Defense and intelligence contractor Altamira Technologies announced earlier this month it has purchased Prime Solutions, a cybersecurity company focused on intelligence agency work.
Marjorie Censer was Inside Defense's editor until July 2021. She previously worked at the Washington Post and its local business publication Capital Business, covering defense industry reshaping, the increased scrutiny of contractors following the Edward Snowden case and the challenges of canceling military programs. From 2007 to 2010, she was managing editor of Inside the Army. She also previously worked as defense editor at POLITICO and as a staff writer at the Carroll County Times and the Princeton Packet. A Fairfax native, she graduated from Princeton University.
Defense and intelligence contractor Altamira Technologies announced earlier this month it has purchased Prime Solutions, a cybersecurity company focused on intelligence agency work.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lockheed Martin last week formalized an agreement focused on autonomous systems, robotics and human/machine teaming, the company said today.
Seeking a larger role for commercial companies, the Senate Armed Services Committee is pushing the Pentagon toward fixed-price contracts it says require fewer "expensive government unique processes."
A new directive made effective Thursday authorizes the collection and use of publicly available social media information as part of government security background investigations.
The Pentagon is proposing a revision to acquisition regulations that would expand the presumption that an item was developed at private expense, potentially diminishing the concerns of some commercial manufacturers.
In her first public remarks since taking over Boeing's defense business, Leanne Caret said her top priority is the KC-46 tanker program.
Vectrus said this week sales in its most recent quarter hit $311 million, up about 19 percent from the same three-month period a year earlier.
Two representatives from defense industry associations on Wednesday told Congress they'd like to see the foreign military sales process made more efficient, more transparent and more strategic.
Work with the Army used to make up nearly one-quarter of the sales in Rockwell Collins' government systems group, the company's chief financial officer said at a Wells Fargo conference Tuesday.
DynCorp International's parent company this week reported sales in its most recent quarter hit $420 million, down from $467 million in the same three-month period a year earlier.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter will travel to California and Colorado this week, the Pentagon announced today.
The Pentagon is readying for as many as 10,000 participants in a program through which the defense industrial base can share cybersecurity information, according to a new Federal Register notice.
Engility reported Thursday it lost $3.2 million in its most recent quarter, less than the $13.4 million loss the company recorded in the same three-month period a year earlier.
Two large services contractors have filed protests over the Defense Information Systems Agency's ENCORE III solicitation, which has generated controversy by using the lowest-price, technically acceptable contracting approach.
Orbital ATK said today sales in its most recent quarter declined slightly, when adjusted for last year's merger between Orbital Sciences and ATK's aerospace and defense groups.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions said this week sales in its most recent quarter declined slightly to hit $153 million.
Leidos is laying the groundwork for its merger with Lockheed Martin's information systems and global solutions unit, readying for additional business units and a more sizeable corporate office.
Drone Aviation said today retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has joined the company's board as vice chairman.
Following multiple acquisitions, stability operations contractor Sterling Global Operations has rebranded itself as Janus Global Operations and is seeking growth.
BWX Technologies said today that sales in its most recent quarter hit $365 million, up from just shy of $336 million in the same three-month period a year earlier.