Charlie Pelham, who joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) in early 2021, has been named director of business development operations at the company’s Dynetics group. In a LinkedIn post, Pelham shared he took on the new role after serving as senior director of business development and strategy at the Leidos Innovation Center, which researches and develops ...
Nicole Piasecki Kymeta has announced the appointment of aerospace industry veteran Nicole Piasecki to the board of directors and Fran Beaudette, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, to the board of advisers. Piasecki has more than 35 years of experience at Boeing (NYSE: BA) and United Technologies Corp. and her appointment comes following the ret...
A new McAleese & Associates report shows major defense prime contractors posted sector operating margins of approximately 11 percent in the second quarter of 2022, reflecting limited impact from the current 8.5 percent inflation. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, presented an analysis of the Q2 2...
Michelle Howell, a two-decade human resources professional in the defense industry, has been named chief HR officer at Alexandria, Virginia-based government contractor Systems Planning and Analysis. She will be responsible for overseeing SPA’s talent attraction, retention and development functions across three continents, the company said Wednesda...
The U.K. defense ministry has announced a potential $2.79 billion investment to equip its fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets with a new radar designed to provide pilots with situational awareness capability by enabling them to detect and track multiple ground and aerial targets. BAE Systems will integrate the European Common Radar System Mk 2...
The U.S. Army has launched a competition to come up with a detailed design and build and test prototypes for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program. The third and fourth phases of the OMFV program will involve efforts to mature vehicle designs and verify the performance of prototypes during a limited user test and other...
Roela Santos Amentum has appointed GovCon industry veterans Roela Santos and Sean Mullen to its senior leadership team. Santos is senior vice president of marketing and communications with oversight of public relations, brand-building, corporate social responsibility, employee engagement, crisis communications, reputation management and market influ...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) land systems business has received a potential $1.14 billion contract to produce and deploy up to 96 Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles for U.S. Army infantry brigades. The award of the low-rate initial production contract came days after the Army completed the MPF middle-tier acquisition rapid prototyping stage and i...
Eight awardees will continue to provide professional management and technical services to support the U.S. Navy’s cyberspace operations under a $231.2 million contract option. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific exercised the first option period on a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an $802 million cei...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency awarded positions to five companies on a seven-year, $500 million contract vehicle for mission critical operations support services. NGA named the participants in the agency’s GEOINT Enterprise Operations Service and Solutions Program with Industry in a notice posted Wednesday on SAM.gov. The GEO-SPI...
