The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun seeking information on potential sources of technical, analytics and program event assistance as DARPA plans to create a $1 billion multiple-award contract vehicle for these support services. A notice posted Monday on SAM.gov states that DARPA is looking to select up to 10 vendors through the p...
Reggie Brothers, former CEO of BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) and two-time Wash100 Award winner, has been named an operating partner at AE Industrial Partners. “I know firsthand the value that AEI’s operational support and strategic vision adds to its portfolio companies, and I am excited to have the opportunity to leverage my technology and defense ba...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency intends to meet with interested contractors next month to discuss a new program aimed at building a small unmanned air system that would deploy and recover from a vessel’s flight deck or an austere ground site without requiring additional equipment. DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office will spo...
Serco Group‘s U.S. subsidiary and industry partners will begin the second leg of an unmanned surface vessel development and demonstration program spearheaded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. As part of Phase 2 of the No Manning Required Ship program, DARPA said Monday the team’s medium USV concept dubbed Defiant is expected ...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking information on microelectronics manufacturing-related capabilities and processes to help it plan for a domestic research, development and production center for 3D heterogeneous integration microsystems. In a presolicitation notice posted Friday on SAM.gov, DARPA said the broad agency announcem...
Jordan Parsons, an industry veteran with over 16 years of experience supporting federal civilian agency customers, has joined ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) to oversee programs with the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration as vice president for public health, GovCon Wire has learned. In this capacity, she will lead efforts to deliv...
Arati Prabhakar, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. If confirmed, Prabhakar will serve as Biden’s chief adviser for science and technology, a co-chair of the president�...
BAE Systems, CACI International and Peraton have received separate contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop approaches that would facilitate interoperability between heterogeneous tactical networks and allow military personnel to connect on demand. The three companies will lead teams to conduct research efforts for the...
Robert Winkler, a 25-year military and legislative service veteran, has been named vice president of corporate development and national security programs at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS). He will aim to align the company’s development projects and communicate the potential of its offerings with the federal government, Kr...
Executive Mosaic has inducted Stefanie Tompkins, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, into the 2022 edition of the Wash100 Award in recognition of her efforts to advance national defense capabilities and drive agency culture. This marks the first time that Tompkins has been named among Executive Mosaic’s top officials and...
