Kurt Bender, a 15-year information technology veteran in the aerospace and defense industries, has joined BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT) as director of IT. Bender announced his new role on a LinkedIn post Sunday and said he looks forward to driving digital transformation in the government and commercial sectors. He most recently served as senior dire...
Gary Sauer, a former program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has been named vice president of business development for advanced research and development at Eqlipse Technologies. He will lead the expansion and transition of Eqlipse’s R&D capabilities to operational programs that support defense and intelligence com...
Sarcos Technology and Robotics (Nasdaq: STRC and STRCW) has established an artificial intelligence-focused business segment to cater to the demands of the defense market, and selected Denis Garagic, the company’s chief technology officer, to lead the new unit. The Advanced Technologies division will market Sarcos’ AI and machine learning...
Helen Soln, former vice president of proposal operations at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has taken on the same role at cyber and signals intelligence engineering company Eqlipse Technologies. She will build, manage and expand Eqlipse’s proposal development center and help identify new business opportunities in the defense and intelligence sectors, the...
Private equity firms Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and Veritas Capital Fund Management and major defense contractors such as General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), BAE Systems and Textron (NYSE: TXT) have expressed interest in acquiring Ball Corp.’s (NYSE: BALL) aerospace business, which could be valued at more than $5 billion, Reuters reported Friday. The report s...
The federal government allocates substantial financial services amounting to millions and even billions of dollars to procure a diverse range of services encompassing defense, weaponry, healthcare, cybersecurity, space missions, and more. Federal agencies enter into contracts with private companies that offer these specialized services to accomplish...
The Department of Defense announced a $20 billion increase to the potential value of a contract vehicle for technology research and development services to the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center. DOD on Wednesday listed the modification awardees under its IAC Multiple-Award Contract, saying the ceiling boost brings the program’s...
Ball Corp. (NYSE: BALL) has begun exploring potential buyers of its estimated $5 billion aerospace business through an auction process, Reuters reported Friday. The aerospace unit constituted 13 percent of the Westminster, Colorado-based company’s 2022 revenue and has drawn interest from Textron (NYSE: TXT), BAE Systems and other defense compa...
A Concurrent Technologies Corp.-led industry team will conduct technology research for a U.S. Marine Corps ground transport vehicle replacement initiative under a contract from the Office of Naval Research. CTC said Friday the partnership with BAE Systems, MSI Defense and Mack Trucks’ defense business aims to develop conceptual models of the N...
CACI International’s DeEtte Gray recently accepted her seventh Wash100 Award in a personal delivery from Executive Mosaic’s Jim Garrettson at CACI headquarters in Reston, Virginia. Gray is president of business and information technology solutions at CACI and a GovCon veteran — her first Wash100 in 2015 recognized her work ...
