Michael Saylor, CEO of software company MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), will give his perspective on the trends shaping the future of cryptocurrency during a fireside chat session at the Potomac Officers Club’s upcoming Digital Currency and National Security Forum. He co-founded MicroStrategy in 1989 with the goal of helping enterprises gain act...
Six companies have secured contracts worth potentially $40 million combined to help NASA’s Ames Research Center develop rotorcraft vertical lift technologies. Tasks under the five-year hybrid contracts are scheduled to commence on Tuesday and will continue through Dec. 20, 2026, the space agency said Wednesday. Contractors will provide resourc...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured a potential $61.5 million prime contract to perform a range of services in support of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s nationwide safety efforts. The company said Tuesday it will work under the Priority Services Scientific, Engineering and Technical Assistance contract to address CISA’...
Competitive Range Solutions, a Chicago-based small business, has won a potential $400 million contract to refresh technology for the Department of Defense’s global infrastructure used to collect, store and disseminate information to military personnel. CRS will perform technical support work for the DOD Information Network/Defense Information ...
Kevin Kelly, a three-decade defense and intelligence industry leader, has been named chairman and CEO of Arcfield, formerly known as CTFV Acquisition and a portfolio company of Veritas Capital-backed Vantage Fund. Kelly previously worked at CACI International (NYSE: CACI) as president of the company’s national security and innovative solutions sec...
The Air Force Research Laboratory has released a synopsis of its planned $371 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the development and demonstration of a large-class air-breathing hypersonic missile designed to perform different missions. AFRL expects to issue in January a request for proposals for the Mayhem program aimed at...
The U.S. Army has kicked off solicitations for a potential $93.6 million contract to acquire digital night vision technology as the service branch aims to transition to networked digital sensing. The Army said Wednesday in a SAM.gov notice it wants an open-architecture DNVT that combines night vision devices with sensors to support situational aware...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has agreed to purchase Creative Systems and Consulting for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its federal information technology modernization capabilities. Creative has been delivering digital strategy, data analytics, cloud and infrastructure platforms and other digital transformation support to federal agencies sin...
Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) has signed an all-cash deal to acquire Arizona-based US Digital Designs, a communications technology provider to the public safety sector. North Carolina-headquartered Honeywell said Monday the transaction’s value is 14 times the projected earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization at US Digital Desi...
Launch services provider Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) has agreed to acquire space solar power technology developer SolAero Holdings for approximately $80 million in cash. Rocket Lab said Monday it expects to close the transaction in the first quarter of 2022 and the deal is in line with the company’s strategy of assembling a comprehensive portfol...
