By Chuck Brooks, President of Brooks Consulting International In recent years, cyber attacks on the nation’s critical infrastructure have been relentless. In 2025, that pattern unfortunately continues as emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence are being adapted in the attacker tool chests. Due to the participatory, open and ...
Lockheed Martin has received two U.S. Army contracts worth approximately $857 million combined to produce and deliver High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, and prototype units of a missile communication technology, known as RIG-360. The Department of Defense said Friday Army Contracting Command launched an internet solicitation for both...
Amentum reported $3.5 billion in revenues during the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, up 1 percent on a pro forma basis driven by growth in the company’s digital solutions segment. Q2 FY 2025 Financial Results In an earnings release published Tuesday, the Chantilly, Virginia-based government technology company said that as of March 28, its...
Sev1Tech has been awarded a five-year, $262 million contract by the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office, Command, Control and Communications Network for the procurement of tactical radio systems support. Contract Scope The IT, engineering, program management, C5ISR and cybersecurity systems integration and support services company said Wednes...
Pete Hegseth, secretary of defense and 2025 Wash100 Award winner, has in the last week announced sweeping changes to the U.S. Army in an effort to streamline and cut unnecessary programs and outdated systems. Hegseth calls the set of changes a “comprehensive transformation” and they come as the service branch looks to firm up its re...
Mythics has acquired SpearMC as part of its effort to expand its market footprint and strengthen its presence in the public sector. The transaction will accelerate Mythics’ strategic growth, Paul Seifert, CEO of the Oracle systems integrator, said Tuesday. “Together we bring a strong ability to deliver value, provide strong solutio...
QinetiQ US has secured a contract from Integris Composites to provide LAST Armor, a protective armor technology, for the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA, program. In a statement published Wednesday, Christopher Forrest, executive vice president of advanced robotics and mission solutions at QinetiQ US, said the company ...
Rite-Solutions, a software development and systems engineering company, has secured a cost-plus-fixed fee Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract from the U.S. Navy to support the service’s next-generation attack submarine program SSN(X) Combat Systems of the Future. The contract includes options that, if exercised, could increas...
David Broadbent spent over two decades at Raytheon, working across various divisions and sharpening his expertise in defense, space, intelligence and commercial cyber in a slew of leadership positions. Toward the end of his run at that company, Broadbent developed a strong interest in the space environment, and was appointed president of space syst...
KBR has promoted Mark Kavanaugh, most recently a senior vice president, to president of defense, intelligence and space. Kavanaugh announced his new position in a LinkedIn post published Thursday. In this capacity, he will oversee KBR’s science and space, national security solutions, and defense and technology solutions, or DTS, portfolios und...
