Appgate, a Miami-based cybersecurity platform provider, has agreed to merge with publicly traded shell company Newtown Lane Marketing. The merger is expected to be finalized in the second quarter of 2021 and will provide Appgate access to capital to scale, advance growth initiatives and accelerate go-to-market strategies as part of a publicly traded...
General Atomics, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have received separate contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to design air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles that can deploy multiple weapons. All three companies will conduct preliminary design work for the first phase of DARPA's LongShot progr...
Ameresco’s (NYSE: AMRC) federal business will help the U.S. Navy build energy conservation systems at a shipyard located in Portsmouth, Virginia, under a $173 million energy savings performance contract. Ameresco Federal Solutions began construction work on a combined heat and power plant that will have a generation capacity of 19 megawatts, an in...
Astra has agreed to merge with special purpose acquisition company Holicity (Nasdaq: HOL) in a deal that would transform the Alameda, California-based small satellite launch services provider into a publicly traded company....
During Potomac Officers Club’s Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the Digital Battlespace Virtual Event, leaders from the private and public sectors joined together to discuss the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum, including spectrum competition in a contested and congested environment. If you missed the Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the ...
Atlanta-based engineering company Scientific Research Corp. will provide operational support for the U.S. Air Force’s command-and-control and combat intelligence functions under a potential five-year, $95 million contract....
Robert Steel, former undersecretary for domestic finance at the Department of Treasury, has been elected to serve on the finance and benefit plans committee within Reston, Virginia-based General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) board of directors....
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a draft solicitation for a potential 10-year, $5.4 billion recompete contract for call center operations support, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday....
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has named DeWolfe Miller, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and former commander of Naval Air Forces, as corporate vice president of customer affairs and he will be responsible for client outreach work for the company's Newport News Shipbuilding division....
Chris Bibbee, a two-decade ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) veteran, has joined systems engineering and information technology services provider Axiologic Solutions as chief program officer. Axiologic said Tuesday that Bibbee will oversee key programs and contracts in his new position at the Fairfax, Virginia-based government contractor....
