SAIC has secured a $1.4 billion COBRA task order to accelerate the modernization of systems that feed into the Department of Defense’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control ecosystem. The five-year award tasks SAIC with rapidly developing, integrating and fielding technologies that strengthen decision superiority and operational readin...
Private equity firm McNally Capital has merged its portfolio company Quiet Professionals with Spathe Systems to create a defense technology platform aimed at expanding support for U.S. Special Operations Forces and the broader defense community. Chicago-based McNally said Thursday Quiet Professionals CEO Andy Wilson will lead the combined comp...
The Pentagon’s research and engineering enterprise is entering one of its most decisive restructuring periods in more than a decade. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael has formally trimmed the department’s sprawling list of 14 “critical technology areas” down to six streamlined priorities, a shift he said ...
Harmonia Holdings Group has appointed David Martens, a growth and operations leader, as chief growth officer. The federal technology company said Tuesday Martens will oversee internal collaboration and growth operations to implement Harmonia’s go-to-market strategy. Anil Patibandla, who previously held both the president and chief growth...
Vibrint has expanded its business development leadership with the appointment of John Martin as vice president for the Maryland region, furthering the company’s broader growth efforts across the defense and intelligence markets. Who Is John Martin? Martin has spent more than two decades working across engineering, consulting and defense progra...
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Quantum computing firm IonQ has unveiled plans to acquire Skyloom Global, a Colorado-based developer of optical communication systems for space-based quantum networks. The acquisition, announced by IonQ Chairman and CEO Niccolò de Masi during a Nov. 11 CNBC interview, is supported by $3.5 billion in new funding to acc...
The Department of State has approved a potential $3.5 billion foreign military sale of Standard Missile 6 Block I and Standard Missile 2 Block IIIC systems to Germany. RTX, which manufactures both missile families through its Raytheon business, is the principal contractor, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday. Germany requested up to ...
The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing a contract valued at $876.4 million for logistics, training and engineering services in support of 60 CH-47F Block II cargo helicopters. Work on the contract will be performed in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, until Oct. 28, 2035, according to the Department of Defense. The Army Contracting Command in Redstone Arsenal,...
SAIC will consolidate its five current business groups into three as part of an organizational restructuring intended to simplify operations, strengthen customer focus and drive growth and shareholder value. The company said Thursday the new structure will take effect Jan. 31. SAIC is one of the sponsors of the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Def...
