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Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, wrote about a recent press briefing where Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord discussed ongoing procurement reform and innovation efforts at the Department of Defense. He noted that Lord, also a 2019 Wash100 awardee, hinted at proposed fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act compromise on DoD's middle tier acquisition programs for an upcoming conference between the House and Senate Armed Services Committees.

Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and a 2019 Wash100 winner, said the Department of Defense sees “no major concerns” with the proposed merger of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), Defense One reported Monday.

Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (A&S) with the Department of Defense, with her third Wash100 Award on Thursday. 

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the Department of Defense have reached a “handshake agreement” for the company to build 157 low rate initial production lot 12 F-35 fighter aircraft with options for LRIP lots 13 and 14.

Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from the speech of Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, at an Atlantic Council event held Monday. Lord, a 2019 Wash100 recipient, called on the U.S. government to come up with a “whole-of-government” strategy to deploy a 5G network backed by …

McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from the remarks of Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, at a Defense Innovation Board meeting. Lord, a 2019 Wash100 recipient, discussed the need to bifurcate software development from hardware development and cited the Department of Defense’s effort to …

Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Defense Department, has said DoD is working with antitrust regulators to find out if the proposed merger of L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) and Harris (NYSE: HRS) would have an impact on the “competitive landscape,” Reuters reported Wednesday. “We’re working through the process. We …

Lisa Atherton, formerly executive vice president of military business at Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary, has been appointed president and CEO of Textron Systems. She replaces Ellen Lord, who will be nominated by President Donald Trump as undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, Textron said Wednesday. “Lisa …

Brian Sinkiewicz, formerly vice president for precision weapons at Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) systems segment, has been promoted to senior VP and general manager of weapon and sensor systems for the segment. Textron said Tuesday Sinkiewicz will also serve in the executive leadership team and report directly to Ellen Lord, president and CEO of Textron …