Rosslyn, Virginia-based onboard data company Shift5 has secured $33 million in additional funding for its Series B round led by Moore Strategic Ventures. The additional financing brings the Series B round to $83 million and comes as the company reports growth in its revenue, platform deployments and number of customers across the Department of Defen...
Julia MacDonough, a 25-year military and civil space veteran, has joined Draper as vice president and general manager of space systems. She will lead strategy execution efforts meant to drive growth in one of Draper’s key business areas, the nonprofit research and development company Wednesday. Her career began in the U.S. Air Force, where she...
Beacon Global Strategies has expanded its senior leadership team with the addition of Andrew Makridis as a senior adviser, Peter Modigliani as a vice president within the national security technology division and Matthew Sysak as chief financial officer. Makridis served as the CIA’s chief operating officer for four years and retired in 2022 af...
Denver-based York Space Systems has acquired Emergent Space Technologies in a transaction that expands the former’s software development and mission design services for the government sector. Laurel, Maryland-based Emergent is a small business focused on developing software and guidance, navigation and control systems for military, civil and c...
Roger Alan Nichols, formerly a client executive director at AT&T (NYSE: T), has joined Columbia, Maryland-based information technology company Freedom Consulting Group as chief growth officer. He will report directly to FCG CEO Vernon Saunders and oversee corporate strategy and growth initiatives, FCG said Wednesday. “The ability to execute ou...
Trish Eknes, former vice president of the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health, has transitioned to a new role as VP and deputy operations manager of enterprise and cyber solutions portfolio at the Reston, Virginia-based government contractor, Forum reported Wednesday. She oversees efforts to deliver information technology and cyber services to the...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) reported $2.03 billion in revenue for the first quarter of its 2024 fiscal year, up 2 percent from the prior-year period, and attributed the growth to a ramp-up on contracts. The company said Monday net income for the three months ended May 5 climbed to $98 million from $74...
Curtis Puckett, a three-decade defense and federal contracting sector veteran, has been named president of Red River‘s business that provides technology services to the government. He will be responsible for managing and driving strategic growth for Red Rivers’ government program portfolio, which includes mission-critical IT services, th...
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) will produce 4,343 units of handheld, manpack and small form fit radios for the U.S. Army under a purchase order worth $196 million. The service branch placed the order under a potential 10-year, $12.7 billion Joint Tactical Radio System contract awarded to Harris, now L3Harris, and two other vendors in 2016,...
Client Solution Architects will continue to provide information technology support services to the U.S. Navy Recruiting Command under a recompete contract. The award will include efforts to update cloud-based hardware and software platforms, implement system modifications and revise code applications, CSA said Wednesday. CSA will provide strategic s...
