In the four and a half years since its inception, the Space Development Agency has challenged the status quo and provided the defense landscape with a glimpse of the Pentagon’s next era of innovation. As the Director of SDA, Dr. Derek Tournear has been a vocal champion of change, and he’s not afraid to be a...
Donald Speranzini, a defense and space industry veteran, has assumed the role of vice president and general manager of ground systems and services at Ball Corp.’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business, he announced in a LinkedIn post. In this capacity, he works with customers in the defense and intelligence community to deliver ground systems and comman...
Mark Thompson, formerly a senior vice president at Arcfield‘s global defense and security solutions, has been promoted to president and general manager of the company sector, according to a recently published LinkedIn post. He will provide oversight of Arcfield’s four business units and 370 employees that offer cybersecurity, mission sup...
Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy’s vice chief of naval operations since September 2022, was sworn in as chief of naval operations following her confirmation by the Senate. “I look forward to working with her to lead our Force into the future as we continue to strengthen our maritime dominance, build a culture of warfighting excellence,...
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded seven companies spots on a potential five-year, $800 million contract to provide services in support of USAID’s regional and bilateral programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. USAID announced the awardees for the Central America Regional Support Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-q...
Aeyon will help the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment integrate robotic process automation to facilitate data collection and management, automate business processes and analyze large volumes of procurement data across Department of Defense systems under a potential five-year, $108.9 million task order. The company sa...
Zero trust cybersecurity firm Xage Security received investment from Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and six other venture capital firms in a funding round that raised $20 million. The financing series, which has received a total of $80 million, will be used to advance Xage’s research and development initiatives and expan...
The Potomac Officers Club’s 2023 Homeland Security Summit on Nov. 15 will bring together the foremost experts and decision makers from government and industry to discuss the nation’s most urgent homeland security challenges and what’s being done to address them. Click here to register, and read below for a breakdown of the summit’s spea...
An ASRC Federal subsidiary has secured a five-year, $99.6 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide facility maintenance and repair services at the missile defense complex and cantonment area in Fort Greely, Alaska. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract covers maintenance, repair and sustainment services for the facilities, real propert...
Eqlipse Technologies unveiled plans to purchase signals intelligence and electronic warfare technology provider SR Technologies for an undisclosed amount. The deal was announced Wednesday by private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners, which owns equity in Eqlipse. SRT has 51 U.S. patents for products ranging from satellite communications, Wi-Fi ...
