OPSWAT has acquired InQuest in line with its efforts to boost its cybersecurity capabilities. The critical infrastructure cybersecurity company said Wednesday the acquisition, which was announced during the recent Black Hat USA conference, is aimed at enhancing OPSWAT’s ability to defend against network-based threats. The move is also intended...
What Is RIMPAC? The Exercise Rim of the Pacific is the biggest international naval demonstration. Known as RIMPAC, it biennially gathers a group of willing ally nations to bring their most exciting tools and vessels and perform a series of exercises broken down into three movements: the harbor phase, the force integration training phase an...
Chenega has purchased SecuriGence and will integrate the veteran-owned small business into its military, intelligence and operations strategic business unit. The Alaska Native corporation said Wednesday the integration planning has begun and the acquisition will expand Chenega MIOS’ portfolio with the addition of systems engineering, cybersecurity...
As the Department of Defense continues to take on emerging global threats, collaboration among the military and industry partners is becoming increasingly critical. During a fireside chat at Leidos’ seventh annual Supplier Innovation & Technology Symposium on Tuesday, Leidos CEO and 2024 Wash100 Awardee Tom Bell and retired Gen. James Ma...
CyberCore Technologies, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of HP’s (NYSE: HPQ) federal arm, has appointed Randy Anderson, a more than three-decade defense industry executive, as senior vice president of programs. The company said Thursday Anderson will lead program execution and drive on-contract growth initiatives across CyberCore’s business portfo...
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has agreed to buy BlackSignal Technologies for approximately $200 million to broaden its cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and electronic warfare capabilities and its client base across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Chantilly, Virginia-based Parsons said Tuesday it expects the transaction to be comple...
On August 15, Navy Comptroller Russell Rumbaugh will join other U.S. Navy leaders, government decision makers and naval experts as they discuss the service branch’s top priorities, challenges and opportunities. Join the 2024 Navy Summit, hosted by the Potomac Officers Club, to meet, learn from and network with Rumbaugh in person. Read on to lea...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a potential five-year, $191.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide software sustainment services for the military branch. The Department of Defense said Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland launched an online solicitation and received two bids for the cost-plus-fix-fee contract. The se...
ECS has appointed Peter Santighian, a more than two-decade government contracting industry veteran, as senior vice president of defense. Santighian will oversee the company’s strategy and growth initiatives and drive the delivery of platforms and services in the areas of cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, enter...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) saw its second-quarter fiscal 2024 sales climb 7 percent to $10.2 billion, up from $9.6 billion during the prior-year period, and attributed the growth to strong demand for the company’s products and services. The Falls Church, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor said Thursday Q2 net awards totaled $15....
