Engineering consulting company ERC has secured a potential five-year, $145 million contract that covers laboratory support services and operations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Under the LASSO II award, ERC will operate and maintain developmental shops, laboratories and test facilities that support the KSC Center Engineering, Safety and Oper...
Irvine, California-based semiconductor manufacturer Mobix Labs has agreed to acquire EMI Solutions, a supplier of electromagnetic interference filtering products for defense and aerospace applications. EMI Solutions manufactures inserts, connectors and modules that are compliant with manufacturing and testing standards for military equipment, Mobix ...
In recent years, the U.S. intelligence landscape has seen a clear shift away from counterterrorism and a pivot toward “hard target” adversaries like China, North Korea, Russia and Iran. Within the intelligence community, this shift has spurred a reevaluation of intelligence tradecraft, a more concentrated focus on technology and an increased rel...
Todd Borkey, most recently chief technology officer at HII’s (NYSE: HII) Mission Technologies division, has assumed the role of executive vice president and CTO of the Newport News, Virginia-based defense and technology services contractor. He will report directly to HII President and CEO Christopher Kastner and oversee research and development an...
The defense subsidiary of Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) has won a $263.2 million contract to manufacture Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter System trailers and provide logistics support services to the U.S. Army. Dutch special transport builder Broshuis B.V. will serve as the main subcontractor in efforts to deliver as many as 466 trailers to the service br...
The Department of Energy is investing up to $50 million in a new program to help private sector organizations develop fusion power systems. DOE said Thursday the funding initiative provides U.S. businesses an opportunity to partner with national laboratories and universities to demonstrate the commercial viability of fusion pilot plant concepts. The...
Jay Moorman, chief technology officer of Chesapeake Technology International, has been named CEO at the Maryland-based defense software and system development services provider. He will work closely with CTI founder Dustan Hellwig and its board of directors to drive organic growth and pursue expansion opportunities across adjacent markets that suppo...
David Bradley, program director at General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business since June 2021, has been promoted to a vice president position within the same unit. The 34-year industry veteran will be responsible for strategy and business development functions related to GDMS’ space and intelligence systems portfolio, accordin...
A team of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a five-year, $985.3 million contract to build and demonstrate an air-launched, scramjet-powered weapon system designed to operate at a speed greater than Mach 5. The service branch is obligating $100 million for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile procurement effor...
David Lewis, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and a previous Wash100 awardee, has joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as senior vice president responsible for the company’s maritime portfolio. He will oversee efforts to improve Leidos’ maritime capabilities and pursue strategic programs meant to achieve organic growth across the company’s maritime divi...
