Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu has secured her fourth Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic for driving innovation through greater government-industry-academia collaboration in emerging and critical defense technology development. Shyu, who will keynote the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summi...
Option3, a cybersecurity private equity firm, has agreed to acquire Onclave Networks through its newly created platform company focused on delivering zero trust capabilities and professional consulting services to federal government customers. "Onclave is the first of a series of planned acquisitions already underway, that we expect will exceed...
Melissa Johnson is the Acquisition Executive at the U.S. Special Operations Command. She is one of the speakers for the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit. Get to know Melissa Johnson’s background and professional achievements here. Who is Melissa Johnson? Melissa Johnson is a Senior Executive Servic...
In the age of manufacturing turbulence and ever-intensifying cybercrime, the U.S. Department of Defense is finding it more important than ever to tap into the resources of the private sector. The Pentagon issued its very first National Defense Industrial Strategy, or NDIS, earlier this month in a move to shape and bolster its relationship ...
The Department of Labor awarded Parsons (NYSE: PSN) a potential five-year, $115 million contract to provide management support to the Job Corps Acquisition Services. The company said Thursday that it has been cleared to continue assisting in project planning and management of the JCAS Facilities Program. Parsons has been under contract with JCAS sin...
Enlightenment Capital has merged four businesses to form and launch RealmOne, a new platform company focused on providing cybersecurity and intelligence collection and analysis support for national security agency customers. Columbia, Maryland-based RealmOne is led by CEO Gary Daigle, former chief executive of iNovex....
William LaPlante, under secretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the Northrop Grumman-built (NYSE: NOC) B-21 Raider stealth bomber has been given the green light to kick off low-rate initial production following its initial flight test in 2023....
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16, it was revealed that OpenAI and the Department of Defense will be collaborating on artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity technology.To continue the conversation on the most daunting cyber threats and how the government is working with industry to solve them, register and attend th...
BL Harbert International has secured a potential three-year, $206.6 million contract to build a weapons generation facility for the U.S. Air Force's B-21 strategic bomber aircraft. The Army Corps of Engineers awarded the contract for the construction of the military facility at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota....
The Department of Defense’s Washington Headquarters Services has released a request for proposals for a potential five-year, $1.5 billion recompete contract to provide information technology and cybersecurity support services for the Office of the Chief Information Officer at DOD. Offers are due Feb. 16....
