THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS STORIES
Booz Allen Hamilton?(NYSE: BAH) has?finalized its purchase of EverWatch?from investment firm Enlightenment Capital.?John Hillen, CEO of EverWatch and a previous?Wash100?awardee, said the two companies “share a passion for the national security mission, advanced innovation and technical excellence.”
On Monday, the Department of Defense welcomed Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence; Mike Mullen, a retired Navy admiral who served as the 17th Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman; and five other newly appointed members to the?Defense Innovation Board.
The Department of Energy has selected 20 companies that will receive?Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds?totaling $2.8 billion to grow the battery supply chain for the power grid, as well as electric vehicles and associated components. DOE said the awards support the establishment and expansion of commercial-grade domestic factories for battery-grade lithium, graphite and nickel.
William LaPlante, the Pentagon's acquisition chief and a?2022 Wash100 Award?winner, said the?U.S. manufacturing ecosystem?has been a critical engine of economic growth, competitiveness and innovation for over 200 years and has played a crucial role in advancing the development of technologies that sustain national security.
The Potomac Officers Club's Oct. 25 event,?“Defense Technology Summit: FY2023 Budget and Priorities,”?will feature William LaPlante as a keynote speaker.?Click here to register?for this in-person event and to view POC's full calendar.
L3Harris Technologies?(NYSE: LHX) has made an?investment in Seasats?to drive collaborative development and advance the production of the latter's X3 autonomous surface vehicle designed for military and commercial applications.?Seasats developed X3?to function as a solar-powered maritime platform capable of operating on the water in all weather conditions for up to six months.
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Michael Brown, who formerly served as director?of the Defense Innovation Unit and a recipient of the?2022 Wash100 Award, has been appointed?a venture partner?at San Francisco-based investment firm?Shield Capital. He is a former Presidential Innovation Fellow and also held leadership posts at Symantec and Quantum Corp.
Dynetics has secured a contract from the?Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, to lead the development of a testing platform for Department of Defense hypersonic technology programs. The?Leidos?subsidiary will lead a team composed of 20 partners from industry, national laboratories and academia to carry out the?Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed?program.
Voyager Labs?has named?Courtney Bromley, a more than three-decade veteran of IBM, as CEO and announced its plan to relocate the base of its global business operations to the U.S. from Israel. Bromley, who has led the artificial intelligence-based company's?U.S.-based subsidiary?since April, is credited with retaining Voyager Analytics' customer base and achieving record growth in contract awards.
Director of National Intelligence?Avril Haines?said the U.S. intelligence community largely has the same priorities and objectives as those defined in President Biden's new national security strategy — and that we can expect to see a national intelligence strategy that reflects those similarities released in the next couple of months.
Read our full recap of Haines' keynote address during the?Potomac Officers Club’s?8th Annual Intel Summit?on?GovCon Wire.