Aaron Weis, chief information officer for the Department of the US Navy (DON), was presented his first Wash100 Award on Wednesday for leading the guiding principles of the service branch to drive DON’s information technology and cyber readiness goals. Weis assumed his role with the Department of the Navy in Sept. 2019.

AAR (NYSE: AIR) has secured a potential five-year, $125M contract to manufacture and repair 463L cargo pallets for the U.S. Air Force. The sole-source firm-fixed-price contract has one base year plus four option years.

Jessica Garascia, formerly deputy general counsel at building materials provider USG, has joined AAR (NYSE: AIR) as general counsel.

A business unit of AAR (NYSE: AIR) has secured a potential five-year, $90M contract to manufacture storage and shipping containers for the Defense Logistics Agency's troop support division.

Aaron Betz, former vice president of business development at GovernmentCIO, has assumed the same role at information technology consultancy ARServices. He brings 33 years of government and industry experience in the management and business development areas.

Boeing (NYSE: BA), StandardAero and AAR Corp. (NYSE: AIR) have secured one-year contract modifications worth  $412.9M combined to continue providing support services for P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes of the U.S. Navy, Australia and other foreign military customers.

The U.S. Navy has named Aaron Weis, former senior adviser to the Department of Defense's chief information officer, as CIO of the service branch, Stars and Stripes reported Thursday.

Aaron Faulkner, former vice president of cybersecurity at ECS, has been named head of the cyber practice within Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) federal subsidiary. The more than 18-year industry veteran will oversee efforts to design, build and deliver cybersecurity offerings to federal civilian and defense customers in his new position, Accenture said Monday.

AAR's (NYSE: AIR) government services business has received a potential two-year, $118.6M contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver two C-40 military transport aircraft and associated equipment to the U.S. Marine Corps.

Sean Gillen, vice president and treasurer of construction materials company USG, will formally join AAR (NYSE: AIR) on Monday as VP and chief financial officer at the Wood Dale, Ill.-based aviation aftermarket services provider. He will succeed Michael Milligan, who has served as AAR CFO since 2017, and will oversee investor …