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RTX business Raytheon will manufacture additional AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles under a $1.1 billion modification of a previously awarded contract. The modification exercises options of the previous contract, which include the production of 1,756 AIM-9X-4 Block II All Up Round Tactical Missiles, with 492 for the U.S. Navy, 456 for the U.S. Air Force an...

Jacobs has won a potential $4 billion contract from the U.S. Space Force to provide operations, maintenance and integration support services for the branch’s Eastern and Western ranges. The Department of Defense said Monday the 45th Contracting Squadron at Patrick Space Force Base in Florida launched a competitive acquisition process and recei...

David McKeown, who is performing the duties of deputy chief information for cybersecurity and chief information security officer at the Department of Defense, received his 2025 Wash100 Award during a recent meeting with Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Garrettson founded the Wash100 Award in 2014 to recognize the 100 most influential executives...

Innovative Rocket Technologies, or iRocket, has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to merge with special purpose acquisition company BPGC Acquisition in a transaction that would result in the reusable space rocket developer becoming a publicly traded company. In a joint release published Monday, the companies said a definitive agreement is expecte...

NEC Corp. of America has selected Todd Morris as the new president of NEC National Security Systems, effective immediately. The technology integrator said Monday Morris will replace Kathleen Kiernan, who is set to retire on June 13 after leading the FOCI-mitigated NEC subsidiary for four years. The seasoned executive will bring a proven tr...

Potomac Officers Club, the Capital region’s foremost government contracting events and networking organization, is thrilled to introduce its summer series for 2025. This three-month event spectacular will take attendees on a tour through the latest initiatives at the major Department of Defense service branches. The 2025 Army Summit is sche...

Less than a year after the final version of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program was published, OSIbeyond has become one of the first companies to successfully achieve CMMC Level 2 certification.  To help other organizations prepare for their own CMMC journeys, OSIbeyond’s CEO and GovCon Expert Payam Pourkhomam...

MITRE has revealed that George Halvorson, Paul Kaminski and Cathy Minehan are set to retire from its board of trustees. The research and development organization said Friday Halvorson and Kaminski will step down on June 6, while Minehan will officially retire on July 10. George Halvorson Halvorson is a seasoned healthcare executi...

KTH Services JV, a Tlingit Haida Tribal Business Corp. subsidiary, has been awarded a $419.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the U.S. Air Force for the procurement of base operations and facility maintenance services. Tinker Air Force Base Maintenance Services Contract Details The Department of Defense said Frid...