The White House Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the National Cyber Director have released a memorandum outlining the current administration’s cybersecurity investment priorities that federal agencies should focus on as they formulate their budget submissions for fiscal year 2026. The investment priorities are categorized into...
Cloud enterprise software provider IFS has acquired EmpowerMX for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its industrial artificial intelligence capabilities and aviation maintenance software offerings for aerospace and defense customers. IFS said Wednesday EmpowerMX is a Frisco, Texas-based provider of AI-powered aviation maintenance softwar...
D-Orbit Group, an Italy-based space logistics and transportation services provider, has established a joint venture with veteran space engineers and former executives from SpaceX, Amazon, OneWeb and other aerospace organizations to expand its presence in the U.S. satellite bus market. Mike Cassidy, founder and former CEO of Apollo Fusion, has been n...
The U.S. Navy has tapped Air Center Helicopters to provide cargo transfer services between ships deployed worldwide over a potential five-and-a-half-year period. The Burleson, Texas-headquartered airlift support provider will conduct vertical replenishment services under a $77.3 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Navy, the Department of Defe...
Tyto Athene, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has completed its purchase of managed cybersecurity services provider MindPoint Group and appointed MindPoint President Patti Chanthaphone as head of its federal civilian group. Herndon, Virginia-based Tyto Athene said Tuesday Chanthaphone will oversee the company’s federal soluti...
By Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek Government contracting isn’t getting any less challenging in 2024. With a more competitive environment at the U.S. federal, state and local levels, as well as in Canada, combined with uncertainty about budgets and questions about the upcoming election, there are more questi...
Oshkosh’s (NYSE: OSK) defense arm has secured $231.9 million in orders from the U.S. Army to produce modernized heavy tactical vehicles and supply related kits to the military branch. Oshkosh Defense said Monday it will provide new Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck or HEMTT A4 tankers, Palletized Load System A1s, cargos, wreckers, load handli...
BAE Systems‘ land and armaments business has secured a $579.3 million contract to manufacture and deliver M109A7 and M992A3 vehicles and fielding kits to the U.S. Army. The Department of Defense said BAE Systems Land and Armaments will perform work under the cost-no-fee contract at its York, Pennsylvania location and in Sterling Heights, Michi...
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has added Blue Origin and Stoke Space Technologies to the vendor pool of launch providers as part of the second on-ramping process to the fourth iteration of the Orbital Services Program. SSC said Wednesday OSP-4 is a potential $986 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an or...
Cybersecurity company SIXGEN has acquired Secure Enterprise Engineering as part of a push to expand its software offerings, client relationships and technical talent needed to accelerate the delivery of cyber capabilities to digital warfighters in support of national security missions. SIXGEN said Tuesday it expects the acquisition to expand its sof...
