VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC) has named Tarang Sharma as interim chief financial officer, effective May 27. The company said Wednesday Sharma, vice president of controllership and corporate development at VSE, will succeed the outgoing Steve Griffin, who will stay as a consultant for three months to ensure a smooth turnover of responsibilities. John Cuomo, pre...
On June 6, the Potomac Officers Club will host the 2024 Cyber Summit, bringing together the best and brightest cyber leaders from across the public and private sector landscapes to discuss the most urgent and consequential issues and opportunities in the cyber realm. Potomac Officers Club events offer attendees unparalleled networkin...
Tom Vecchiolla, a retired U.S. Navy pilot, a defense industry veteran and a previous Wash100 awardee, has joined the SSA board of directors of the U.K.-based defense technology company QinetiQ‘s U.S. arm. In July 2020, the QinetiQ SSA board was formed after QinetiQ Group signed a special security agreement with the Defense Counterintelligence ...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has received a potential five-year, $236 million follow-on contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Global Health to continue to support the Demographic and Health Surveys Program. Under the recompete contract, ICF said Tuesday it will continue to help participating countries improve their capacit...
Special Aerospace Services, a portfolio company of private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management, has acquired Quintron Systems for an undisclosed sum to expand its communications technology capabilities for NASA, the Department of Defense and commercial space customers and broaden its footprint in the defense and space markets. Godspeed said Tues...
Airbus has acquired robotic aircraft manufacturer Aerovel and its Flexrotor vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial system in a transaction aimed at expanding the former’s tactical UAS product portfolio. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and Airbus said Wednesday that Aerovel will continue to design and produce the...
The Department of Defense’s effort to field thousands of autonomous drones has reached a major execution milestone. The Army’s Switchblade-600 loitering munition, built by AeroVironment, has been selected for accelerated fielding under the first tranche of the Replicator program, the DOD said in a release on Monday. The Army’s acquisition hea...
Daniel Carroll, field chief technology officer for cybersecurity at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said artificial intelligence could play a key role in helping federal agencies transform workforce training and customer service delivery and address complex government challenges. In an article published in Carahsoft.com, Carroll wrote that AI could ...
Booz Allen Hamilton’s Steve Escaravage is one of the most influential figures in government contracting, a fact confirmed by his 2024 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic. The award’s founder, EM’s CEO, Jim Garrettson, presented Escaravage with his plaque in person in a recent meeting. The Wash100 Award is an extremely sought-after distinct...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $169.7 million contract to provide sustainment engineering and logistics support services for the MQ-4C Triton remotely piloted aircraft systems of the U.S. Navy and Australian air force. The contract covers the provision of life cycle program planning, spare and repair parts, support equipment, engineering...
