Data, analytics and space services provider Spire Global has entered into an agreement to sell its maritime business to Kpler, a data and analytics company focused on global trade. The transaction, worth approximately $241 million, is expected to close by the 1st quarter of 2025, Spire said Wednesday. Transaction Details Of the total transaction val...
Leidos subsidiary Dynetics, a mission-critical services provider offering hypersonics, force protection and other innovative capabilities to government agencies, has received a contract worth $204 million to provide the U.S. Army with missile launch system components and related items. Dynetics Contract Details The Department of Defe...
Steve Frank, a cybersecurity executive leader, has been appointed chief information security officer at KPMG, he announced on LinkedIn Wednesday. In addition, Frank will serve the same role for KPMG Americas, the New York-based member firm of the multinational professional services network. The executive succeeds John Israel for both posit...
NCR Government Systems has secured a potential $335 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide the Defense Commissary Agency, or DeCA, with an Enterprise Business Operations Systems Solution. Under the single-award contract, the Germantown, Maryland-based company will support...
The State Department has approved the possible sale of F-16 Fighting Falcon engine components and support to the government of Greece. The proposed foreign military sale is estimated to be valued at $160 million with General Electric Aerospace serving as the principal contractor, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday. The purchase wi...
Robert Persons, former director at Sigma Defense Systems, was elevated to the role of vice president of business development at the tactical communications technology company. The executive announced his most recent move via a LinkedIn post Wednesday. Persons is a three-decade technology industry veteran who joined Sigma Defense in 2022 after holdin...
Ever since the 2016 presidential election drew concerns of foreign influence, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been the point guard to ensure that the process runs fairly, equitably and without a hitch. After many public appearances by the agency’s director, Wash100 Award winner Jen Easterly, leading up to Nov. 5, wherein ...
Pleasant Land, a private equity firm with a focus on technology, has acquired and merged healthcare services and technology companies Livanta and DOMA Technologies. Livanta’s specializations include software development and advanced analytics while DOMA’s specializations include quality patient care and healthcare systems transformation,...
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman $540.9 million in funding to support the company’s development of the Glide Phase Interceptor, a technology to detect and intercept hypersonic weapons. Work on the weapon countermeasure platform will be performed in Chandler, Arizona, until November 2029, the Department of Defense said Wednes...
BAE Systems has booked a U.S. Navy contract valued at $104.8 million to provide engineering, logistics, integration and installation support services over a five-year period. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers support services for the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, We...
