RTX reported higher sales, earnings and free cash flow for full-year 2025 and issued a 2026 outlook projecting continued growth, supported by sustained demand across its commercial aerospace and defense portfolios and a growing pipeline of long-term defense contracts. The company said Tuesday that it ended 2025 with a total backlog of $268 billion, ...
By Kevin Plexico, Deltek senior vice president of information solutions, a six-time Wash100 awardee and a GovCon Expert Defense contractors have always focused on delivering for the warfighter. Many of the companies that do so are publicly traded. As a result, they must balance performance with solid financial results. It’s a tightrope and tho...
Quantum computing company IonQ has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SkyWater Technology, a U.S.-based pure-play semiconductor foundry, in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion. The 2026 Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 29 will feature a panel discussion titled “Securing the Quantum Ed...
HII has named Daniel Marks vice president of contracts and pricing at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division. What Are Daniel Marks’ Responsibilities in His New Ingalls Role? Marks steps into the role previously held by Stephen Fitts, who transitioned to VP of supply chain management following Scott Weldon’s retirement in Decem...
Potomac Officers Club has the privilege of announcing that Cameron Stanley, chief digital and artificial intelligence officer at the Department of War, will be a keynote speaker at its 2026 Artificial Intelligence Summit on March 18. At the event, which is regularly one of POC’s most popular and most-buzzed-about GovCon conferences, represent...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has started soliciting proposals for a potential 10-year, $700 billion multiple-award contract to provide Community Care Network, or CCN, services and healthcare resources for veterans through an established network of licensed healthcare providers and practitioners. As VA advances the CCN Next Gen Medical contract...
The U.S. Marshals Service Information Technology Division, or USMS ITD, has awarded NTT DATA a task order under an existing blanket purchase agreement in support of the agency’s Functional Operations and Resources for Core Enterprise Services, or FORCE, program. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Digital Transformation Summit on April 22 w...
Accenture Federal Services has appointed Garrett Berntsen, a federal and industry technical leader, as chief artificial intelligence officer. The latest appointment highlights the ongoing movement of senior AI leadership across the federal and industry landscape. That broader evolution provides useful context for gatherings such as the Potomac Offic...
Emil Michael’s influence over the Pentagon’s technology and innovation enterprise has expanded rapidly in recent months, placing him at the center of major reforms shaping how defense research moves from concept to operational capability. Michael, the under secretary of war for research and engineering, is set to deliver keynote remarks ...
Leidos has appointed Jason O’Connor as president of its intel sector, elevating a longtime company executive to lead classified programs supporting the U.S. intelligence community and defense customers. Who Is Jason O’Connor? O’Connor has more than 30 years of experience in federal contracting and technology leadership, according t...
