The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $2.8 billion contract to modernize the Republic of Korea Air Force’s F-15K Slam Eagle fighter aircraft. Get exclusive insights into strategies and requirements that keep American warfighters ahead of global adversaries at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Air and Space Summit on July 30. Top Air For...
Hon. Emil Michael doesn’t like the term “valley of death.” Long used to describe the place where promising technology projects go to die between incubation and actually being implemented, it’s become an obstacle — almost a cliche — that the government contracting and tech communities have taken as a given. But at Potomac...
BAE Systems and RTX’s Collins Aerospace joint venture Data Link Solutions has secured a $248 million contract from the U.S. Navy to supply Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System, or MIDS JTRS, terminals. Sign up for the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Navy Summit on Aug. 27 and dive into t...
By Paul Rempfer, vice president of business development-defense at PCI Government Services The Manhattan Project’s greatest feat wasn’t just mastering the physics of the atom; it was the coordination of chemical plants, university labs and industrial giants to build a history-altering weapon in just three years. Today, the Golden Dome initiative...
RTX reported higher sales, earnings and free cash flow for full-year 2025 and issued a 2026 outlook projecting continued growth, supported by sustained demand across its commercial aerospace and defense portfolios and a growing pipeline of long-term defense contracts. The company said Tuesday that it ended 2025 with a total backlog of $268 billion, ...
Potomac Officers Club has the privilege of announcing that Cameron Stanley, chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of War, will be a keynote speaker at its 2026 Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 18. At the event, which is regularly one of POC’s most popular and most-buzzed-about GovCon conferences, represent...
Tetra Tech has acquired Halvik, a federal IT services and advisory consulting firm, for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its data analytics, artificial intelligence and enterprise technology services for U.S. defense and civilian agencies. Pasadena, California-based Tetra Tech said Thursday Halvik will become part of the company’...
PsiQuantum has appointed foreign policy and national security leaders Stephen Biegun, Ellen Lord and Chris Miller to its government advisory board. The company said Thursday the three new members will join Bob Sharp, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, on the board and leverage their decades of experience to help PsiQuantum forge partnerships across t...
Parsons has acquired Altamira Technologies for approximately $375 million as part of efforts to expand its signals intelligence, missile warning, cyber and space capabilities for the Department of War and U.S. intelligence community customers. Parsons said Tuesday Altamira’s more than 600 employees, over 90 percent of whom hold security cleara...
NOTE: O’Donell is no longer keynoting the 2026 Defense R&D Summit, but attendees can expect the same great business opportunities and actionable intelligence from our other keynotes: Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment Michael Duffey, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director for GEOINT Innovation and Research Dr....
