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Robert “Bob” Swan, chief financial officer at Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), has been appointed by the company’s board as interim CEO in a move that takes effect immediately. Intel said Thursday Swan succeeds Brian Krzanich, who resigned after five years at the helm, and will oversee its operations in partnership with the senior leadership …

Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) missiles and fire control business has received a potential $364.6 million contract to support service-life extension work on a guided missile and launch assemblies for the U.S. Army and Romania. Work under the domestic and foreign military sales contract will run through March 26, 2020, the Defense Department said …

SpaceX has received a potential two-year, $130 million contract to bring into orbit a U.S. Air Force satellite. The firm-fixed-price contract covers launch vehicle manufacturing, spaceflight worthiness activities, integration and launch operations support for the Air Force Space Command-52 satellite, the Defense Department said Thursday. The service’s space and missile …

Peraton will compete for task orders worth up to $500 million to provide information technology engineering support services and technology platforms to the Defense Information Systems Agency under a potential 10-year, $7.5 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The Systems Engineering, Technology and Innovation vehicle seeks to help DISA and Defense Department partners meet their IT …

As CFOs continue to express concerns about the future, worries about global economic growth have begun to rise again. And, while CFOs remain quite optimistic about their companies’ prospects, they voice continuing concerns about securing key talent and executing their strategies. Learn more, http://www.deloitte.com/us/cfosignals….

Bob Pryor, chief operating officer at NTT Data’s services division, has been promoted to CEO in a move that will take effect on July 1. He will succeed John McCain, who transitioned to the role of executive chairman of NTT Data Services in April after serving as CEO for eight …

Beth Meinert, a three-decade veteran of Mitre, has been promoted to vice president and director of the federally funded Center for Enterprise Modernization-Financial and Economic Transformation. Mitre said Wednesday Meinert has helped drive the nonprofit company’s work program across the departments of Treasury and Commerce, the Social Security Administration and federal government financial oversight organizations …

The 82nd Airborne Division based at Fort Bragg, N.C., completed a no-notice Transatlantic Global Response Force mission into Ādaži, Latvia during Swift Response 18. They were aided by eight C-17 Globemaster III’s from the 62nd and 437th Airlift Wings. Video by Senior Airman Kirsten Brandes.

Northrop Grumman has announced the name of the company’s new large-class rocket: OmegA. This all-American rocket, designed for the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, will have a capacity of up to 10,100 kg to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) and up to 7,800 kg to Geostationary Equatorial …

LMI has added Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services‘ worldwide public sector business, and Lisa Disbrow, former U.S. Air Force undersecretary, to its board of directors. Carlson and Disbrow will replace Pat McGinnis, a 14-year LMI board member who retired in May, the company said Tuesday. Carlson, a 2018 Wash100 …