Cloud enterprise software provider IFS has acquired EmpowerMX for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its industrial artificial intelligence capabilities and aviation maintenance software offerings for aerospace and defense customers. IFS said Wednesday EmpowerMX is a Frisco, Texas-based provider of AI-powered aviation maintenance softwar...
James Allred, a more than three-decade government contracting industry professional, was named vice president of programs at Freedom Technology Solutions Group, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Prior to joining the Columbia, Maryland-based information technology company, Allred served as a program management director at Science Applications I...
D-Orbit Group, an Italy-based space logistics and transportation services provider, has established a joint venture with veteran space engineers and former executives from SpaceX, Amazon, OneWeb and other aerospace organizations to expand its presence in the U.S. satellite bus market. Mike Cassidy, founder and former CEO of Apollo Fusion, has been n...
The U.S. Navy has tapped Air Center Helicopters to provide cargo transfer services between ships deployed worldwide over a potential five-and-a-half-year period. The Burleson, Texas-headquartered airlift support provider will conduct vertical replenishment services under a $77.3 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Navy, the Department of Defe...
Roger Mason, a government and industry executive and a four-time Wash100 awardee, has joined Parsons (NYSE: PSN) as senior vice president. Parsons said Tuesday Mason will bring to the Chantilly, Virginia-based company his three decades of experience in the national security sector. “Roger’s extensive background, mission-focused approach, and tra...
Tyto Athene, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has completed its purchase of managed cybersecurity services provider MindPoint Group and appointed MindPoint President Patti Chanthaphone as head of its federal civilian group. Herndon, Virginia-based Tyto Athene said Tuesday Chanthaphone will oversee the company’s federal soluti...
Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory will provide the Department of Defense with analytical assessments, recommendations and other mission support services under a potential five-year, $460 million contract from the Washington Headquarters Services. PSU-ARL, as a DOD-designated University Affiliated Research Center, will help ad...
AE Industrial Partners has raised $1.28 billion in capital commitments from institutional investors in the U.S. and worldwide for its third private equity fund to advance its strategy to invest in national security, industrial services and aerospace sectors. The Boca Raton, Florida-based private investment firm said Tuesday AE Industrial Partners Fu...
Jack Fletcher was appointed vice president of business development for Navy and maritime programs at Leonardo DRS (Nasdaq: DRS), according to his LinkedIn announcement on Tuesday. Fletcher joined the Arlington, Virginia-based defense contractor from DRS RADA Technologies, another Leonardo subsidiary, where he most recently served as director of busi...
CAES has secured a $172 million multi-year deal from RTX (NYSE: RTX) to assist the latter with the next three lots of follow-on production for missile data-link assembly. The award supports a major international missile program, CAES said Monday. Based in Arlington, Virginia, CAES is a subsystem provider offering advanced electronic capabilities ...
