The Department of Defense has begun its search for a new executive who will succeed Michael Brown as director of the Defense Innovation Unit, which helps DOD speed up the adoption of commercial technologies to strengthen national security. Brown, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, will step down from his role as DIU director once his...
SpiderOak has announced the appointment of military veterans and industry experts to the newly created space advisory board to provide guidance as the company works to deploy zero trust-based platforms and services to protect national security and commercial space systems and data from cybersecurity threats. The members of the board are Ellen Pawlik...
Godspeed Capital Management has invested in Zyscovich in a move to further expand the private equity firm’s architecture, engineering and consulting services growth platform. Miami-based Zyscovich will continue to pursue public and private sector infrastructure projects as part of the Prime ABA platform and under the leadership of Bernard Zysc...
Environmental Chemical Corp. will construct a water treatment facility at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, under a potential three-year, $129 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy. Initial work on the replacement of the Water Treatment Plant at the military training facility is covered by a $126.4 millio...
Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $185.9 million contract option to provide engineering design and development services for the U.S. Navy’s submarine fleet. The military branch will obligate $18.4 million at the time of award using its fiscal 2022 funds for research, development, test and evaluation and shipbu...
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $581.6 million contract to engineer legacy and modernized Global Positioning System satellites operating in orbit. Lockheed will collect data, resolve anomalies and perform cybersecurity work to support the Block IIR, IIRM, III and IIIF variants of the GPS constellation, the Department o...
Six companies will compete for task orders to provide architectural and engineering services to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under a potential five-year, $240 million contract. USACE received 30 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract via the internet and expects the contractors to complete work by June 21, 2027, the Department of Defense said Tu...
Vitesse Systems, a portfolio company of venture capital firm Trive Capital, has acquired Custom Microwave Inc., a provider of high-performance antennas designed for ground and space applications, for an undisclosed sum. “The proliferation of military and commercial satellites has resulted in increased demand for high performance antennas,” David...
Forty early-career technologists were named to the U.S. Digital Corps as the first cohort of fellows who will work with 13 federal government agencies to help them in capacity building, cybersecurity, public experience and other impact areas. The fellows who are skilled in cybersecurity, data science and analytics, design, product management and sof...
John Steckel, vice president of corporate development at American Systems, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Monday. He discussed his responsibilities and the efforts that align with the company’s organic and inorganic growth initiatives. The Q&A also tackled American Systems’ culture as well as the com...
