V2X (NYSE: VVX) reported record revenue of $1.07 billion during the second quarter of 2024, reflecting a year-over-over increase of 10 percent, and posted $759 million in quarterly bookings with a total backlog of $12.2 billion, of which $2.9 billion was funded. The McLean, Virginia-based defense services contractor said Tuesday it recorded $27.4 mi...
Clear Ridge Defense, or CRD, has won a potential $113 million contract to support the cyberspace operations of various U.S. Marine Corps units. The cybersecurity consulting company said Tuesday the prime contract will cover critical cyberspace services for the Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group, Joint Force...
5G is transforming communications around the world. But is the U.S. keeping up with adversaries in this critical technology area? Are we adopting 5G in the battlespace quickly enough to outpace threats? What’s next for 5G? We sat down with General Rob Spalding to find out. Hear Gen. Spalding speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has agreed to buy BlackSignal Technologies for approximately $200 million to broaden its cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and electronic warfare capabilities and its client base across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Chantilly, Virginia-based Parsons said Tuesday it expects the transaction to be comple...
The first delivery of the Department of Defense’s CJADC2 initiative could be realized this fall during the twelfth round of the Pentagon’s Global Information Dominance Experiment, according to GIDE Director Col. Matt Strohmeyer. “Our goal is to deliver 1.0 of CJADC2 this fall during GIDE 12,” said Strohmeyer during a panel discussion mo...
At the much-discussed current “strategic inflection point” the U.S. finds itself — considering geopolitical disturbances like the war in Ukraine and competition from the ‘pacing threat’ of China — achieving “cost-effective mass” is the most effective strategy for deterrence, argues Melissa Dalton, under secretary of the U.S. Air For...
John Ustica, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the Defense Business Board’s February report includes recommendations that call for the Department of Defense to invest in digital infrastructure, promote a culture of innovation and create clear governance frameworks to facilitate data sharing w...
The Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act, which provides a total discretionary allocation of $833.053 billion, cleared the House on Friday with a 217-198 vote. “This FY25 Defense bill ensures our defenders are equipped, trained, and prepared to protect the United States,” House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Ok., sa...
Government contracting veteran Gautam Ijoor founded Alpha Omega in 2016 to help the U.S. government fight the newfangled threats of the modern era: cyber criminality, terrorism and environmental degradation. From its humble beginnings, the company has now risen to a net worth of $132 million and 55 percent year-over-year growth in revenue last year ...
Who Is Melissa Dalton? Melissa Dalton currently serves as under secretary of the Air Force, a role she assumed in May. In this position, she oversees the organizing, training and equipping of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force to aid global military operations. Dalton is a foreign policy expert and has held numerous roles...
