The Potomac Officers Club on Wednesday hosted its 8th Annual Defense R&D Summit, which fostered collaborative conversations between distinguished public and private sector defense leaders surrounding the Pentagon’s paramount research and development initiatives to close crucial capability gaps within Department of Defense agencies, d...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary has secured a $199.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to work on the USS Iwo Jima for the ship’s docking selected restricted availability in fiscal year 2022. The modification exercises contract options for the amphibious assault ship’s SRA, which includes maintenance, ...
KnightSwan Acquisition has put a $10 price tag on shares for its initial public offering and expects to raise $200 million. The special purpose acquisition company intends to sell 20 million units that will trade Friday under the symbol “KNSW.U” on the New York Stock Exchange, KnightSwan said Thursday. New York-based KnightSwan offered its book-...
On Wednesday, the Potomac Officers Club hosted its 8th Annual Defense R&D Summit which featured preeminent leaders across defense agencies and industry who gathered to discuss the top research and development initiatives shaping next-generation technology acquisition strategies, infrastructure modernization plans and innovation priorities with...
Executive Mosaic’s ninth annual Wash100 award selection was officially announced Wednesday to recognize 100 leaders from the worlds of government, industry and academia who have made noteworthy contributions to their organizations and the government contracting sector. The Wash100 is the premier class of business executives, agency officials a...
Rocky Thurston, former head of Peraton‘s citizen security and public services sector, has been named chief operating officer at Bethesda, Maryland-based digital services provider DMI Thurston brings his more than two decades of industry experience in business development, capture management, merger-and-acquisition areas to a role responsible f...
SpaceX has won a potential five-year, $102 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to demonstrate technologies under a program that seeks to determine the viability of using large rockets to support the Department of Defense’s global logistics missions, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Under the Rocket Cargo program, the Air Force Research Laborator...
Peraton has received a potential four-year, $81 million task order to provide background investigation services for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The company’s team of investigators will collect information on federal applicants and employees and consolidate data into an investigation report to help the Department of Homeland Secu...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) will deliver COVID-19 test kits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities and provide the Department of Homeland Security agency with support services under a potential three-year task order valued at over $100 million. The company said Wednesday it will supply rapid molecular and rapid antigen test kits, and conduct rela...
Wednesday’s Space Acquisition Forum, hosted by GovCon Wire Events, brought together leading space experts from government and commercial organizations to examine the acquisition reform goals, technology focus areas and critical capability gaps shaping innovation across the space domain as the U.S. continues its pursuit of space superiority over ...
