Gunnison Consulting Group has acquired cybersecurity platforms provider Centerpoint for an undisclosed sum to expand information technology service offerings for the federal government. Gunnison CEO Gil Dussek said in a statement released Thursday the transaction adds cybersecurity skills to the company’s portfolio and the combined organizatio...
BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) booked contract options worth potentially $1.04 billion combined in the fourth quarter of 2021 to manufacture components and supply fuel products for the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. BWXT said Wednesday its nuclear operations group will provide component manufacturing services to support the U.S. Navy’s ...
The State Department has approved Poland’s request to buy 250 M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tanks, manufactured by General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), through an approximately $6 billion foreign military sales agreement. Pieces of equipment covered by the FMS package include 250 AN/VLQ-12 counter-improvised explosive device systems, 26 M88A2 Hercules combat rec...
UAV Factory, a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners, has adopted the name Edge Autonomy following its combination with Jennings Aeronautics Inc. and will focus on expanding its market presence in multidomain autonomous and unmanned systems applications. Edge Autonomy said Tuesday it will be headquartered in JAI’s former corporate office...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $252 million follow-on contract to produce a man-portable system for U.S. Marine Corps personnel to recognize and locate targets. The company will provide low-rate initial and full-rate production services to USMC’s Next Generation Handheld Targeting System program, the Department of Defense said Thu...
Eun Young Choi, most recently senior counsel to the deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice, has been named the first director of the national cryptocurrency enforcement team at DOJ. She will lead NCET in identifying, investigating and pursuing DOJ’s cases that involve the criminal use of digital currencies and other digital assets, e...
As the 2022 Wash100 Voting season continues to heat up and the support from the government contracting (GovCon) community pours in, this year’s collection of Wash100 Award winners aren’t waiting until the April 30th vote deadline to challenge one another for the top spot in the rankings. Visit Wash100.com right now to participate in Executive...
Valiant Integrated Services will provide training support to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command under a $150 million single-award contract. Dan Corbett, CEO of Valiant, said in a statement released Wednesday the company has supported USASOC and other special operations commands since 2005. “We’re honored to continue our support to this cri...
Last week, Senators introduced a new legislative package that combines aspects of the Cyber Incident Reporting act, the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2021 and the Federal Secure Cloud Improvement and Jobs Act into a more comprehensive, robust and up-to-date bill that is expected to be more likely to pass into law than each...
ExecutiveBiz featured John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He discussed the impact of acquiring DynCorp and PAE on Amentum’s transformational growth efforts, the recent contract awards from the U.S. Navy and Department of Energy, as well as the comp...
