Private equity firm Thoma Bravo completed its $12.3 billion acquisition of Proofpoint more than one month after the cybersecurity company’s shareholders approved the all-cash transaction. Proofpoint said Tuesday the deal completion signaled its transition from a publicly traded company to a private ownership structure. Gary Steele, Chairman an...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Building the Future Battle: The Keys to JADC2 on Tuesday to shed a light on the current demands and challenges facing the top federal leaders as they work to develop the fundamental principles and solutions needed for JADC2 implementation, including the tactical edge, a common data fabric, and the...
Government Executive Media Group has acquired 1105 Media’s Public Sector 360 group for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of decision-support tools and insights to defense, federal, state and local government markets. Troy Schneider, general manager of Public Sector 360, will join GovExec as GM of government technology b...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business has secured a potential $205.06 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide datalink services to air traffic control and government command-and-control operations. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization will use fiscal 2022 operations...
Eight companies have secured positions on a $2 billion contract vehicle to support the U.S. Air Force’s infrastructure design and construction missions stateside. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center determined the awardees for Pool 3 of the Architect-Engineer Next program through a competitive acquisition process reserved for small businesses,...
A Noblis subsidiary has won a potential five-year, $187.46 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide research, program management, systems engineering and end-to-end system design support for the service’s command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. Noblis MSD will also provide integratio...
The service division of Fairbanks Morse Defense has secured $230 million in contracts to help Military Sealift Command maintain various ship classes and to repair emergency diesel generators for U.S. Navy submarines. A potential five-year $170 million contract with MSC will include technical support for command platforms such as T-AKR vehicle cargo ...
David Joyce, an an aerospace industry veteran, has joined the board of directors of Boeing (NYSE: BA). Joyce will serve on aerospace safety and compensation committees as a member of Boeing’s board, the company said Tuesday. His four-decade career at General Electric (NYSE: GE) included time as vice chair, president and CEO of GE Aviation...
The Potomac Officers Club is set to host a virtual event on Tuesday, Aug. 31, from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m ET, where industry and federal representatives will share perspectives on the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control strategy. Preston Dunlap, chief architect at the Department of the Air Force, will kick off the event...
AT&T (NYSE: T) has received a potential five-year, $609 million task order from the State Department to provide telecommunications support to more than 270 U.S. diplomatic locations across the globe. The company said Wednesday it will give department personnel access to enterprise-wide connectivity for data, mobile and voice networks, unified co...
