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  • Former Counterterrorism Officials, Business Transformation Expert Join The Chertoff Group as Senior Advisers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Counterterrorism Officials, Business Transformation Expert Join The Chertoff Group as Senior Advisers

    The Chertoff Group has added three advisers with national security expertise to its team. In a press release posted on Tuesday, Chad Sweet, CEO and co-founder of The Chertoff Group, said the addition of Nathan Sales, Jay Humphlett and John Mulligan will contribute “deep insights and valuable experience that will greatly benefit our clients.” Who […] More

  • Electra Secures $115M Funding for EL9 Aircraft Pre-Production, Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Electra Secures $115M Funding for EL9 Aircraft Pre-Production, Certification

    Electra can begin the pre-production and certification phase of its EL9 Ultra Short aircraft using the $115 million it raised in a Series B funding round led by Prysm Capital to fulfill more than 2,200 EL9 pre-orders valued at over $10 billion. The nine-passenger EL9 features hybrid-electric propulsion and capabilities for commercial and defense purposes, […] More

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    Exiger Threat Analysis Tool Reveals DeepSeek’s Ties to Chinese Military

    Data analytics firm Exiger said its Threat Actor Intelligence tool has revealed links between Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, which recently released a large language model, and the People’s Liberation Army of China. According to Exiger’s report, titled DeepSeek’s Deception: How the Chinese Military and Government Funded DeepSeek’s AI Research, the tool found that DeepSeek […] More

  • AWS Application Migration Service Achieves DOD Impact Level 5 Authorization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Application Migration Service Achieves DOD Impact Level 5 Authorization

    The Application Migration Service of Amazon Web Services has secured authorization for Department of Defense Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide Impact Levels 4 and 5 in the AWS GovCloud for the U.S. eastern and western region customers. The service automates the conversion of source servers to run natively on AWS, minimizing time-intensive, error-prone manual processes, […] More

  • Voyager Space Appoints Former Anduril Executive as Chief Strategy Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Voyager Space Appoints Former Anduril Executive as Chief Strategy Officer

    Former Anduril executive Wallis Laughrey has joined Voyager Space as chief strategy officer responsible for strengthening the company’s national security objectives. Laughrey, an aerospace and defense expert with over two decades of experience delivering high-impact defense programs, previously served as vice president of Anduril Labs, which he helped establish to expand Anduril’s presence in critical […] More

  • MBC Selects IronNet's Cyber Offerings to Enhance Cybersecurity Posture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MBC Selects IronNet’s Cyber Offerings to Enhance Cybersecurity Posture

    Morgan Business Consulting, a provider of advisory services within the defense industrial base, has expanded its partnership with IronNet to enhance the identification and mitigation of potential threats to critical defense assets. Under the agreement, MBC will use the Network Detection and Response offering, or NDR, and the Collective Defense platform to strengthen its cybersecurity […] More

  • Cadmus Appoints Jeff Smith as Senior Vice President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cadmus Appoints Jeff Smith as Senior Vice President

    Cadmus has named Jeff Smith as senior vice president following the company’s acquisition of technology consulting firm Ventera, where Smith was an executive vice president responsible for leading the company’s government services unit. The new SVP announced the appointment in a recent LinkedIn post. Speaking about the finalized acquisition, Cadmus said in October that the […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Secures NASA Contract for NOAA’s Lagrange 1 Series Sensors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Secures NASA Contract for NOAA’s Lagrange 1 Series Sensors

    NASA has awarded Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory a $20.5 million contract to develop two Suprathermal Ion Sensor instruments for the Lagrange 1 Series project satellites under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Next Program. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Johns Hopkins APL is expected to complete the sensor development work, including performing […] More

  • Tetra Tech Secures $66M EPA START VI Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tetra Tech Secures $66M EPA START VI Contract

    The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Tetra Tech a potential $66 million contract to provide technical assistance services to the Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team, or START, assigned to implement EPA’s National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan responsibilities in the agency’s Region 5 division. A notice posted on Thursday on SAM.gov showed […] More

  • NIH to Award $3B Contract to Support NIAID Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIH to Award $3B Contract to Support NIAID Research

    The National Institutes of Health has confirmed its plan to award a multi-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum portfolio ceiling of $3 billion to provide professional, scientific and technical support services for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID. NIH made the confirmation in a notice posted on Wednesday on SAM.gov in […] More

  • Splunk Observability Cloud Achieves FedRAMP 'In Process' Designation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Splunk Observability Cloud Achieves FedRAMP ‘In Process’ Designation

    The Program Management Office of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has granted “In Process” designation to Splunk Observability Cloud. In a blog published on Tuesday, Bill Rowan, Splunk’s vice president of public sector and a Wash100 award recipient, said the company achieved the designation as it works to attain FedRAMP Moderate authorization for […] More

  • Duality Technologies Creates Public Sector Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Duality Technologies Creates Public Sector Advisory Board

    Duality Technologies has formed a public sector advisory board comprising experts who will provide strategic guidance to public sector customers in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, NATO member countries and other allied and partner nations. The advisory board, created to support the expansion of public sector services, will focus on helping government organizations enable data […] More