Mike Madsen, deputy director and director of strategic engagement at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), has received his first Wash100 Award, the most significant award in government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership, innovation and success to drive commercial technology and partnerships to advance IT capabilities for both sectors. Visi...
McNally Capital and Nio Advisors have acquired McLean, Virginia-based professional services company Orbis Operations for an undisclosed sum as Orbis looks to establish a position in the national security market. Chicago-based McNally said Thursday it completed the acquisition through a capital fund and in accordance with the family-owned private equ...
Potomac Officers Club (POC), the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its CIO Forum 2021 on Wednesday, April 7th. If you missed the 2nd Annual CIO Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting Potomac Officers Club’s Event Archi...
Five companies have won spots on a five-year, $25 million contract to help the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command connect with external organizations to develop a science, technology, engineering and math talent pipeline. Contractors will support CCDC in networking pursuits in the government, commercial and academic sectors to...
Sean Plankey, a cybersecurity and government veteran, has been appointed director of cyber missions at enterprise artificial intelligence company DataRobot. He will oversee the development and integration of DataRobot’s AI technology into cybersecurity platforms for government and commercial markets, the company said Thursday. Plankey’s appointm...
CACI International’s (NYSE: CACI) federal arm has received a potential $372.8 million follow-on contract to provide U.S. Special Operations Command with geospatial analysts to help process and disseminate traditional and nontraditional intelligence data. USSOCOM received four offers for the Joint Geospatial Analytic Support Services II contract an...
The U.S. Air Force has selected a Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business to replace the wheel and brake system of 77 B-52 Stratofortress bombers as part of the branch’s fleet retrofit program. Collins said Wednesday it will use the Duracarb carbon disk technology to produce a new aircraft braking system for the bra...
VTG has been awarded a potential five-year, $188 million contract to help the U.S. Navy modernize surface fleet combat systems as part of the service branch’s Technical Insertion 16 program. The Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Port Hueneme Division awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covering TI16 procurement, eng...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for the fourth time in the eight-year history of the Wash100 Award, the industry standard for excellence in the government contracting (GovCon) sector. This marks Shotwell’s fourth Wash100 win in the l...
Diek Minkhorst, a more than 10-year investment banking industry veteran, has been named vice president of corporate development at engineering and technology services contractor BlueHalo, GovCon Wire has learned. He will directly report to BlueHalo CEO Jonathan Moneymaker and oversee mergers and acquisitions and support planning and strategic effort...
