John “J.R.” Riordan, a business development leader, has joined Herndon, Virginia-based geospatial intelligence provider BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) as chief revenue officer. He will bring his experience in GEOINT and space markets to BlackSky as he oversees strategic partnerships, sales activities and revenue operations, the company said Mo...
Several leaders from the government and GovCon community will participate in GovCon Wire’s virtual event Wednesday at 1 p.m. Eastern time to discuss cybersecurity issues in the national security mission. Puesh Kumar, acting principal deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergen...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Fall 2021 5G Summit this past Thursday to bring the members of the government contracting (GovCon) community together with executives and personnel from across the federal government, military branches and intelligence community to explore the impact 5G integration has on the private and public sectors, as well...
Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Fall 2021 5G Summit to bring together some of the most influential executives from the federal government and industry to explore the impact that 5G integration has on the private and public sectors, as well as future programs, plans and priorities as the nation aligns with emerging technology. Jay...
Brian Cummings, a retired U.S. Army major general, has been named vice president of combat vehicles, soldier systems and armaments at Alexandria, Virginia-based defense consultancy Cypress International. The 35-year military veteran brings leadership experience in Army acquisition programs for ground combat systems, soldier equipment and combat serv...
The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting white papers for a planned broad agency announcement that will focus on geospatial intelligence processing and exploitation efforts in support of the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. A presolicitation notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov said ARFL is seeking submissions for research a...
The Potomac Officers Club — a division of Executive Mosaic — is bringing together experts from the government, industry and nonprofit sector at a Sept. 22 virtual event for an in-depth discussion of climate change. Panelists at POC’s “Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change in Industry, Government and Society” forum inc...
Neural Investments and Island Empire Community Development have jointly acquired Fairfax, Virginia-based information technology and consulting services provider DigitalSpec for an undisclosed sum. DigitalSpec said Thursday the deal provides the company growth capital and access to government contracts as it looks to expand its digital services offe...
Mitre has secured a $474 million option contract to continue operating the U.S. Air Force-funded National Security Engineering Center, which conducts research work in cybersecurity and other technical areas. The nonprofit will continue to manage the NSEC federally funded research and development center through Sept. 30, 2022, and will initially rece...
Amy Wood, a nearly 25-year industry veteran, has been named senior vice president of finance and accounting at Reston, Virginia-based information technology systems integrator Intelligent Waves. She will oversee Intelligent Wave’s finance department and support corporate growth initiatives in her new position, the company said Monday. The cert...
