Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and T-Mobile USA (Nasdaq: TMUS) have won contracts worth approximately $683.7 million combined from the Department of Veterans Affairs under the second iteration of the Enterprise Mobile Devices and Services program. The contracts awarded to Verizon and T-Mobile are valued at $448.3 million and $235.4 million, respectively, accord...
Elise Walker, senior director of engineering at ECS for the past three years, has been promoted to vice president of the company’s justice and homeland solutions business. In her new role, Walker will be in charge of technical service delivery efforts across ECS’ homeland and justice accounts, the information technology contractor said T...
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has won a five-year, $99.6 million blanket purchase agreement to modernize an enterprise data management platform for the State Department’s Bureau of Medical Services. The bureau will use company-made software under Project Axiom to centralize data-driven workflows for diplomatic personnel health, read...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit has secured a five-year, $88.2 million contract to develop a cloud-based information technology platform for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to find and transmit huge amounts of complex data from GEOINT sources. The General Dynamics IT business will provide software development servic...
David Goldfein, a retired U.S. Air Force general and a two-time Wash100 awardee, has been named to the national security advisory board of Shield Capital. Goldfein, former Air Force chief of staff, will bring to NSAB and Shield’s portfolio companies his insights and experience in capability integration across cybersecurity, space operations and in...
Joseph Ritzel, senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Day & Zimmermann, will retire from the company on April 1 after four decades of service. Joseph Ritzel His position will be filled by Kathleen King, vice president of corporate development, the engineering and construction firm said Wednesday. Ritzel started his caree...
Tim Driscoll, a more than 15-year defense and aerospace industry veteran, has assumed the CEO role at Triman Holdings, a portfolio company of private equity firm AE Industrial Partners. “Tim brings a deep level of experience and knowledge that will be critical to executing on our aggressive growth plans and delivering the unique set of...
The team of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Italian company Leonardo will supply 13 units of the MH-139A Grey Wolf multimission helicopter to the U.S. Air Force under a $285 million production contract. Boeing said Tuesday the award covers sustainment and other support services for the platform selected by USAF to replace the branch’s UH-1N Huey...
John Hyten, a retired U.S. Air Force general who has served on C3 AI‘s (NYSE: AI) advisory board member since June 2022, has been designated as special adviser to Thomas Siebel, CEO of the software provider. Hyten will advise the chief executive on efforts to grow C3 AI’s work with defense and intelligence agencies, the...
BioMADE, a Department of Defense-sponsored manufacturing innovation institute, has received a budget hike of about $450 million from DOD to help advance bioindustrial manufacturing education and innovation. “BioMADE’s research and development is already yielding significant progress in biomanufactured proteins, chemicals, fabrics, rubber, and mo...
