Mehdi Cherqaoui, formerly chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Phacil, has joined Applied Insight as CFO, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. He previously served as VP of finance and mergers and acquisitions at PAE’s VP of finance and mergers and acquisitions. Before that, Cherqaoui held various leadership …

DZSP 21, a joint venture between PAE and Parsons‘ government services business, has secured a $106.4M contract from the U.S. Navy to provide base operations support at Joint Region Marianas on the island of Guam. The JV will help military personnel manage facilities and equipment, operate ports and conduct environmental efforts, …

James Benton, interim chief information officer at PAE since August 2018, has been named permanent CIO of the Arlington, Va.-based government services contractor. Benton will continue to oversee PAE’s information technology field support operations, global service desk and cybersecurity initiatives, the company said Monday. He said he looks forward to …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 8, 2019 — A PAE business unit will provide contractor instruction, training, maintenance and operations support for the cargo offload, discharge and lighterage systems of the U.S. Navy under a potential $23M contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Department of Defense said Wednesday PAE Aviation and Technical Services …

A BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT)-PAE joint venture will continue to help NASA manage two facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi after the space agency exercised an option under a potential $1.3B contract. Syncom Space Services will extend services at the Stennis Space Center and Michoud Assembly Facility through Sept. 30, 2020, BWXT said Thursday. NASA …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 3, 2018 — PAE will provide a team of scientists and support services under a potential $75.2M contract to help a Department of Homeland Security office in its mission to detect potential airborne biological threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Monday it will work with the DHS Countering …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 2, 2018 — PAE ISR has entered into an agreement to utilize Persistent Systems‘ MPU5 radio with Wave Relay mobile ad hoc networking technology on the Resolute Eagle unmanned aircraft system, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 19. The PAE and AOC joint venture said Dec. 18 the radio system works to run high-demand …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 12, 2018 — PAE has received a $72M modification to a previously awarded contract for continued engineering, operations and maintenance support at U.S. Navy test ranges, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Department of Defense said Monday the modification exercises an option on a contract for PAE Applied Technologies to provide …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 28, 2018 — A joint venture of PAE and AOC has secured a Group 3 interim flight clearance from Naval Air Systems Command that serves to verify the airworthiness of a vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft system, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. PAE ISR said Monday the Resolute Eagle VTOL variant has been verified …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 6, 2018 — A joint venture between PAE and AOC has tapped a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) to supply an optical and laser designation payload for the Resolute Eagle drone, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 9. PAE ISR said Oct. 8 UTC Aerospace Systems will provide the TASE400 …