House Democrat challenges SBA’s 8(a) revocation from USAID
Rep. Nydia Velázquez says pulling 8(a) authority over a single bribery case could undermine broader small business contracting without evidence of systemic problems. The House Small Business Committee’s leading Democrat is raising concerns that the decision to revoke 8(a) contracting authority at the U.S. Agency for International Development has implications beyond a single agency. SBA on Wednesday revoked […]
Special Aerospace Services unveils new name, identity
The space- and missile defense-focused company employs 250 people that work on systems and technologies for emerging priorities, of which the Golden Dome initiative is one. Special Aerospace Services has unveiled a new name and identity for this next phase of its strategy focused on space and missile defense programs, which started with being acquired by Godspeed […]
Finance, growth and tech leadership moves across the market
Our newest compilation of key hires and promotions features a trio of former government leaders taking up new private sector roles. AE Industrial Partners Oscar Torres has taken up an operating partner position at this private equity firm focused on the defense, aerospace and industrial services verticals. Torres is a 25-year aerospace market veteran who most […]
The Army’s giant data deal with Palantir is a harbinger: service CIO
The 10-year, up-to-$10 billion deal is part of a larger effort to consolidate IT contracts and save money, Leonel Garciga told reporters. The Army collapsed 75 data and software contracts into one deal potentially worth $10 billion—a deal won by Palantir—and it’s just the beginning of how the service wants to buy software. “This is going […]
WT 360: Defense One’s Lauren Williams on reindustrialization and its underlying ecosystem
Lauren Williams, our Defense One colleague and a senior editor there, jumps in to help connect some dots between the defense industrial base and the U.S.’ efforts to regain global manufacturing leadership. Reindustrialization is a catch-all description of moves by government and industry to reinvigorate domestic manufacturing amid other countries’ investments on that front, especially […]