L3Harris Technologies has appointed Eric DiStasi as vice president of strategy and business development and general manager of its advanced missile programs. DiStasi confirmed his new role in a LinkedIn post Thursday. Who is Eric DiStasi? The executive is a long-time defense industry leader. He joined L3Harris in 2021 as director of corporate strate...
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has awarded contracts to four U.S. frontier artificial intelligence companies to advance the Department of Defense’s adoption of AI capabilities. Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI were awarded contracts with a $200 million ceiling to develop agentic AI workflows for various mission are...
Counterintelligence and cyber tools developer Sphinx has acquired Enigma International to expand its portfolio of intelligence and cybersecurity offerings for defense and commercial security customers. Enigma Offers Sphinx Access to More Federal Contract Vehicles Sphinx said Monday it expects the transaction to broaden its presence in the federal go...
MP Materials and the Department of Defense have entered into a public-private partnership to boost the supply of U.S. rare earth magnets and reduce dependence on foreign sources. Construction of ’10X’ Magnet Manufacturing Facility Through the partnership, MP Materials said Thursday it will build the “10X Facility,” its second domesti...
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded SAIC an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, valued up to $629.8 million, under the Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support, or ATEPS, II. The anticipated period of performance is 10 years, ending in July 2035, according to an award notice posted on SAM.gov. Work will be performed in W...
Summit 7 has welcomed Bill Wilshire as its new chief delivery officer, a strategic move that underscores the company’s focus on delivering exceptional results to clients in the areas of cybersecurity, compliance and managed services. Wilshire steps into the role with over 25 years of experience in IT services, security and managed solutions, Summi...
John Heneghan, president of ECS, received the 2025 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. The seasoned executive was recognized with his fourth Wash100 honor for advocating for the adoption of emerging technologies within the federal sector, particularly in healthcare and national security. “John has led ECS to ...
Chugach Government Solutions, or CGS, has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Ken Ackerman as vice president of human resources and Isaac Fawehinmi as vice president, controller. Virginia Robinson, interim president of CGS, said in a statement Tuesday that Ackerman and Fawehinmi bring to the company “a strong combi...
The Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting research team at George Mason University’s Costello College of Business has issued an inaugural index that analyzes the federal contracting industrial base’s current structure, GovCon trends and GovCon firms’ financial performance. The Baroni Center said Tuesday the 2025...
Adam Toy, a seasoned senior solutions architect, has been promoted to chief technology officer at Rancher Government Solutions. The secure enterprise open-source Kubernetes and container management company said Tuesday Toy will oversee its technology portfolio’s platform engineering, architecture and product development. He will help...
