L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a potential five-year, $871 million contract from the U.S. Army to supply M762A1 and M767A1 electronic-time fuzes in support of U.S. missions and those of allies and partner countries. “This contract demonstrates our significant contribution to replenishing our nation’s critical munitions inventory,...
Chris DeRusha, most recently federal chief information security officer within the Office of Management and Budget and a previous Wash100 awardee, has joined Google Cloud as director of global public sector compliance. “Building and protecting robust technology infrastructure is the incredible next chapter for global government and private sector ...
WidePoint (NYSE: WYY) has secured a $254 million ceiling increase in its Cellular Wireless Managed Services 2.0 contract from the Department of Homeland Security. The award raised the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract’s maximum value from $500 million to $754 million, the enterprise cybersecurity and mobile technology provider s...
Amy Johanek, formerly area vice president for federal civilian agencies at Splunk, has been appointed VP of federal at identity and access management company Okta (Nasdaq: OKTA), according to her LinkedIn post. She assumed her new position after leading a team tasked with supporting the mission requirements of federal civilian agencies in the health...
Five companies have secured spots on a $1.5 billion contract to provide information technology, cybersecurity and administrative support services to the Washington Headquarters Services. The multiple-award contract covers the provision of information enterprise; cybersecurity; command, control and communications; IT management analytics and data ana...
Rob Dao, a more than two-decade industry veteran, was appointed vice president of U.S. federal at Austin, Texas-headquartered cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD), according to his LinkedIn announcement. Dao previously held the same post at vArmour and then at Tanium. Prior to those stints, he served as regional vice president...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index inched lower Friday but the substantial gains in three of four trading sessions averted a fourth straight weekly loss. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, advanced 1.89% week-on-week to finish higher at $4,979.17. The S&P 500 (+0.6%) and Nasdaq Composite (+0.003%) h...
David Thompson, a retired U.S. Space Force general, has been elected to the board of trustees of The Aerospace Corp. In this capacity, he will share insights and provide guidance for Aerospace’s activities, particularly those related to the space enterprise, the nonprofit corporation said Thursday. “I’m thrilled to welcome Gen. Thompson to our...
Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) has agreed to buy CAES from private equity firm Advent International in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $1.9 billion to expand its portfolio of defense technology platforms across ground, maritime, air and space domains. Charlotte, North Carolina-based Honeywell said Thursday it expects the acquisition to wrap up in ...
Data Link Solutions, a joint venture between BAE Systems and RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary Collins Aerospace, has received a potential five-year, $999 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce, retrofit and sustain Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems terminals. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity co...
