DirectViz Solutions promotes Epperly to CEO
John Epperly’s career prior to DVS includes leadership roles at companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton and DMI. DirectViz Solutions has promoted a new chief executive from within its own ranks in John Epperly, a three-decade public sector veteran and DVS’ chief operating officer for the past three years. Epperly’s elevation to CEO took effect Jan. […]
The workforce capability GovCon leaders are underestimating
Under the Pentagon’s new portfolio structure, delivery teams who can’t gather competitive intelligence are now a business risk, and most executives don’t realize how exposed they are, writes BD and capture expert Nic Coppings. This is the final part of a three-part series on the Defense Department’s shift a Portfolio Acquisition Executive structure. Read part one […]
DARPA seeks to scale photonic computing with new program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks circuit-level innovations to reduce reliance on electronics that erase photonics’ speed advantages. Photonic chips promise massive speed and efficiency advantages over electronics, but those benefits evaporate in real-world systems because today’s photonic circuits are too limited in scale and complexity. That forces constant conversion back to electronics that adds […]
Air Force charts new path to recompete nuclear missile support work
Instead of one big contract, the service branch will hold separate competitions for different lines of work to aid in the transition to a new ground-based system. The Air Force has opted for a different approach in how it plans to recompete systems engineering, integration and other related modernization work on the Air Force’s major ballistic […]
Qualis joins forces with two other space, missile defense firms
Bluestone Investment Partners first backed Qualis in 2024 and is using that company as a foundation to form a larger entity that now employs 400 people. Qualis, a modeling and simulation services provider backed by Bluestone Investment Partners, is joining forces with two other companies to form a larger entity focused on space and missile defense […]
Private equity firm forms new defense manufacturer with two acquisitions
Ventus Industrial Partners creates Aeron Defense to build production capabilities across key military programs through a workforce ownership model. Private equity firm Ventus Industrial Partners has formed a new company in the defense market that will focus on developing new manufacturing capabilities. The launch of Aeron Defense comes with two acquisitions announced Wednesday – General Tool […]