Orbit Fab has appointed Jeff Lints as chief commercial officer as the company prepares for its first commercial on-orbit refueling demonstration and deployment of its refueling spacecraft for flight qualification. Who Is Jeff Lints? Before joining Orbit Fab, Lints served as the founder and CEO of Fortius Metals, where he focused on commercializing a...
The Missile Defense Agency has issued a second tranche of awards under its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense contract, adding 1,086 companies to the competitive pool supporting the $151 billion SHIELD multiple-award vehicle, one of several contracting mechanisms supporting the administration’s Golden Dome missile defense ...
BigBear.ai and C Speed, a platform company of NewSpring Holdings, have partnered to combine their capabilities to deliver an artificial intelligence-enabled threat detection and response platform in support of defense and homeland security missions. Join C Speed CEO Kevin McLaughlin, Andy Maner, chairman of NewSpring’s federal advisory board a...
Potomac Officers Club, the nation’s leading GovCon networking events organization, is excited to confirm Michael Duffey, under secretary of war for acquisition and sustainment, as the opening keynote speaker for the 2026 Defense R&D Summit, taking place Jan. 29. Duffey joins Emil Michael, under secretary of war for research and engineering...
Intel has appointed Robin Colwell, most recently deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, as senior vice president of government affairs in a series of senior leadership appointments. The technology company said Monday Colwell will be based in Washington, D.C., overseeing global engagement with regulators, policymakers and industry leaders and ad...
Potomac Officers Club, the national capital region’s elite networking, events and media organization, is elated to announce that Sam Kaardal, deputy assistant secretary for interoperability within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, or ASTP, will give a keynote address at the 2025 Healthcare Summit on Feb. 12...
Aqua IT has appointed Bill Cloin, a former official at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, as chief operating officer and managing partner, GovCon Wire has learned. “Bill brings proven mission leadership and deep experience delivering enterprise transformation,” Aqua IT CEO Ted Marshall said in a statement. “His focus on s...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-plus-award-fee contract valued at $30.9 million to support its fleet of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships. The contract includes options that, if exercised, will raise the total value of the program to $286.8 million, the Department of War said Wed...
Technology company Alpha Omega has appointed Gordon Boozer, a federal government veteran and cyber leader, as vice president of cybersecurity. Cyberthreats are escalating, and government data has become the new frontline of international conflict. Attend the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Cyber Summit on May 21, and engage with top decision-make...
Potomac Officers Club, the national capital region’s premier GovCon events, networking and media organization, is ecstatic to announce that Thomas Rondeau, the Department of War’s principal director for FutureG, will give a keynote address at the 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29 at the Hilton McLean in northern Virginia. The 202...
