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  • Odyssey Systems Announces $162M Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Contract Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Odyssey Systems Announces $162M Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Contract Award

    Odyssey Systems Consulting Group announced a $162 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract award by the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. The company said Tuesday that it will provide professional advisory and assistance services, or PAAS, to the Nuclear Command, Control and Communications, or NC3, Integration Directorate. Matt Kasberg, chief operating officer of Odyssey Systems, said, “Odyssey is […] More

  • Firefly Aerospace Delivers Blue Ghost to NASA JPL for Pre-Launch Environmental Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Firefly Aerospace Delivers Blue Ghost to NASA JPL for Pre-Launch Environmental Tests

    Firefly Aerospace announced that its Blue Ghost lunar lander has arrived at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for pre-launch environmental testing. The company said Monday that the spacecraft’s target launch date for the mission to moon is the fourth quarter of 2024. Peter Schumacher, Firefly Aerospace’s interim CEO, said, “Firefly is proud to follow in the […] More

  • Defense Technology Firm Qualis Corporation Receives Investment From Bluestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense Technology Firm Qualis Corporation Receives Investment From Bluestone

    Bluestone Investment Partners announced making a strategic investment in missile defense and space technology firm Qualis Corporation. In a press release Thursday, John Allen, managing partner at Bluestone Investment Partners, said, “We at Bluestone have great admiration for Qualis’ history of performance and innovation. We are honored to have the opportunity to partner with the […] More

  • Dcode Capital, Nucleus Security Continue Partnership With Recent Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dcode Capital, Nucleus Security Continue Partnership With Recent Investment

    Growth-stage venture capital firm Dcode Capital, with backing from J.P. Morgan Asset Management, has made an investment in Nucleus Security, the provider of an automated vulnerability management platform. Commenting on the investment, Nucleus Security co-founder and CEO Stephen Carter said in a press release issued Tuesday that his company is eager to continue its partnership […] More

  • DEFCON AI Raises Fresh Funds in Seed Financing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DEFCON AI Raises Fresh Funds in Seed Financing

    DEFCON AI, a defense startup building a next-gen modeling, simulation and analysis toolset for the modern military environment, announced raising $44 million in fresh funds from its seed round. Bessemer Venture Partners was the lead funder, with participation by Fifth Growth Fund and Red Cell Partners, among others, DEFCON AI said Tuesday. Yisroel Brumer, co-founder […] More

  • Austal USA Completes Expansion of Research Center in Virginia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA Completes Expansion of Research Center in Virginia

    Austal USA held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its expanded research center at the Austal USA Advanced Technologies facility in Charlottesville, Virginia. The company said Monday that it had increased the facility’s size by 10,000 square feet, allowing the research center to accommodate equipment for Industry 4.0 application development. Michelle Kruger, Austal USA president, said, “The […] More

  • York Space Systems, SDA Demonstrate Link 16 Connectivity Between PWSA Satellite, Navy Ship - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    York Space Systems, SDA Demonstrate Link 16 Connectivity Between PWSA Satellite, Navy Ship

    York Space Systems announced the successful demonstration of the first-ever Link 16 network entry to a U.S. Navy ship from Tranche 0 satellites in low-Earth orbit in collaboration with the Space Development Agency. In a press release Thursday, Dirk Wallinger, CEO of York, said, “York’s ability to develop, deploy, and successfully demonstrate this advanced technology […] More

  • Vertosoft Launches Cloud Marketplace Accelerator for the Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vertosoft Launches Cloud Marketplace Accelerator for the Public Sector

    Vertosoft, a public sector technology distributor, announced the launch of its Cloud Marketplace Accelerator Program, a co-sell alliance with Amazon Web Services that aims to streamline the process for independent software vendors to offer their wares on AWS Marketplace. In a press release Tuesday, Chet Hayes, Vertosoft’s chief technology officer, said, “We are thrilled to introduce the […] More

  • Leidos Welcomes Curtiss-Wright as New LAPN Technology Partner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Welcomes Curtiss-Wright as New LAPN Technology Partner

    Leidos announced that Curtiss-Wright is now part of the Leidos Alliance Partner Network, or LAPN, as a Technology Partner. In a press release Monday, Doug Jones, senior vice president of defense systems at Leidos, said, “Curtiss-Wright’s expertise in developing advanced, highly engineered products and precision components, combined with Leidos’ innovative technological solutions, will significantly enhance our capabilities […] More

  • Enlightenment Capital Backs Cryptic Vector With Strategic Investment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Enlightenment Capital Backs Cryptic Vector With Strategic Investment

    Enlightenment Capital, an investment firm focused on the aerospace, defense, government and technology sector, announced a strategic investment in Cryptic Vector, which provides offensive cyber, electronic warfare and radio frequency communications offerings for the intelligence community and the Department of Defense. Devin Talbott, founder and managing partner of Enlightenment Capital, said in a press release Thursday, […] More

  • Vivace Names Luke Wright as Director of Operations, Announces Growth Capital Investment From Cerberus - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vivace Names Luke Wright as Director of Operations, Announces Growth Capital Investment From Cerberus

    Vivace International Corporation, a developer of propulsion tanks for customers across spaceflight, hypersonic and launch vehicle markets, has appointed Luke Wright as director of operations. Vivace said Tuesday that Wright previously worked for industrial conglomerate Textron, where he served as a senior engineering and operating executive. Wright brings to his new role at Vivace nearly […] More