Private equity firm OceanSound Partners has acquired Antenna Research Associates, or ARA, for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to help the latter expand its client relationships and radio frequency capabilities to facilitate the delivery of new technologies to the aerospace and defense market. New York-based OceanSound said Tuesday ARA’s ...
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, has secured a $1.2 billion contract modification from the U.S. Army for the procurement of UH-60M helicopters. The Department of Defense said Monday the award covers UH-60M aircraft for foreign military sales to Australia, Brazil, Greece, Sweden and Thailand in fiscal 2025. Sikorsky will perform contract work ...
ManTech has received a U.S. Air Force contract worth approximately $98 million to provide services for the processing and analysis of a wide range of environmental samples containing nuclear-related materials. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will support the Air Force Tech...
Cloud technologies have become widely adopted across the federal government. The Department of Defense made a significant investment in cloud at the end of 2022 with its $9 billion multi-vendor JWCC contract. But now, two years later, what’s on the horizon for cloud in the public sector? According to Steve Derr, vice president of Oracle̵...
Damian Watkins has transitioned to the role of chief research officer at Aperio Global, where he most recently served as chief research and innovation officer, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post Monday. Building on his software development background, Watkins has more than 15 years of experience in Java and C++ development of data driven...
Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, has established an executive advisory board consisting of top cybersecurity leaders who will help drive company strategy to continue its growth in the federal market. The Herndon, Virginia-headquartered cybersecurity company said Monday the inaugural members bring government agency, defense, and commercial exper...
Katie Schroth has been appointed vice president of air and space forces center within the national security sector at MITRE. The McLean, Virginia-based organization said Monday Schroth will develop strategies and establish priorities necessary for MITRE to deliver technical capabilities to support the Department of the Air Force mission ob...
Executive Mosaic has chosen Sharon Dunbar, vice president of cross-company business initiatives for General Dynamics Mission Systems, as chair of the Multi-Domain Group for the 4×24 Executive Leadership Series. The 4×24 Executive Leadership Program invites esteemed executives and professionals to a series of networking dinn...
A Vigor Industrial business has secured a $277 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support services for the USS Kidd, or DDG 100. The Department of Defense said Friday Portland, Oregon-based Vigor Marine will perform repair, maintenance and modernization services for the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. The fir...
Northrop Grumman generated $10 billion in sales during the third quarter of 2024, up 2 percent from the same period last year, and posted $11.7 billion in Q3 net awards with a record backlog of $85 billion. In an earnings release published Thursday, the Falls Church, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor said year-to-date sales rose...
