In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, Matt Tarascio, senior vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, talked about the company’s efforts to expand its position in the federal marketplace, drive innovation and ensure long term success for its workforce. The Q&A also tackled the establishment of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligenc...
The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Raytheon Technologies-owned (NYSE: RTX) engine builder Pratt and Whitney a $619 million contract modification to procure lot 17 F-35 propulsion components and produce additional systems for the 15th and 16th batches of the fighter aircraft. Pratt & Whitney will use a portion of the funds t...
By Rich Wilkinson Some folks in the government contracting world are so consumed by metrics that if there happens to be no metric for a particular thing, they question whether that thing is worth measuring at all. But just because something is hard to measure doesn’t mean it isn’t important. As we emerge from the...
The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), a potential $115 million contract to carry out core upgrades of the F135 propulsion system. The award will support preliminary development efforts by the engine maker through 2023 and aims to create a low-risk path for the F-35...
Matt Veldhuis, a 22-year veteran of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has joined Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) as director of business development within the intelligence and space unit. He will oversee requirements and capabilities related to space intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in his new position, according to a LinkedIn post publis...
John Abbot, an executive with over three decades of experience, has joined Dataminr to serve as chief financial officer responsible for the artificial intelligence company’s accounting, finance, legal and facilities functions. Dataminr said Thursday Abbot previously worked as CFO of security and software company Datto, where he provided suppor...
The board of directors at Battelle has appointed Kirkland “Kirk” Donald, a 37-year U.S. Navy veteran, to succeed John Welch as chairman. Welch, who has held the chairman role since 2012, will retire from the nonprofit applied science and technology development company after 21 years of service, Battelle said Tuesday. Donald has served as...
Matthew Edwards, a two-decade defense and intelligence market veteran, has been appointed vice president of Axient‘s Navy business segment and president of the company’s SEG subsidiary. He previously led businesses that provide products and services to government customers such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Office...
The U.S. Navy is seeking proposals for a follow-on procurement of technical support services to model and simulate combat environments. The next Battlespace Modeling and Simulation contract will have an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity structure and is reserved for small business proposers, according to a solicitation notice posted Tuesday on...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) reported $26.5 million in service revenue for its U.S. government business during the third quarter of 2022, up 2.3 percent from the prior-year period of $25.9 million driven by a contractual step-up in the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services contract with the U.S. Space Force in September 2021. The McLean,...
