The Space Development Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and York Space Systems prototype agreements valued at approximately $1.8 billion combined to build and demonstrate 126 satellites for the first tranche of the National Defense Space Architecture’s transport layer. The Tranche 1 Transport Layer is exp...
Amentum has agreed to acquire PAE (Nasdaq: PAE) in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.9 billion as part of efforts to establish a technology services provider serving U.S. federal agencies and allied governments. PAE’s board of directors approved the transaction that is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of...
Jim Blankenhorn, senior vice president of operations at Amentum and a retired U.S. Army brigadier general, has been appointed to serve as head of the company’s technical services business starting Monday. In his new role, Blankenhorn will manage an organization that works with government and commercial clients to operate complex facilities, Am...
Thomas Huber, formerly a managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group, has been named executive vice president and chief transformation officer of Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY). He will lead a company-wide initiative, dubbed 1MPACT, to create value for customers and shareholders over the next five years, Mercury Systems said Tuesday. ...
John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum and six-time Wash100 Award recipient, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award during a recent visit to Amentum by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award. “Since emerging as a driving force following AECOM’s acquisition of URS and installing John Vollmer and the current senior team,...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for the fourth time in the eight-year history of the Wash100 Award, the industry standard for excellence in the government contracting (GovCon) sector. This marks Shotwell’s fourth Wash100 win in the l...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce John Vollmer, CEO of Amentum, as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, the most significant award of consequence to the government contracting (GovCon) sector, for his leadership in establishing ‘Amentum’ in the federal market and driving its significant growth through major contract awards and key acquisitions...
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THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards Executive Mosaic Opens Nominations for 2021 Wash100 Award Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, announced today that qualifying nominations are now being accepted ...
A By Light Professional IT Services subsidiary will continue to support technical refresh work on Department of Defense networks under a potential $83.7M bridge contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency....
