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Who won GovCon's Awards for 2025?

The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and Professional Services Council announce the 2025 Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards, which also featured the induction of Joseph Kampf into the GovCon Hall of Fame.

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Northrop Grumman hires former Discover CFO as finance chief

John Greene will join Northrop on Jan. 7 and brings 35 years of finance experience from other industries to the role.

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Deloitte backs aerospace company to expand drone capacity

Deloitte and Kihomac are looking at infrastructure inspection, emergency response, and defense and security as use cases for their partnership.

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AEVEX completes CEO transition by promoting Wells

Roger Wells will lead the eight-year-old company's next phase of its strategy, which is highlighted by autonomous systems including loitering munitions.

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Parsons awaits 'imminent' award of air traffic control overhaul contract

Parsons and Peraton are in a head-to-head showdown for the Brand New Air Traffic Control System, a contract worth billions. In talking with Wall Street, CEO Carey Smith highlights how the effort is funded by the One Big Beautiful Bill.

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Intuitive Machines looks beyond the Moon with $800M acquisition

Intuitive Machines is buying Lanteris Space Systems, the former Maxar Space Systems, to bring in more satellite manufacturing heft that can complement the data and services offerings.

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NT Concepts, Oddball appoint new chief executives

Mark Cabrey has been with NT Concepts for six years, while Rob Silverman joins Oddball after two decades at Booz Allen Hamilton.

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Hanwha Defense USA appoints Coulter as chief executive

Korea-headquartered Hanwha established this subsidiary in 2017 to pursue opportunities in shipbuilding.

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ICF holds to its 2025 outlook as shutdown drags on

In talking with Wall Street, CEO John Wasson describes technology modernization efforts as continuing and programmatic work as more impacted at its largest federal client.

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Contractors fear retaliation if they try to recover shutdown costs

Legal rights do exist for companies to recoup their losses, but attorneys say fears of Trump administration reprisal loom over industry.

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Arlington Capital fetches $6B for its seventh fund

The private equity firm's most recent high-profile action in the market was its sale of BlueHalo to AeroVironment.

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ICF details C-level leadership appointments amid CFO's pending retirement

Barry Broadus will retire from ICF on March 1 and James Morgan is slated to become chief operating and financial officer, while Anne Choate is being promoted to president.

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General Dynamics CEO warns of government shutdown effects

The company raked in nearly $13 billion in third quarter revenue, including about $4 billion from shipbuilding.

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Lockheed to invest $50M in maritime drone maker

Saildrone is designing a larger-class vessel for the future demonstration of a combined capability.

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Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn to retire after 14-year run at the company

John Baylouny, chief operating officer and a 35-year company veteran, will take the helm as CEO and board member Fran Fargos Townsend will become chair.

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How BTS' reset positioned it for external investment

Blue Delta Capital Partners is now backing BTS Software Solutions' through the next phase of pursuing its growth pillars, including the emerging counter-unmanned aerial systems tech domain.

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Voyager puts Golden Dome into focus with acquisition

Voyager has purchased a maker of electric satellite propulsion systems that enable maneuverability and velocity changes, key attributes for the future missile defense architecture.

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GovTech startup Darwin AI closes $15M Series A round

The company builds its artificial intelligence governance tools for agencies to navigate compliance requirements.

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Federal agencies may benefit from slower cloud adoption, Cloudera CEO says

Charles Sansbury believes a "cloud hangover" has led commercial enterprises to reconsider data workload strategies, giving the government an opportunity to gather lessons learned and be "fast followers."

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Textron's CEO transition and more leadership moves across the market

Three chief financial officer hires also feature in this new listing of key executive appointments.