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  • Booz Allen Awarded WHS Contract for DOD Cybersecurity Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Awarded WHS Contract for DOD Cybersecurity Support

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential $44.3 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Washington Headquarters Services to provide the Department of Defense’s chief information officer with cybersecurity services. The DOD said Wednesday that Booz Allen will deliver technical support for cybersecurity reporting and scorecards, research and analysis, policies, guidance, strategies and procedures.  The company will also […] More

  • Gary Aughinbaugh Named DMI VP of State and Local - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gary Aughinbaugh Named DMI VP of State and Local

    Gary Aughinbaugh, an IT and sales executive with over 18 years of experience, has been elevated to vice president of state and local at DMI. The Tysons, Virginia-based digital and IT services company said Wednesday Aughinbaugh will lead the company’s digital transformation efforts for Maryland and its municipalities. He will also manage the expansion of DMI’s portfolio […] More

  • Carahsoft's Alex Whitworth Discusses Urgent Need for CMMC Preparations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft’s Alex Whitworth Discusses Urgent Need for CMMC Preparations

    It is a good time for prime contractors and their subcontractors to start thinking about compliance with the latest iteration of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program, according to Carahsoft Technology’s Alex Whitworth. Imminent CMMC Rollout Having cleared all other legal requisites and with only the publication of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement rule […] More

  • Microsoft Develops New Processor to Advance Utility-Scale Quantum Computing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Develops New Processor to Advance Utility-Scale Quantum Computing

    Microsoft has developed a new quantum processing unit, or QPU, to advance its efforts to prototype utility-scale quantum computers. Called Majorana 1, the QPU brings a fault-tolerant quantum computing prototype much closer, Chetan Nayak, technical fellow and corporate vice president of quantum hardware at Microsoft, said in a blog Wednesday. Harnessing New Materials  According to […] More

  • Cubic, Partners Launch Translation Tool for Tactical Military Ops - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic, Partners Launch Translation Tool for Tactical Military Ops

    Cubic DTECH Vocality, Instant Connect Software and Rally Tactical Systems have introduced Instant Connect Enterprise, or ICE, an advanced language translation tool for tactical military operations. The ICE is a communications platform that integrates with RTS’ Engage Engine and Cubic’s Radio Over IP gateways, enabling special operations forces worldwide to use combined capabilities for multilingual […] More

  • Peraton Secures Spot on $12B DLA Contract for JETS 2.0 Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton Secures Spot on $12B DLA Contract for JETS 2.0 Initiative

    Peraton will continue supporting the enhancement of the Defense Logistics Agency’s enterprise architecture through the J6 Enterprise Technology Services 2.0 initiative under a $12 billion follow-on contract. Tarik Reyes, president of Peraton’s defense mission and health solutions sector, said in a statement Wednesday that the company is honored to continue supporting DLA, emphasizing its commitment to […] More

  • Tim Lynch, Todd Morar Named to New Leadership Roles at Lockheed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tim Lynch, Todd Morar Named to New Leadership Roles at Lockheed

    Lockheed Martin has appointed Tim Lynch as vice president of space security, mission strategies and advanced capabilities and Todd Morar as VP of air and commercial solutions within the rotary and mission systems division.  Lynch announced his appointment on LinkedIn Wednesday, stating he will assume the role on March 3. He currently serves as chief strategy officer at Frontgrade […] More

  • Matt Magaña, Marshall Smith Named Presidents of Voyager Technologies Business Segments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Magaña, Marshall Smith Named Presidents of Voyager Technologies Business Segments

    Voyager Technologies, a defense and space technology company, has appointed Matt Magaña and Marshall Smith to key executive positions in two of its business segments. The Denver-based company said Tuesday Magaña will serve as president of defense and national security, which delivers mission-ready defense systems across all domains. Smith, meanwhile, will be the president of […] More

  • Raytheon Completes Demos for Army’s Upcoming Missile Interceptor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Completes Demos for Army’s Upcoming Missile Interceptor

    Raytheon, an RTX company, has completed 10 subsystem demonstrations for the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor, or NGSRI. The subsystem tests were conducted and concluded over the past several months, RTX said Tuesday, adding that the entire process verified that NGSRI aligns with the Army’s system performance requirements. The upcoming interceptor is set to replace […] More

  • PagerDuty Appoints David Williams as SVP of Product - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PagerDuty Appoints David Williams as SVP of Product

    PagerDuty, a cloud computing company and digital operations performance platform, has announced the appointment of David Williams as senior vice president of product to lead all products and core elements of the PagerDuty Operations Cloud platform to meet evolving customers’ needs and drive business growth. In a press release Tuesday, Jeffrey Hausman, chief product development […] More

  • MITRE's Mark Peters Discusses Contributions of Federally Funded Research & Development Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MITRE’s Mark Peters Discusses Contributions of Federally Funded Research & Development Centers

    Federally funded research and development centers, or FFRDCs, function “as the glue” binding the achievements of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, which drive significant advances in U.S. society, according to Mark Peters, president and CEO of MITRE and a 2025 Wash100 Award winner. Benefits to US Citizens Peters said in an opinion column published on The […] More

  • Gilat Satellite Networks Forms Defense Division to Boost Satcom Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gilat Satellite Networks Forms Defense Division to Boost Satcom Offerings

    Gilat Satellite Networks has created a defense division that will focus on the government and defense market for satellite communication, the Israel-based company announced Tuesday. Gilad Landsberg, who was appointed as the new division’s president, said the unit’s formation strengthens Gilat’s commitment to provide advanced satcom tools as defense requirements continue to evolve. “By combining […] More