Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) is set to close the acquisition of U.K.-based satellite communication services provider Inmarsat by the end of May after the European Commission issued unconditional clearance to the approximately $7.3 billion transaction. The commission said Thursday it concluded that the deal would not impact competition in the broadband in-f...
The U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance program has been a top priority for the service branch in recent years — NGAD is one of Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s famed seven operational imperatives — but the effort has been somewhat shrouded in secrecy. As the Air Force formally moves forward with its selection process...
Jon Rucker’s penchant for being at the forefront of innovative technology development was sparked during his time as an undergraduate at Virginia Tech. He was drawn to aerospace engineering, which led him to a job post-college at Lockheed Martin, where he focused his efforts on the tactical part of the business, conducting highly complex engineeri...
The U.S. Army has exercised the first option period of its other transaction agreements with four companies to review proposed designs for increment two of the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System. Griffon Aerospace, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Sierra Nevada Corp. and Texton Systems (NYSE: TXT) will go through preliminary and critical design r...
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) rotary and mission systems unit has won a potential $642.9 million contract to manufacture Vertical Launching System hardware for the U.S. Navy and foreign military customers. The company was granted a base firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee award valued at $194 million to supply customers with MK 41 VLS mod...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) will support the research and development of a soldier-as-a-system concept for Department of Defense mission partners under a potential $919 million task order. The company said Tuesday it aims to identify, mature and transition warfighter systems through the Engineering, Development, Integration and Technology-based ...
By Cameron Chehreh, Vice President and General Manager of Public Sector at Intel and 2023 Wash100 Award winner Today, 93 percent of Americans are on the Internet. At least 85 percent have a smartphone. More than 300 million have access to 5G service, with 168 million 5G subscriptions forecast by next year. Meanwhile, 85 million...
For military service branches, connectivity at the tactical edge — often outside of the continental United States — is critical to mission success. Warfighters must be able to access data, intelligence, capabilities and technological power in these environments in order to fight and win, especially during an era of increasing global competition ...
Cybersecurity professionals Rick Driggers and Amanda Satterwhite have been appointed co-leads responsible for Accenture Federal Services’ cybersecurity capabilities, GovCon Wire has learned. Driggers will oversee technology delivery and architecture, alliance partnerships and talent strategy as cyber practice lead at AFS and Satterwhite will m...
The Federal Communications Commission has given Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) the go-ahead to continue its estimated $7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat. FCC issued “unconditional” clearance to the proposed combination and both satellite service providers aim to complete the deal later this month, according to a joint statement released Friday. The com...
