McLean, Virginia-based IronNet Cybersecurity is considering merging with special purpose acquisition company LGL Systems and a transaction between the two parties could give the combined entity an estimated value of $1.2 billion, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Bloomberg cited unnamed sources saying Reno, Nevada-based LGL seeks to raise equity funding...
Tim Hays, most recently president of consulting firm Health Sciences Group, has been named vice president of health information technology at Woodbridge, Virginia-based IT services contractor Sev1Tech. Sev1Tech said Wednesday that Hays will report directly to CEO Robert Lohfeld and oversee business development, proposal and strategic efforts for the...
Larry Melton, an independent member of the board of directors at Dewberry since September 2019, has been appointed as the board’s vice chair. He will serve on the executive panel and help Barry Dewberry, the professional services firm’s executive chairman, to administer the responsibilities of the board to stakeholders, the company said ...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is inviting defense companies and nonprofit research institutions to submit white papers as part of a competitive process to develop military technology through engineering and high-performance computing approaches. USACE said Wednesday its Engineer Research and Development Center seeks contractors for prototyping projec...
Tony Frazier, executive vice president for global field operations at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, has joined the board of directors of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM). He will provide strategic oversight support for the Iridium enterprise as a board member, the communications satellite operator said Tues...
Shareholders at Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings (NYSE: AJRD) voted Tuesday to approve the company’s $4.4 billion sale to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and both parties still expect to close the transaction in the second half of this year. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Tuesday holders of approximately 99.76 percent of its stock were in favor of the merger...
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX have received task orders worth $384 million combined from the U.S. Space Force to deploy payloads and integrate missions for phase two of the National Security Space Launch program. The branch awarded ULA a pair of task orders, valued at $224.3 million, to support the USSF-112 and USSF-87 missions, the...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a contract from an undisclosed commercial customer to build and deliver a payload meant to ensure space domain awareness, Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of the company’s space business and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said in a LinkedIn post. The optical sensor-equipped payload will be used f...
William “Bill” Zito, a more than three-decade public sector veteran and a retired U.S. Army command sergeant major, has been named vice president of Sev1Tech’s mission solutions group. Zito will oversee growth initiatives within Sev1Tech’s federal civilian business segment and lead the development of offerings intended to help custom...
President Joe Biden has named Clare Martorana, formerly chief information officer of the Office of Personnel Management, as federal CIO and administrator of the office of electronic government at the Office of Management and Budget. Martorana spearheaded efforts to deliver digital-first services to the federal workforce during her two years as CIO o...
