Forcepoint Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure has appointed five cybersecurity industry veterans to its leadership team nearly a month after it was acquired by global alternative asset management firm TPG (Nasdaq: TPG). Joseph Bell, former senior director of information security at Verisign, has joined Forcepoint G2CI as chief informatio...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has booked a $712 million task order from the Department of Homeland Security for the continuation of its modernization of the agency’s St. Elizabeths Campus in Washington, D.C. The task order includes enhancements in IT and cybersecurity, as well as operations and maintenance ...
Kathryn Simpson, an 11-year Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) executive, has assumed the corporate vice president and general counsel role at the Falls Church, Virginia-headquartered aerospace and defense contractor, according to a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. She was elevated to the post after serving as VP and associate general counsel of Northrop&...
SpaceX and United Launch Alliance have been assigned 21 launch service missions for fiscal year 2024 under phase 2 of the U.S. Space Force national security space launch contract vehicle. Space Systems Command said Tuesday SpaceX received 10 mission assignments while ULA received 11 missions that are expected to launch over the next two to...
Shield AI, which is developing an artificial intelligence pilot for aircraft, has secured $200 million in a round of Series F financing led by U.S. Innovative Technology Fund and co-led by Riot Ventures. ARK Invest, Disruptive and Snowpoint participated in the oversubscribed funding round, which brings Shield AI’s valuation to $2.7 billion. “Thi...
Redhorse, an Arlington, Virginia-based information technology services contractor, has acquired Allied Associates International for an undisclosed sum in a transaction that expands its cybersecurity intelligence offerings for national security customers. A2I’s current leadership team will continue to run the organization as a business unit within ...
Maxar Technologies appointed Dan Smoot as CEO of its intelligence business, taking over for interim chief executive Daniel Jablonsky. The company said Monday Smoot is the latest addition to Maxar Intelligence’s new leadership team, which includes CFO Mike Mohn, Chief Product Officer Scott Herman and Chief Human Resources Officer Anat Gan Eden....
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command is planning to award contracts worth approximately $20 billion in fiscal year 2024 for programs related to satellite communications and positioning, navigation and timing, a significant increase from the $1.6 billion awarded in FY 2023, DefenseNews reported Thursday. Cordell DeLaPena, SSC program ex...
Vertex Aerospace has secured a five-year, $458.2 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Navy to establish a new depot site for the F-5 Adversary aircraft, serving both the military branch and the Marine Corps. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also calls for organizational, selected intermediate and limited depot lev...
RTX (NYSE: RTX) has agreed to sell its Raytheon’s cybersecurity, intelligence and services business to an undisclosed buyer for approximately $1.3 billion. The company announced the move in its third-quarter earnings report published Tuesday. Reuters reported that private equity firm Blackstone was the prospective purchaser of the business. The Ra...
