By Kim Koster, Vice President of Industry Marketing at Unanet In fiscal year 2023, the U.S. federal government delivered a record $765 billion in contract awards. Almost all of these are competed over and require extensive investment to even be in consideration for the award. As a consequence, government contracting companies must not spread ...
StandardAero, a portfolio company of global investment firm Carlyle (Nasdaq: CG), has acquired Aero Turbine from Los Angeles-based private equity firm Gallant Capital, for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its maintenance, repair and overhaul capabilities. Established in 1978, Aero Turbine provides MRO services and consultative repair a...
Just before the September 11, 2001 attacks, Bradford Powell joined U.S. Air Force ROTC at the University of Iowa because he wanted to actively serve the country after graduation, rather than sit idly behind a desk. As fate would have it though, post-9/11, he became an acquisition officer and ended up doing a fair amount...
Bob Ritchie is a fast learner. The technologist started at SAIC as an intern fresh out of a Virginia Tech computer engineering degree and only three years later was the chief software architect assisting the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, wherein he helped digitally transform preexisting Department of Defense tactical decision and command and control,...
In early August, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence published a new edition of the National Counterintelligence Strategy. The refreshed version includes nine goals split across three pillars, which focus on addressing threats posed by foreign intelligence entities...
Second Front Systems has appointed technology industry executive Josh Bosquez as chief technology officer and Jason Weiss, former chief software officer at the Department of Defense, as CTO for the public sector. The software company said Thursday Bosquez succeeds Enrique Oti, who will transition to the role of chief strategy officer to advance stra...
NASA has added three companies to the potential $300 million Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract to provide space launch services for future agency missions. The space agency said Thursday Arrow Science and Technology, Impulse Space and Momentus Space were selected as part of the on-ramp process to the VADR indefinite-deliv...
The U.S. Navy is working to accelerate modernization and instill efficient manufacturing habits as the service branch continues to produce mission systems for the future. During a panel discussion at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Navy Summit, naval officers shared insight into recent technological developments and how technologies like arti...
Heico (NYSE: HEI) has completed its cash acquisition of the aerial delivery and descent devices divisions of Capewell Aerial Systems, a provider of proprietary aircraft cockpit emergency egress and aerial delivery products for aerospace and defense applications. The company said Thursday Capewell’s hardware has been used on U.S. military parac...
The cyber and intelligence landscapes are becoming increasingly interconnected in the digital age. To find out more about emerging trends, threats and opportunities in cyber and intel, GovCon Wire sat down with Gwen Clavon, senior vice president of cyber and intelligence solutions at Jacobs, in a new Executive Spotlight interview. Clavon has be...
