Jane Edwards

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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic covering mergers and acquisitions, contract awards, contracting opportunities and executive moves in the government contracting space for GovCon Wire.

David Melcher Named Cubic Lead Independent DirectorExecutive Moves

David Melcher Named Cubic Lead Independent Director

David Melcher, an aerospace and defense industry veteran, has been appointed by the board to serve as independent lead director…
Metis Buys Pluribus in Intell Community Expansion Push; Christopher Wynes QuotedM&A Activity

Metis Buys Pluribus in Intell Community Expansion Push; Christopher Wynes Quoted

Metis Solutions has finalized its acquisition of Alexandria, Va.-based intelligence services contractor Pluribus International for an undisclosed sum in an effort…
Oshkosh Gets Green Light for Army JLTV Full-Rate ProductionNews

Oshkosh Gets Green Light for Army JLTV Full-Rate Production

Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) obtained approval Thursday to begin the full-rate production of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, nearly four years after…
L3, Harris Target June 29 Closing Date for All-Stock Merger; Christopher Kubasik QuotedM&A Activity

L3, Harris Target June 29 Closing Date for All-Stock Merger; Christopher Kubasik Quoted

Harris (NYSE: HRS) and L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) set June 29, Saturday, as the closing date for their all-stock merger deal…
Trump Nominates Mark Esper as Permanent Defense SecretaryExecutive Moves

Trump Nominates Mark Esper as Permanent Defense Secretary

President Donald Trump nominated Mark Esper, secretary of the U.S. Army and a 2019 Wash100 winner, to serve as the…
Harris, L3 Get DOJ Antitrust Clearance for Proposed MergerM&A Activity

Harris, L3 Get DOJ Antitrust Clearance for Proposed Merger

The Department of Justice has given L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) and Harris (NYSE: HRS) an antitrust approval to advance their merger through an all-stock…
Lockheed, Airbus Execs Meet at Paris Air Show to Discuss Tanker Partnership; Michele Evans QuotedNews

Lockheed, Airbus Execs Meet at Paris Air Show to Discuss Tanker Partnership; Michele Evans Quoted

Senior leaders from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Airbus reaffirmed their partnership to explore and meet the aerial refueling needs…
Parsons Reports 20% Growth in Q1 2019 Revenue; Chuck Harrington QuotedFinancial Reports

Parsons Reports 20% Growth in Q1 2019 Revenue; Chuck Harrington Quoted

Parsons (NYSE: PSN) reported $904M in revenue for the first quarter of 2019, up 20 percent from the same period…
McAleese & Associates: L3, Harris to Spend 4% of Combined Sales on Independent R&DM&A Activity

McAleese & Associates: L3, Harris to Spend 4% of Combined Sales on Independent R&D

A McAleese & Associates report says the merged company of L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) and Harris (NYSE: HRS) would invest…
Boeing to Move Space & Launch Division HQ to Florida; Leanne Caret QuotedNews

Boeing to Move Space & Launch Division HQ to Florida; Leanne Caret Quoted

Boeing (NYSE: BA) will move the headquarters of its space and launch division from Arlington, Va., to Florida’s Space Coast…