H. Lawrence Culp, chairman and CEO of General Electric (NYSE: GE) since October 2018, will serve in the additional role of CEO at the conglomerate’s aviation subsidiary. Culp takes on more responsibility as the Boston-based company is preparing for a split-up aimed at forming three new publicly trading entities focused on the aviation, energy ...
John Zangardi, CEO of the Redhorse Corp. and former chief information officer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was presented his first Wash100 Award during a recent visit to the company’s office in Arlington, VA by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. First-time Wash100 Award winner John Zangardi received the most prestigious awa...
Andrew Caso, formerly a finance executive at Pratt & Whitney, has joined Collins Aerospace as vice president of financial planning and analysis, according to his post on LinkedIn. He served as Pratt & Whitney’s VP of finance for more than four years and also held the chief financial officer role focused on transformation and strategy...
Apollo Information Systems has acquired CyberDefenses, a Texas-based managed security services provider, for an undisclosed sum to increase Apollo’s ability to help customers protect their operations from ransomware, nation-state attacks and other cyber threats. Founded in 2001, CyberDefenses offers threat intelligence, incident response, elec...
Vitesse Systems, a portfolio company of venture capital firm Trive Capital, has acquired Custom Microwave Inc., a provider of high-performance antennas designed for ground and space applications, for an undisclosed sum. “The proliferation of military and commercial satellites has resulted in increased demand for high performance antennas,” David...
David Gitlin, former president and chief operating officer of Collins Aerospace, has been elected to the board of directors at Boeing (NYSE: BA). Gitlin is the seventh independent director to join Boeing’s board since April 2019 and will serve on the board’s aerospace safety and finance committees, the company said Tuesday. He has served as...
Stephen Zhang, a nearly 13-year veteran of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) and United Technologies Corp., has joined Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) to serve as the launch services provider’s first vice president of investor relations. He will manage Virgin Orbit’s overall investor relations functions and advise the leadership team on matters ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Westinghouse and IX are set to receive 12-month, $5 million contracts from the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory to develop conceptual designs of a 40-kilowatt class fission power system for a NASA-funded lunar technology demonstration initiative. NASA said Tuesday it will collect data from industry ...
In today’s increasingly online world, government agencies are harnessing the power of digitization and cyber capabilities to push modernization. Now, more and more critical government systems, infrastructure and operations are online — but are these components protected? Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International and a member of ...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Chris McGlade, vice president for quality and operational excellence at Northrop Grumman‘s defense system sector, to talk about the most significant capabilities for armed forces to provide protection on the modern battlefield. She also discussed the company’s commitment ...
