Redwire, a space infrastructure company backed by AE Industrial Partners, has agreed to merge with Genesis Park Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: GNPK) and will trade on the New York Stock Exchange once the transaction is completed. The boards of directors of Redwire and Genesis Park, a special purpose acquisition company, have approved the merger deal that...
Citizen engagement software provider Rock Solid Technologies has acquired PrimeGov for an undisclosed sum in a move to create an integrated technology offering that includes the latter’s public meeting participation and agenda management platform for local government clients. Tom Spengler, executive chairman of PrimeGov, will lead the merged o...
CEO of CAES Mike Kahn was presented with his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most coveted and respected award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Garrettson’s visit and Wash100 Award presentation marks the second time that Kahn has earned the award. As a 2021 recipient, Kahn has been recognized for...
Executive Mosaic is excited to announce that Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), has been selected as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for the first time in his more than 25 year career in the federal sector. Groen has earned his first Wash100 Award for leading JAIC...
Bluestaq will continue to help the U.S. Space Force build a cloud-based multisource database for situational awareness under a two-year, $280 million contract modification awarded by USSF’s Space and Missile Systems Center. This award extends and increases the scope of Bluestaq’s work on the Unified Data Library — a data management...
David Goldfein, former chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been appointed a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. APL said Tuesday that Goldfein will build on his military experience to offer the laboratory insight on national challenges, space operations, strategic deterrence and com...
Salient CRGT will extend development, deployment and management support for the Department of Defense’s specialized information technology systems and warfighter networks as part of the first option of a potential $482 million award. The company Tuesday it executed work under the potential five-year SANDBAR contract’s option year in late Sep...
The U.S. Army of Engineers has awarded three companies positions on a potential seven-year, $200 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering Centers plan and build facilities necessary to accommodate USAF’s B-21 Raider bomber aircraft. Jacobs (NYSE: J), the FSB-Pond joint venture and Burns & McDonnell will compete for pla...
Ametek (NYSE: AME), a Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based electronics instruments maker, is in advanced negotiations with private-equity firm Veritas Capital to acquire the latter’s Abaco Systems for up to $1.5 billion, Bloomberg reported Monday. Bloomberg cited sources that say a decision could come as soon as this week. In December 2015, Veritas acquired...
As space exploration, space research and satellite technology continue to expand rapidly. Space agencies such as NASA have worked to develop innovative solutions to support critical space and defense missions. The Department of Defense (DOD) and the U.S. Space Force intend to maintain space superiority and provide space capabilities to U.S. and alli...
