Dataminr has appointed Balaji Yelamanchili as president and chief operating officer as the company integrates ThreatConnect and scales its real-time, artificial intelligence-driven intelligence platform. Yelamanchili joins Dataminr shortly after the company closed its $290 million acquisition of ThreatConnect, where he previously served as CEO, acco...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract modification valued at up to $10 billion for the development, integration, engineering and delivery of C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract from $15 billion to $25 billion, the Department of War said. The contract includes for...
By Kevin Plexico, Deltek senior vice president of information solutions, a six-time Wash100 awardee and a GovCon Expert The GovCon market is expected to remain highly competitive in 2026 The state, local and education market is broadly seeing a transformation as it shifts away from a reliance on federal funding Lear more from Plexico at...
The Air Force Research Laboratory has issued a notice for its multiple award contract, or MAC, vehicle intended to create a pool of qualified contractors and streamline its acquisition of science and technology services across all relevant areas. The MAC has a basic contract period of five years and three one-year options and a combined...
United Launch Alliance has announced a leadership transition, with longtime President and CEO Tory Bruno stepping down after nearly 12 years at the helm. The decision was confirmed in a joint statement issued Monday by ULA board chairs Robert Lightfoot and Kay Sears. All three executives are past recipients of the Wash100 Award. Bruno is...
Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Navy contract modification worth approximately $3.63 billion to provide F-35 logistics support services for domestic and international military customers. Register now for the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Air and Space Summit. The Lockheed-backed event in July will bring together military leaders and industr...
The Space Development Agency has awarded $3.5 billion in other transaction authority agreements to Lockheed Martin, L3Harris Technologies, Northrop Grumman and Rocket Lab USA to build 72 satellites for the third tranche of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture’s tracking layer. Lockheed is sponsoring the Potomac Officers Club’s ...
Orbit Fab has appointed Jeff Lints as chief commercial officer as the company prepares for its first commercial on-orbit refueling demonstration and deployment of its refueling spacecraft for flight qualification. Who Is Jeff Lints? Before joining Orbit Fab, Lints served as the founder and CEO of Fortius Metals, where he focused on commercializing a...
The Missile Defense Agency has issued a second tranche of awards under its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense contract, adding 1,086 companies to the competitive pool supporting the $151 billion SHIELD multiple-award vehicle, one of several contracting mechanisms supporting the administration’s Golden Dome missile defense ...
BigBear.ai and C Speed, a platform company of NewSpring Holdings, have partnered to combine their capabilities to deliver an artificial intelligence-enabled threat detection and response platform in support of defense and homeland security missions. Join C Speed CEO Kevin McLaughlin, Andy Maner, chairman of NewSpring’s federal advisory board a...
