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 […]
Why some organizations accelerate while others stall
Under the Pentagon’s new Portfolio Acquisition Executive model, success depends on relationship intelligence and workforce capability—not just technical prowess, writes BD and capture expert Nic Coppings. This is part 2 of three part series on the Defense Department’s shift to a Portfolio Acquisition Executive structure. Read part 1 here. Every contractor will soon be subject to […]
Recordings prove DIA wrong in $814M intelligence contract protest
The Defense Intelligence Agency could not support its evaluation findings that dinged SOS International and Amentum. Two protesters leaned on recordings of oral presentations to convince the Government Accountability Office that they were treated unfairly in the competition for an $814 million analytical support contract. General Dynamics IT won the contract with U.S. Central Command to […]
Knexus gets DC Capital’s backing
The 20-year-old company is looking to further scale its capacity for producing enterprise artificial intelligence offerings and shorten the time from development to fielding. Knexus, a provider of enterprise artificial intelligence technologies for government agencies, has sold a majority stake of the company to private equity firm DC Capital Partners. Founded in 2006, Knexus carries out […]
White House cyber shop is crafting AI security policy framework, top official says
ONCD chief Sean Cairncross also said a bedrock National Cyber Strategy, initially expected last month, is coming “sooner rather than later” without specifying a date. The White House Office of the National Cyber Director is developing an AI security policy framework to bolt security measures into U.S-led AI tech stacks, the office’s top official said Tuesday. […]