Phil Robinson, a three-decade veteran of the aerospace and defense sector, has been named vice president and chief security officer at McLean, Virginia-based satellite relay system developer SpaceLink. He will oversee the company’s strategic and tactical security functions and brings to his new position years of technology, operations and data...
Faryar Shirzad, most recently global co-head of the office of government affairs at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), has joined Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: COIN) as chief policy officer. He will engage with regulators, lawmakers and other policymakers to address issues surrounding the cryptoeconomy and realize its full potential, Coinbase said Monday. S...
The Army Contracting Command plans to issue a task request for vehicle protection system prototyping work under an other transaction agreement with the National Advanced Mobility Consortium. A special notice posted Monday on SAM says the proposed effort will explore adaptive and collaborative approaches to augment the Department of Defense’s V...
Los Angeles-based investment firm Nexus Capital Management has agreed to buy HDT Global, a supplier of expeditionary products for military and emergency response use, from Charlesbank Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. Charlesbank said it expects to close the sale by the end of the second quarter, pending customary closing terms. HDT is headqu...
Peder Jungck, vice president and general manager of the intelligence solutions business area at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, will deliver a keynote speaker introduction at an upcoming GovCon Wire event about artificial intelligence trends in the national security sector. Jungck will introduce Katrina McFarland, a commissioner at the National ...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) reported $7.9 billion in total revenue for its 2021 fiscal year ended March 31, up 5.3 percent from the previous year. The McLean, Virginia-based management and information technology consulting firm posted $24 billion in total backlog at the end of fiscal 2021, a nearly 16 percent jump from 2020. Revenue...
The U.S. Space Force intends to release a request for proposals by June 30 to develop prototypes of deep space radar sensors that can monitor satellites and space debris in geostationary orbits, SpaceNews reported Sunday. The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium plans to select one or more vendors to build prototype conce...
An L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) subsidiary will modernize the forward-looking infrared systems on military rotary-wing aircraft for the U.S. Special Operations Command under a potential $96.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. L3Wescam received the noncompetitive award to support SOCOM’s Improved Rotary-wing Electro...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded three companies separate five-year contracts worth potentially $916 million combined to help U.S. military branches manage facilities within the European and African areas of responsibility. DLA Troop Support Europe and Africa chose the awardees among 18 offers in a competitive acquisition, the Department of ...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a $438 million contract modification that increases the ceiling value of U.S. Special Operations Command orders for radio frequency countermeasures technology. The award raises the maximum ordering amount in SOCOM’s Suite of Integrated RF Countermeasures program to $493 million, the Department of ...
