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...
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...
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...
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...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $252 million follow-on contract to produce a man-portable system for U.S. Marine Corps personnel to recognize and locate targets. The company will provide low-rate initial and full-rate production services to USMC’s Next Generation Handheld Targeting System program, the Department of Defense said Thu...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics, as a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient to recognize her deep conviction that the defense industry plays a vital role in bringing advanced technologies to the military. This marks her eighth Wash100 win in the nine-year history of Executive Mosaic’s annual...
Thomas Terjesen, an information technology executive, has joined ASRC Federal as senior vice president and chief information officer. ASRC Federal said Tuesday in a LinkedIn post that Terjesen will lead its corporate IT strategy and he brings more than 23 years of industry experience to his new position. He came to the Beltsville, Maryland-based tec...
Executive Mosaic’s ninth annual Wash100 award selection was officially announced Wednesday to recognize 100 leaders from the worlds of government, industry and academia who have made noteworthy contributions to their organizations and the government contracting sector. The Wash100 is the premier class of business executives, agency officials a...
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, has announced the winners of the 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and coveted award in all of GovCon to recognize the 100 executives who will impact the sector in the coming year. The 2022 Was...
The State Department has agreed to sell up to eight communications intelligence sensor pod suites for MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicles to France for approximately $88 million. The potential foreign military sale will expand a previous transaction with the French government for five pod suites and related equipment worth $71 million, the Defense Securit...
