Frontgrade Technologies has appointed Kevin Fox, former chief financial officer of Thermon Group Holdings, as CFO and Allen Couture, formerly executive vice president of execution excellence at Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY), as chief operating officer. Fox and Couture will join Frontgrade’s leadership team and succeed outgoing CFO Conrad Ga...
Army Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal has begun seeking proposals for the full rate production of the M10 Booker armored fighting vehicles. ACC-DTA plans to procure up to 266 M10 Booker combat vehicles with all basic issue items, a radio kit, component of end items and under vehicle armor along with 31 refurbishment vehicles and ancillary...
The ever-increasing pace of technological advancement has put pressure on the Department of Defense to ramp up its exploration of 5G, a technology that plays a major role in today’s digitally-driven battlefield. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 5G Forum on May 22, you will have the opportunity to hear elite public and private sector experts...
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded $404.5 million in combined indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to six companies for a range of services in support of the telecommunication and network infrastructure at service branch locations. The IDIQ could reach $809 million over a 10-year period if all contract options are exercised and work in Ma...
On June 6, the Potomac Officers Club will host the 2024 Cyber Summit, bringing together the best and brightest cyber leaders from across the public and private sector landscapes to discuss the most urgent and consequential issues and opportunities in the cyber realm. Potomac Officers Club events offer attendees unparalleled networkin...
The U.S. Navy has awarded eight companies contract options worth $1.86 billion combined to continue providing professional management and technical services in support of the military branch’s cyberspace operation systems and capabilities. The award exercises the second option year of a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantit...
Tom Vecchiolla, a retired U.S. Navy pilot, a defense industry veteran and a previous Wash100 awardee, has joined the SSA board of directors of the U.K.-based defense technology company QinetiQ‘s U.S. arm. In July 2020, the QinetiQ SSA board was formed after QinetiQ Group signed a special security agreement with the Defense Counterintelligence ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential five-year, $7 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide modernization and sustainment support services for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. The Department of Defense said Thursday the sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes software maintenance, engineering,...
The Next Generation Air Dominance initiative is a major U.S. Air Force effort to create a sixth-generation “family of systems” that will supplant its current fleet of F-22 Raptor aircraft. Though many program specifics are still shrouded in secrecy, it is one of the service branch’s highest priorities. It is also a notable portion of...
Luxembourg-based satellite communications company SES has agreed to buy Intelsat for approximately $3.1 billion to create a multiorbit operator that offers an expanded suite of satellite-based capabilities, greater coverage, spectrum portfolio and a ground network to serve customers worldwide. The boards of directors of SES and Intelsat have unanimo...
