DroneShield, an Australian publicly listed company, has expanded its U.S. headquarters in Northern Virginia and added new members to its team in response to the increasing demand for its counter-unmanned aircraft systems across the U.S. The company said Tuesday its headquarters in Fauquier County, Virginia, will serve as a hub to facilitate collabor...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has assigned its Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary to lead a research and development initiative to update defensive systems and countermeasures of the KC-46A Pegasus aircraft. The project will focus on the conceptual design and production of composite components at Aurora’s Columbus, Mississippi, factory to support tanker pl...
Jim Rittinger, a nearly three-decade practicing attorney, has joined Empower AI as general counsel and corporate secretary. He will be responsible for all legal and corporate governance initiatives at the Reston, Virginia-based government information technology and professional services provider, Empower AI said Tuesday. “Jim’s leadership an...
Lou Von Thaer, CEO of nonprofit science and technology company Battelle, was presented with his eighth Wash100 Award by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic, in a recent meeting at Battelle’s Washington, D.C. facilities. Garrettson founded the Wash100 in 2014 as a way of celebrating the finest talent in government contracting across the publi...
Scott Brock, vice president of strategy and business development for state and local at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said chief information officers at state and local government agencies should consider the platform technology they intend to adopt as they advance information technology modernization. “Most have moved into the cloud, but modernizing wi...
On July 18, Executive Mosaic’s Potomac Officers Club will host a summit for GovCon executives and government leaders to discuss how the Department of the Air Force is applying modern technology to support the national security mission, especially in light of renewed near-peer competition. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, a 2023 Wash100 Awa...
For a little more than a year, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has served as an invaluable demonstration of modern warfare, and Pentagon officials are paying close attention to the tactics, weapons and strategies being deployed. Department of Defense leaders are gleaning important insights into winning the intensifying global power competition and f...
Exacom, a company that provides communication recording services to public safety and local government customers, has acquired Maryland-based cybersecurity firm SecuLore Solutions. The purchase expands Exacom’s services from mission-critical multimedia logging recording to IT protection for critical infrastructure and government operations, th...
Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) missiles and fire control business will provide engineering support for the development of a component intended to modernize a missile defense system segment under a $50 million contract from the U.S. Army. Associated work on the THAAD 5.0 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile segment will be done at Lockheed MFC&...
The General Services Administration has released the final requests for proposals for six contracts comprising the follow-on One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services vehicle program. GSA said Friday OASIS+ is composed of multiagency contracts for the acquisition of complex non-information technology services from the private sector: unrestri...
