A General Atomics business unit has been awarded a potential $585.04 million contract to help the U.S. Customs and Border Protection operate and maintain unmanned aircraft systems. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will also provide replacement aircraft, components and spares to the agency, according to an award notice posted Tuesday on SAM....
The Department of Defense plans to award cloud infrastructure services contracts worth potentially $9 billion combined in December under the five-year Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, CNBC reported Tuesday. In July 2021, DOD launched JWCC as a multivendor procurement effort to replace the single-award Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructu...
Executive Mosaic has inducted Mark Frantz, co-founder of Blue Delta Capital Partners, into the 2022 class of the Wash100 Award for leading the expansion of the venture capital firm’s industry footprint and driving government market investments. This marks the first time that Frantz has been named among Executive Mosaic’s annual list of the m...
Ted Colbert, a 13-year Boeing (NYSE: BA) veteran, will assume the roles of president and CEO of the company’s defense, space and security business on April 1. He will succeed Leanne Caret, who will retire later this year after a nearly 35-year career with the Chicago-based aerospace and defense contractor, Boeing said Monday. Caret, a...
Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, published his latest article as a part of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. Previously, GovCon Expert Kevin Plexico provided an insightful look into the most significant trends that could impact how government contractors ...
The U.S. Army is focusing on cloud migration, user experience and data as an enterprise asset as the service moves forward with its Digital Transformation Strategy, first published in October 2021. Raj Iyer, chief information officer for the Army and 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said that while the service has already transitioned three of its key E...
Sarcos Technology and Robotics (Nasdaq: STRC) has agreed to acquire RE2, a developer of mobile robotic systems and autonomy software, for approximately $100 million in cash and stock. The two companies aim to close the transaction in the second quarter of 2022 and offer a suite of technology products powered by artificial intelligence, machine learn...
Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP) began trading common stock and warrants on the New York Stock Exchange Monday as a result of the Boca Raton, Florida-based small satellite builder’s merger with special purpose acquisition company Tailwind Two. The newly public company said Monday its revenue backlog sits at more than $200 million and will work to...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and SpaceX have each received an order from NASA to conduct six additional resupply missions to the International Space Station. NASA said the two companies will transport cargo and scientific investigations to the orbiting laboratory until 2026 as part of the latest orders under the Commercial Resupply Services-2 contra...
The Department of the Air Force is working to expand its partnerships in alignment with five key priorities, according to DAF Chief Architect Preston Dunlap. DAF “sits at a wonderful nexus of being able to look at Space Force and Air Force programs – about $70 billion of airspace and cyber activities – with the fantastic...
