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion. The 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29 will feature a panel discussion titled “Securing the Quantum Ed...
Parsons has received a $593 million contract extension from the Federal Aviation Administration through an early exercise of an option under the agency’s Technical Support Services Contract 5, extending the company’s support for National Airspace System modernization efforts. What Does the TSSC 5 Extension Cover? The option extends contr...
Salesforce subsidiary Computable Insights, also known as Salesforce National Security, has secured a 10-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract valued at $5.6 billion from the U.S. Army to accelerate agentic artificial intelligence deployments across the Department of War. How Will the Contract Support Army Modernization? The com...
Potomac Officers Club has the privilege of announcing that Cameron Stanley, chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of War, will be a keynote speaker at its 2026 Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 18. At the event, which is regularly one of POC’s most popular and most-buzzed-about GovCon conferences, represent...
Customs and Border Protection is planning to solicit a new requirement for a Modular Mobile Surveillance System, or M2S2, program with an estimated value exceeding $100 million. What Is the Scope of the Proposed M2S2 Contract? According to a notice published Friday in the Acquisition Planning Forecast System, the effort will cover delivery, eng...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has started soliciting proposals for a potential 10-year, $700 billion multiple-award contract to provide Community Care Network, or CCN, services and healthcare resources for veterans through an established network of licensed healthcare providers and practitioners. As VA advances the CCN Next Gen Medical contract...
