Fluor (NYSE: FLR) and HII (NYSE: HII) have purchased the membership interest of Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) in a joint venture – Savannah River Nuclear Solutions – focused on helping the Department of Energy manage the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. “We are confident that Fluor and Huntington Ingalls will continue to deliver lo...
Susan Chodakewitz, former president and CEO of international economic and analytics consulting firm Nathan Associates, has been named chief growth strategy officer of technical and strategic consultancy Cadmus. Cadmus President and CEO Ian Kline said in a statement published Thursday Chodakewitz brings to the position her experience in building busi...
The federal government allocates substantial financial services amounting to millions and even billions of dollars to procure a diverse range of services encompassing defense, weaponry, healthcare, cybersecurity, space missions, and more. Federal agencies enter into contracts with private companies that offer these specialized services to accomplish...
HII‘s (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has booked contract modifications worth $393.3 million from the U.S. Navy to implement a new ship delivery strategy for the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier. The branch now expects to receive the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) on July 31, 2025, the company said Friday. “This...
The U.S. Air Force awarded RTX (NYSE: RTX) a $1.15 billion contract to supply the latest Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile configuration to domestic and international defense customers. The award covers AIM-120 D-3 and C-8 variants developed through the AMRAAM Form, Fit, Function Refresh program, RTX said Tuesday. It marks the fifth productio...
Lou Von Thaer, CEO of nonprofit science and technology company Battelle, was presented with his eighth Wash100 Award by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic, in a recent meeting at Battelle’s Washington, D.C. facilities. Garrettson founded the Wash100 in 2014 as a way of celebrating the finest talent in government contracting across the publi...
Today, cybersecurity and infrastructure are intertwined – a single cyberattack can disrupt systems critical to Americans’ day-to-day activities. Incidents like the Colonial Pipeline attack, which resulted in a gasoline shortage that impacted millions, have shined a light on this relationship, and now, the U.S. government is more focused on cyber...
Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has cleared a memo ordering agencies to implement the six recommendations by a tiger team to accelerate and strengthen the foreign military sales process in support of the 2022 National Defense Strategy. The first three recommendations are improving DOD’s unders...
As adversaries continue to develop and deploy new technologies, cyberattacks pose a greater threat to the United States than ever before. To address these risks, the federal government recently released the National Cybersecurity Strategy, which aims to build a more secure and resilient cyber ecosystem nationwide. For the U.S. government, acquiring ...
Space is undeniably one of the newest and most contested warfighting domains today. While commercial activity in space continues to rapidly accelerate the speed of innovation in the domain, new threats are simultaneously emerging and threatening the United States’ position in the global competition for space dominance. In response to rising space ...
