The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Director of Research and Development, Dr. Ronzelle Green, has joined the elite roster of defense experts and leaders who will speak at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 23. Read along for more information about the NGA leader, his career and his key priorities in hi...
Sarah Lord, a 20-year government contracting professional, has been named president of global protection and security engineering services provider System High. The Chantilly, Virginia-based company said Thursday Lord will lead its expansion efforts while achieving its strategic roadmap and prioritizing innovation, employee advancement and...
By Matt Heideman, Vice President of Public Sector at Mattermost Government missions are complex, often involving multiple parties operating at a significant scale across many disparate obstacles. Regardless of size or objectives, warfighters must carefully orchestrate many interconnected components throughout each stage of any mission, wit...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded contract modifications worth $219 million combined to SupplyCore, I-Solutions Direct and TW Metals to continue delivering commercial metal products to U.S. military branches. The Department of Defense said the modifications exercise the second 18-month option term in the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/...
Sparton has secured a potential two-year, $107.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue producing and delivering AN/SSQ-125 modified high-duty-cycle sonobuoys to support training, testing and peacetime operations. The Department of Defense said the award covers the production of up to 20,000 sonobuoys to help maintain...
The U.S. Marine Corps and Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific will set up a technology lab in late January to allow engineers and other experts to develop prototypes into scalable, deployable 5G networks to support warfighters operating in denied and contested environments, USNI News reported Tuesday. “We want a lab that can answer questions ...
The State Department has approved Egypt’s three foreign military sales requests worth approximately $5.3 billion combined for Abrams tank refurbishment, Hellfire AGM-114R missiles, Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems, or APKWS, and related equipment and support services. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday it has already not...
South Korea-based Hanwha Systems and Hanwha Ocean have closed their acquisition of U.S. shipbuilder Philly Shipyard for approximately $100 million to expand its footprint in the U.S. market for defense growth and commercial shipbuilding. David Kim, most recently executive vice president for Hanwha Defense USA, has been appointed CEO of the acquired ...
Raytheon has booked a $282.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for Small Diameter Bomb Increment II, GBU-53/B Production Lot 11. The Department of Defense said Thursday the RTX company will provide up rounds and containers for the StormBreaker munition. Production will be conducted at Raytheon’s facility in Tucson, Arizona. The con...
IT consulting firm Trace3 has acquired Zivaro for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its government, public sector and critical infrastructure capabilities. Trace3 said Thursday the transaction will create a new business vertical called Trace3 Government and that it expects full integration to occur in the second quarter of 2025. The...
