Karman Space & Defense has acquired Metal Technology Inc. in a cash transaction worth $90 million to accelerate access to critical and classified strategic missile defense programs that align with the Department of Defense’s current and future funding priorities. Adding Technical Capabilities to the Karman Platform Trive Capital-backed Kar...
Patrick Markus shared on LinkedIn two weeks ago that he has been appointed vice president and general manager of the defense and government systems division at Hughes, an EchoStar subsidiary. The executive oversees the profit and loss division, driving the adoption of the company’s commercial communication technologies, inc...
The Department of State has approved Kuwait’s request to purchase equipment and support services for the upgrade and recertification of the Middle Eastern nation’s Patriot missiles. The possible foreign military sale is estimated to be valued at $400 million, with RTX to serve as principal contractor, the Defense Security Cooperatio...
Defense tech firm Voyager Technologies has agreed to purchase LEOcloud as part of efforts to broaden its space-based cloud computing capabilities. Voyager said Thursday the proposed acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, establishes the foundation for its customers to use space-based cloud services to reduce latency for missi...
Virginia Robinson, a seasoned legal adviser and business strategist, has been selected to serve as interim president of Chugach Government Solutions. CGS said Thursday Robinson will take on the interim role to help in the transition to a new president. The company’s board of directors is currently conducting an executive search to fi...
HawkEye 360 has appointed Todd Probert, a defense industry executive and a two-time Wash100 awardee, as president of its U.S. government business. The company said Thursday Probert will oversee strategic engagement with defense and intelligence partners and advance innovation in radio frequency data and analytics to help address national security ch...
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson paid a visit to Raft offices to present the 2025 Wash100 Award to the artificial intelligence and data-driven company’s founder and CEO, Shubhi Mishra. Mishra, now a two-time Wash100 Award winner, is being recognized for leading Raft toward another successful year, with major defense contracts won...
By Aparna Achanta, Principal Security Lead, IBM Shadow software-as-a-service refers to unauthorized cloud applications used within an organization. Shadow SaaS is a challenge in modern IT governance. IT teams lack oversight and monitoring of unapproved applications making it difficult to effectively govern shadow SaaS. A recent NextDLP survey o...
SMX CEO Peter LaMontagne has received the 2025 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. LaMontagne earned his first Wash100 Award in recognition of his leadership in steering SMX during a significant growth phase. The Wash100 Award was launched in 2014 by Garrettson to recognize the most impactful leaders shaping the governm...
AeroVironment stockholders have approved the issuance of AV common stock for the acquisition of the defense engineering company BlueHalo. In a statement posted Tuesday, Wahid Nawabi, chairman, president and CEO of AV, said the milestone will enable his company to move forward with BlueHalo’s acquisition and turn AV into a leading def...
