L3Harris Technologies will continue supplying Enhanced Night Vision Goggle – Binocular units to the U.S. Army under a $256 million contract. The company said Monday the award signifies the commencement of full-scale production for the ENVG-B program. 

Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 9th Annual Army Summit to engage in discussions with thought leaders and decision-makers on various topics related to the Army on June 13. Click here to register.

Rich Guzzardi has joined Parsons as vice president of contracts for engineered systems, concluding a career spanning over two decades at RTX subsidiary Raytheon, where he most recently served as executive director of operations strategy development and capital. Guzzardi announced his transition to Parsons via LinkedIn.

Raft, a software engineering firm, received over $60 million in strategic growth investment from Washington Harbour Partners, a private investment firm. Raft said Wednesday that the growth capital will help with its research and development efforts and enhance its command and control product offerings for the tactical edge.

Garret Goldstein, vice president of North America Public Sector Partner Ecosystem at Red Hat, has an extensive background in the information technology market. He is a strong advocate for partnerships between companies with shared goals, something he views as highly beneficial for serving public sector clients. Goldstein recently participated in an Executive Spotlight interview in which he detailed Red Hat’s approach to partnerships and highlighted the ways the company is changing how it engages with the ecosystem.

Lockheed Martin will collaborate with Intel and its newly launched standalone business Altera to build a sensor open systems architecture-based airborne electronic defense platform for the U.S. Navy's MH-60R multi-mission helicopter to support a program of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Lockheed said Monday it will use Altera's Multi-Chip Package for integration with the SOSA technology under the Stimulating Transition for Advanced Microelectronics Packaging program.

Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson delivered a 2024 Wash100 Award to Andy Green, an executive vice president of HII and president of the HII Mission Technologies division, during a recent visit to HII. Visit Wash100.com to cast your votes for Andy Green as your favorite 2024 Wash100 Award winner! 

General Atomics' aeronautical systems business will provide technical services for the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle aircraft under a $561.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The Department of Defense said Thursday that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will perform contract work through March 28, 2029.

HawkEye 360 has selected four individuals for its Advisory Board’s Class of 2024. These appointees include two retired generals – Gen. David Thompson and Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster – as well as Terry McAuliffe and Joan Dempsey, the Herndon, Virginia-based company announced on Thursday.

Rite-Solutions has secured a five-year, $60.7 million prime contract to deliver information technology support services for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center’s Activity Chief Information Officer/IT Division. Under the award, the company said Monday it will collaborate with Science Applications International Corp., McLaughlin Research Corp., Mikel and other subcontractors.

The Potomac Officers Club will host the 5th Annual CIO Summit on April 17. Click here to register for the highly anticipated event.

General Dynamics' electric boat subsidiary has christened PCU Idaho, the U.S. Navy's 26th Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, which is designed to support anti-submarine and surface ship warfare and special operations. Terry Stackley, the ship sponsor, performed the bottle break that christened the vessel, which is the first Navy submarine to be named after the state of Idaho, General Dynamics Electric Boat said in a LinkedIn post published Sunday.

Esri has secured a two-year, $56.2 million task order to continue helping the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency provide foundational geospatial intelligence services to users worldwide. The task order was awarded under NGA's blanket purchase agreement and extends cloud, software development and database services on Esri's proprietary systems, the agency said Tuesday.

Incubation firm Red Cell Partners is providing cybersecurity technology developer Eyris $3 million in pre-seed funding meant to allow the company to start a Department of Defense pilot program and offer services to other federal agencies. Eyris offers blockchain-based security and ransomware mitigation products that are cloud- and encryption-agnostic and work to integrate with various existing applications, Red Cell said Wednesday.