New York-based private equity firm ATL Partners has purchased Geost, an Arizona-based maker of sensors that can detect and protect satellites from other spacecraft and space debris, for an undisclosed sum, Defense One reported Wednesday. ATL plans to further build up Geost through acquisitions and investments and intends to boost the company’s bud...
NASA will hold a full and open competition for the fourth iteration of a contract that provides for services and supplies in support of the space agency’s Sounding Rockets Program, a flight initiative for conducting rapid scientific experiments in space. The proposed NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract IV will cover program management and...
BlackSky Holdings has appointed three executives to take up two C-level positions and the general counsel role following the completion of the geospatial intelligence company’s merger with Osprey Technology Acquisition. Johan Broekhuysen, formerly chief financial officer at Segra, will fill the same role at BlackSky while Brian Daum, the current C...
A joint venture between Tutor Perini (NYSE: TPC) and its Black Construction subsidiary will build a bachelor officer quarters at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in Guam under a $98 million contract from Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, DVIDSHub reported Tuesday. The project for Black Construction-Tutor Perini JV involves the construction of...
Matt Donovan, most recently undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, will serve as vice president of customer engagement and solutions at Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space business, effective Aug. 23. He will directly report to Roy Azevedo, president of Raytheon Intelligence and Space and a 2021 Wash100 Award ...
ViON has secured a potential nine-year, $187 million contract to help the Internal Revenue Service manage compute and storage systems. The company said Tuesday it will support the operation and maintenance of IRS information technology infrastructure in on-premise and cloud environments as part of the agency’s Managed Infrastructure Data Servi...
Jacobs (NYSE: J) has secured a five-year, $235 million task order to assist the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command in counterintelligence, human intelligence and counterterrorism efforts. The company said Tuesday it will help the 902nd Military Intelligence Group assess cyber intrusion damage, analyze socio-cultural factors, study digital m...
A joint venture between Walsh Construction and Turner will build a new medical center for the Department of Veterans Affairs under a multi-year, $840.1 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Army Corps of Engineers. Walsh-Turner JV will conduct construction work in Louisville, Kentucky, and is expected to complete the project by Nov. 19, 2025, t...
Hughes Network Systems plans to offer satellite communications platforms to the U.S. Air Force through the company’s prime position on a $950 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the development of an all-domain military information sharing system. Germantown, Maryland-based Hughes said Tuesday it was one of the compani...
Chris Brady, president of General Dynamics Mission Systems and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Tuesday. He talked about his growth strategy for GDMS and provided details about the current challenges and opportunities in the government contracting (GovCon) sector a...
