Kelly Ortberg Kelly Ortberg, president of Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL), has been appointed to succeed Clay Jones as chief executive, effective July 31. Jones has told the board of directors he plans to retire as CEO on that date but will continue to serve as non-executive chairman of the board, Rockwell Collins said Friday. “This decision was made as... 

Colin Mahoney Colin Mahoney, a 26-year Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) and a vice president, will succeed Greg Churchill as executive vice president for international and service solutions. Mahoney’s appointment is effective immediately as Churchill will retire from the company in March after a 30-year career there, the company said Friday. Greg Churchill Prior... 

Rockwell Collins‘ (NYSE: COL) board of directors has declared a 30-cent per share dividend on its common stock, the company said Thursday. The dividend is payable March 4 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 11.  Read More »

Dave Nieuwsma Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) has promoted Dave Nieuwsma, head of airborne solutions within the government systems unit, to vice president of government strategy and business development. The company said the 21-year Rockwell Collins veteran will lead marketing and sales functions and succeed Phillip Jasper, who elevated to executive VP... 

Chris Marzilli General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) C4 systems business unit has won a $306 million U.S. Army production order for 3,726 two-channel manpack radios. The company said itInformation Technology will provide the Army the AN/PRC-155 radios, manufactured byBudget Year General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL), as part of the branch’s... 

Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) will provide the U.S. Navy three kits for expanding Internet Protocol bandwidth on the E-6B, according to the Defense Department. Under a $53,768,655 contract, the company will also build modificationTypes: Administrative Change : A unilateral contract change that does not affect the contractual rights of the parties. Change... 

The month of September produced a relatively even distribution of executive moves at government contracting firms across company leadership posts and executive positions in financial, contracts and legal operations. In all, GovCon Wire covered 21 executive moves during September. Check out the wide range below. Leadership Parsons promoted Mary Ann Hopkins... 

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a $218 million contract modificationTypes: Administrative Change : A unilateral contract change that does not affect the contractual rights of the parties. Change order: A written order, signed byBudget Year the COContracting Officer or Change Order, directing that the contractor to make a change authorized byBudget... 

Philip Jasper Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) has promoted two-decade company veteran Philip Jasper executive vice president and chief operating officer of the government systems unit, the company announced Monday. He succeeds Kelly Ortberg, who elevated to the company’s newly-formed office of the chief executive (click over to GovCon Executive for... 

U.S. Air Force photo Several large contractors hold prime spots on a proposed $257 million foreign military sale of data link systems and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment to Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency said prime contractors include ATK (NYSE: ATK), BAE Systems, L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) Raytheon...