Defense Secretary Robert Gates will visit a Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT) manufacturing facility that builds the F-35 fighter aircraft, the Pentagonâs costliest arms purchase program, a move that highlights its strategic importance to the DoD.
Kathleen Hicks, President Joe Biden’s nominee as deputy defense secretary and an inductee into Executive Mosaic's Wash100 for 2021, said that she will drive the Department of Defense’s data prioritization during her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Hicks added that she would lead by using data to inform business decisions.
Retired Navy Vice Adm. Joe Kernan, who served as a senior military assistant to former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, has been appointed vice president of business development at SAP National Security Services, an independent U.S. subsidiary of the global software developer. The 36-year military veteran and former Navy SEAL will advise SAP NS2 and its customers
The Pentagon launched a new program on August 10 for the development and acquisition of replacement presidential aircraft scheduled to be operational early next decade, reports Tony Capaccio for Bloomberg. Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Frank Kendall ordered the Air Force to assemble an office for the replacement project which involves new designs for Air