Patrick Shanahan, former deputy secretary of the Department of Defense and senior vice president at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has joined the board of directors of Zanite Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ZNTEU) as an independent Class III director. The special purpose acquisition company said Wednesday Shanahan, a previous Wash100 awardee, will become a member of...
KeyLogic has officially launched as a fully integrated company after years of acquisitions and strategic investments to further build up its capabilities to support clients’ missions in the energy, defense, federal civilian and commerce sectors. KeyLogic emerges from the combination of KeyLogic Systems, Information International Associates, R2...
On Tuesday, Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Bolstering Climate Resilience for National Security Forum featuring Dr. Erwin Villiger of LMI, Dr. Kathleen White from the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Dr. Terence Thompson of the Climate Service as panelists during a full discussion exploring the implications of climate c...
Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) has agreed to acquire exactEarth in a cash-and-stock transaction worth approximately $161.2 million to further expand its geographic footprint and increase its space-based maritime dataset. The transaction has been approved by the boards of Spire and exactEarth and is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of calend...
AE Industrial Partners has acquired Jennings Aeronautics, a California-based company developing small unmanned aerial systems designed to take off vertically and run using oxide fuel. AEI said Tuesday it will merge the acquired business with UAV Factory, which the private equity firm purchased in January. John Purvis, CEO of JAI, will hold a similar...
Amy Wood, a nearly 25-year industry veteran, has been named senior vice president of finance and accounting at Reston, Virginia-based information technology systems integrator Intelligent Waves. She will oversee Intelligent Wave’s finance department and support corporate growth initiatives in her new position, the company said Monday. The cert...
Several leaders from the government and GovCon community will participate in a Sept. 21 virtual event hosted by Executive Mosaic’s flagship Government Contracting Wire (GovCon Wire) to discuss the role of threat intelligence in rooting out national security issues. GCW’s Cybersecurity in National Security Summit will feature two separate...
Document Storage Systems has purchased Alexandria, Virginia-based SBG Technology Solutions for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand DSS’ service footprint at federal departments. SBG works with federal clients to help them modernize information technology systems and offers an artificial intelligence platform designed to support customers...
NASA has awarded $146 million in contracts to five companies to develop lunar lander design concepts, perform risk reduction activities and offer feedback to inform requirements for a future solicitation on industry capabilities that could help facilitate regular manned missions to the moon under the space agency’s Artemis program. Blue Origin, Le...
Anthology and Blackboard have agreed to merge to establish a new education technology software and platforms provider to help education institutions accelerate transformation efforts and improve the learner experience. The combination is expected to conclude by the end of 2021, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, ...
