BAE Systems, CACI International and Peraton have received separate contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop approaches that would facilitate interoperability between heterogeneous tactical networks and allow military personnel to connect on demand. The three companies will lead teams to conduct research efforts for the...
Jerry Wohletz, a senior executive at BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary, will assume the role of president and CEO of Draper on June 27. He succeeds William LaPlante, a 2022 Wash100 awardee and who left Draper in April after the Senate confirmed him to serve as undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense,...
John Avalos and Ted Fidder, respectively former executives at SOS International and CACI International (NYSE: CACI), have been appointed to leadership positions at Chantilly, Virginia-based systems engineering company Arcfield. Arfield said Wednesday Avalos will serve as chief growth officer while Fidder will be chief technology officer and they wil...
Ian Reason, a two-decade aerospace and defense sector veteran, has been named a senior vice president at Barnes Group (NYSE: B) and president of the company’s aerospace business. His appointment takes effect May 2 and he will succeed Michael Beck, who intends to retire on April 30, Barnes said Monday. Reason most recently served as...
Maria Hedden, a defense and communications industry veteran with more than two decades of management experience, has joined Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) as chief operating officer. Hedden will be responsible for driving Comtech’s operational performance through production improvement, delivery scheduling and engineering initiative...
BAE Systems has secured a $176 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force build an airborne radio system to provide airmen with an alternative communications network in satellite-denied environments. BAE said Thursday it will use FlexRadio’s commercial off-the-shelf technology to produce software-defined technology with anti-jamming features for ...
Lori Stallard, formerly an executive at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has joined KBR (NYSE: KBR) as vice president of business development for the science and space segment. Stallard wrote in a LinkedIn post that she will support KBR’s government solutions business in her new position. She most recently served as VP of BD and capture strategy...
BAE Systems has closed its $200 million purchase of military training and simulation software developer Bohemia Interactive Simulations. BAE first announced the deal in November 2021 and the defense contractor said Monday BISim will operate under the company’s intelligence and security sector, led by 2022 Wash100 inductee Al Whitmore. The acqu...
BAE Systems has won a potential $148.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to maintain, repair and modernize USS Essex for the amphibious assault ship’s fiscal 2022 docking selected restricted availability. The firm-fixed-price contract has a base value of $125.5 million, which the military service will obligate immediately, and would re...
The State Department has approved Poland’s request to buy 250 M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tanks, manufactured by General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), through an approximately $6 billion foreign military sales agreement. Pieces of equipment covered by the FMS package include 250 AN/VLQ-12 counter-improvised explosive device systems, 26 M88A2 Hercules combat rec...
