John Ratigan, formerly CEO and president of ST Engineering’s iDirect Government subsidiary, has joined Comtech (Nasdaq: CMTL) as chief corporate development officer. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in the satellite communications and defense technology industry and will oversee the company’s strategic business growth initia...
Mark Coleman, formerly a vice president at Parsons (NYSE: PSN), has been named VP of business development at technical and professional services provider Precise Systems, he announced on LinkedIn. He joined the company after overseeing a portfolio of contracts with over $30 million in annual revenue at Parsons. At Parsons, Coleman focused on technol...
Ursa Major raised $138 million at the close of its Series D and D-1 funding rounds. Explorer 1 Fund and Eclipse led the investor group that includes RTX‘s (NYSE: RTX) investment arm, BlackRock-managed funds and accounts, Exor Ventures, Mack & Co. and other institutional shareholders. With the fresh funds, the independent rocket propulsion ...
In its simplest form, citizen development is “enabling mission owners to code,” Mark Andress, global vice president of Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence, said during a panel discussion at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2023 Homeland Security Summit last week. In an era increasingly defined by data, he said, the ability to ana...
Collin Lee has taken on the role of space business development vice president at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), he announced via LinkedIn on Tuesday. Lee previously worked as VP of intelligence systems at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business and was with the subsidiary for five of his 23-year career, wh...
Chris Tsirlis, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has been appointed vice president of business development and product innovation at Airbus DS Government Solutions focused on developing satellite communications and networking systems. Tsirlis announced his appointment at the satcom and networking systems company in a LinkedIn post published Sunday. In t...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $996.2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to design and manufacture a next-generation reentry vehicle for the service branch’s intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system. The contract covers engineering, manufacturing and design services for the MK21A Reentry Vehicle for the Sentinel progra...
The Department of Defense will advance the development of a B61 nuclear gravity bomb variant to meet the needs of an evolving security environment as discussed in the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review. The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration would develop and produce the proposed B61-13 bomb as part of efforts to strength...
HII‘s (NYSE: HII) mission technologies division will help the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity develop live, virtual and constructive training software under a potential five-year, $134 million task order. The award covers software engineering, development, integration and test support for the service branchR...
Seventeen cybersecurity and defense agencies from different countries joined the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in updating a guidance on the implementation of secure-by-design principles in software development. The joint guidance was revised based on input from individuals, nonprofit organizations and industry members workin...
