Sean Duguay, a nearly three-decade government market veteran, has been named president and chief revenue officer at Arlington, Virginia-based information technology company M9 Solutions. Duguay pointed to M9’s leadership, growth potential and culture as the main factors that drove him to accept the job, the company said Tuesday. He spent more ...
Evan Lovell, chief investment officer of the Virgin Group, has been appointed chair of the board of directors at commercial spaceflight and vehicle development company Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE). Lovell has served as the company’s interim chair since February 2022 and has two decades of global private equity and mergers and acquisitions expe...
A report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute shows that amid high inflation, U.S. defense spending hit $877 billion in 2022, accounting for 39 percent of total military expenditure worldwide and reflecting a 0.7 percent real terms increase in spending. SIPRI said Monday the U.S. earmarked $295 billion to military operations and...
The U.S. Air Force has released a presolicitation notice for a range of services in support of electromagnetic systems, events and signatures over a potential 10-year period. According to a draft request for proposals posted Friday on SAM.gov, Sensor Beam 2024 is a sole-source contract with a ceiling of $400 million, a base ordering period...
Engineering Solutions and Meadowgate Technologies have agreed to combine to establish a new entity focused on delivering hybrid information technology platforms and professional services to the national security community. Meadowgate CEO Tom Lash will lead the new company, which will provide technology consulting, systems engineering, product ...
Mara Motherway, former senior vice president of government and customer relations at Peraton, has joined defense technology maker Epirus as chief growth officer. She will oversee corporate campaigns, marketing, business development, communications and government relations in her new role, Epirus said Thursday. While at Peraton, Motherway led the gov...
Noresco, a part of Carrier Global (NYSE: CARR), will help the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory implement a decarbonization program under a potential 22-year, $130 million energy savings performance contract. The company said Thursday it will perform critical infrastructure upgrades, help improve ...
Guam-based Black Micro Corp. has booked a potential $225.7 million contract to conduct four construction activities at Tinian International Airport in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, with the U.S. Air Force obligating $221.7 million at the time of award. The projects involve building a cargo pad with taxiway extension, fuel t...
By Kevin Plexico, Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek In March, the Office of Management and Budget officially released the Biden Administration’s initial fiscal year 2024 discretionary budget request. This initial budget proposal includes a total of approximately $1.8 trillion in top-line discretionary budget requests fo...
NASA has formed a consortium to equip the standard space mission life cycle with in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing innovations. The Aerospace Corp. was tasked with operating the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities to facilitate collaborative work among government agencies, companies, academic institutions and nonprofit e...
