Marin Halper has been appointed vice president of the Department of Defense and services center at MITRE, he announced on LinkedIn Tuesday In his new role, Halper will lead efforts supporting the National Security Engineering Center within the company’s national security sector. He will supervise a workforce tasked with addressing ch...
The U.S. government and its contractors are keenly focused on getting ahead of potentially devastating threats posed by polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, and by outdated critical infrastructure. Susannah Kerr, senior vice president and general manager of federal and environmental solutions at Jacobs, spoke with GovCon Wire about how the com...
Dr. Neil Thurgood joined Anduril Industries in 2023 as senior vice president in charge of the air and ground deterrence unit after a nearly four-decade career in the U.S. Army. The retired lieutenant general is an expert in hypersonics — he was director of hypersonics, space, directed energy and rapid acquisition for the Army. Indeed, ‘rapi...
By Matt Heideman, Vice President of Public Sector at Mattermost Government missions are complex, often involving multiple parties operating at a significant scale across many disparate obstacles. Regardless of size or objectives, warfighters must carefully orchestrate many interconnected components throughout each stage of any mission, wit...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded contract modifications worth $219 million combined to SupplyCore, I-Solutions Direct and TW Metals to continue delivering commercial metal products to U.S. military branches. The Department of Defense said the modifications exercise the second 18-month option term in the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/...
Gladstone Investment and Proteus Enterprises have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Michigan-based engineering services and systems integration provider Ricardo Defense. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2024, Gladstone Investment said Thursday. The companies did not disclose additional details about the sale, but Glads...
Oracle has named Bryan Beaulieu, a sales leader who has proven experience capturing and managing public sector acquisitions, as vice president of its homeland security portfolio. Beaulieu confirmed his new role in a LinkedIn post Tuesday. Who is Bryan Beaulieu? Beaulieu’s career at Oracle spans several years. He joined the IT services provid...
Amentum posted $8.4 billion in generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, revenues for fiscal year 2024 and reported $13.9 billion in FY 2024 pro forma revenues, reflecting a 4 percent year-over-year increase associated with new contract awards and growth on existing programs. In an earnings release published Monday, the Chantilly, Virginia-...
Core One Solutions has acquired Calhoun International as part of a push to expand the delivery of mission-critical support to agency customers within the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. With the acquisition, Core One said Tuesday Calhoun Chief Financial Officer Nesha Burrows has joined the company as vice president of national secu...
Rheinmetall AG has completed its acquisition of American vehicle manufacturer Loc Performance Products for $950 million. The Dusseldorf, Germany-headquartered defense contractor said Monday the transaction would expand its presence in the United States, the world’s largest defense market, and strengthen its capability to deliver high-volume milita...
