Kelly Baldwin, a former vice president at GRSi, has been promoted to serve as senior VP for the enterprise technology company’s defense programs. The appointment makes Baldwin GRSi’s first SVP and continues his company tenure that began in 2015, the company said Thursday. He will also retain his role as general manager of GRSi’s Charle...
Aerospace propulsion technology development company SPARC Research has entered into an agreement to acquire Design Integrated Technology, a manufacturer of equipment for testing propellants. Both companies are headquartered in Warrenton, Virginia, and expect to close the transaction in early 2022, SPARC said Thursday. Founded in 1988, DIT produces H...
Blue Delta Capital Partners has raised $215 million for its third fund and plans to use it to make growth-stage equity investments in federal government services providers in return for non-controlling ownership positions in such companies. The Tysons, Virginia-based venture capital firm said Wednesday the oversubscribed Blue Delta Capital Fund III ...
Six senators have urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to issue informal guidance providing the definition of “broker” of cryptocurrency and other digital assets in a provision of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Section 80603 of the law seeks to “provide more certainty for Americans looking to invest in these digital assets, ensur...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded an $88.3 million contract to General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) ordnance and tactical systems business to produce cannon guns for the F-16 weapon system. The AF Life Cycle Management Center will obligate $7.85 million in foreign military sales funds for the initial order of 20mm M61A1 Vulcan artillery from General...
H.R. McMaster, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former national security adviser, has joined the advisory board of Redwood City, California-based artificial intelligence software company C3 AI. “Enterprise AI is important to national security,” McMaster said in a statement released Wednesday. “I am grateful for the opportunity to sup...
SkyePoint Decisions has received $52 million task order to provide cybersecurity risk management and compliance services for the Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid. The company said Wednesday it will identify, analyze and review cyber risks to key FSA enterprise information systems and help the office implement a security ...
On Wednesday, the Potomac Officers Club hosted its Air Force IT Modernization and Digital Transformation Forum, which gathered notable leaders from the U.S. Air Force and industry who spoke on leveraging public-private partnerships to accelerate infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity and other digital transformation initiatives during an era ...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has received a $269 million contract modification for full-rate production services to the U.S. Navy’s Evolved Seasparrow Missile system modernization program. Naval Sea Systems Command issued the firm-fixed-price modification, as part of a potential $1.28 billion fiscal 2021-2023 ESSM Block 2 contract announc...
Kristie Grinnell, an information technology industry leader, has joined DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) as senior vice president and chief information officer. She will report to Chris Drumgoole, executive VP and chief operating officer at DXC, as she oversees the company’s global IT strategy and operations, the company said Wednesday. Drumgoole said G...
