Leonardo DRS‘ land electronics business has secured a $105 million delivery order to supply additional mission common computing systems to the U.S. Army as part of the service branch’s combat vehicle and command post modernization efforts. This order is the third for Leonardo DRS under the Mounted Family of Computer Systems II contract, ...
Darrell Williams, a Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) vice president and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, was appointed to oversee the Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation Program, which the company manages on behalf of the U.K.’s defense ministry. As Leidos VP and managing director of LCST initiative and logistics division, Williams wil...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $160.5 million contract modification to produce additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. The award includes a foreign military sale of M142 HIMARS and related support services to Taiwan, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. April 30, 2023, is the es...
Intrepid Solutions and Services, a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners, has acquired Darkblade Systems for an undisclosed sum to expand technology products and service offerings for the U.S. Intelligence Community in the areas of counter unmanned aircraft systems, cybersecurity and electronic warfare. Winchester, Virginia-based Darkbl...
Momentus has appointed John Rood, former undersecretary of the Department of Defense for policy, to serve as its CEO starting Aug. 1, ahead of its planned merger with Stable Road Acquisition Corp. Rood will take over from Dawn Harms, who will return to her duties as chief revenue officer after temporarily holding the top executive...
A Day & Zimmermann subsidiary has received a five-year, $123 million contract to protect equipment and personnel at the Department of Energy’s emergency crude oil storage infrastructure. SOC said Wednesday it will provide protective force services to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve program under the contract from SPR prime contractor Fluor...
Alan Shaffer, former deputy undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, has joined the government security committee of semiconductor manufacturing company GlobalFoundries. He joins a panel that advises the Malta, New York-based company’s management team on government, political affairs and security matters,...
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Gabe Camarillo, senior vice president of the Army business unit at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), as the next undersecretary of the U.S. Army, the White House announced Tuesday. If confirmed, the SAIC executive would replace Christopher Lowman, who has held the service branch’s se...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has appointed former Department of Defense leaders David Norquist, Ellen Lord and Dana Deasy to the newly established strategic advisory board to provide guidance as SAIC advances innovation and growth efforts. “These leaders bring years of experience in both industry and the federal government...
Octo, a Reston, Virginia-based government information technology services provider, has acquired Volant Associates for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of IT offerings for agency clients across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Volant’s leadership team will stay and oversee a new division within Oct...
