The U.S. Army has awarded spots on a $906.57 million order-dependent contract to 30 companies that will compete for tasks to assist government organizations responsible for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threat protection. Work is expected to run through Jan. 2, 2031, with contract locations and fund depending on each orde...
Carey Smith, chair, president and CEO of Parsons (NYSE: PSN), and Zachary Parker, president, CEO and board chair at DLH (Nasdaq: DLHC), will continue to serve for another year as chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Professional Services Council’s board of directors. John Heller, president and CEO of Amentum, will serve a one-year term...
John Eubank, a cyber defense executive and GovCon industry veteran, has joined the government arm of BlueVoyant as chief revenue officer. He will lead efforts to drive strategic growth and bring BlueVoyant Government Solutions’ supply chain risk management platform to federal agency clients, the company said Friday. Arun Sankaran, CEO at BlueVoyan...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has booked a one-year, $50.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to carry out post-delivery work on a Virginia-class fast-attack submarine that entered service in June. General Dynamics Electric Boat will provide support services to USS Montana (SSN 794) under the cost-plus-fixed-fee award, the D...
Michael Buscher, a defense and intelligence industry veteran, has been appointed executive director of enterprise operations at counter-unmanned aerial systems developer Fortem Technologies. He will be based out of the company’s new office in Washington, D.C., and will coordinate Fortem’s business development strategies and engagem...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded 92 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $900 million contract to come up with innovative approaches to advance the development of multidomain systems. The Air Force Life Cycle Management at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is the contracting activity and received 94 proposals for the indefinite-delivery/i...
A new McAleese & Associates report shows defense prime contractors recorded a 3 percent increase in sales during the third quarter of 2022 and sector operating margin of 11 percent. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, offered an analysis of the Q3 financial performance of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT...
Tom Gentile, president and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, and Ted Colbert, president and CEO of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, have been elected to serve as chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the Aerospace Industries Association’s board of governors for 2023. Eric Fanning, a previous Wash100 awardee, will continu...
General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) Bath Iron Works subsidiary has received a potential $181.9 million contract modification to continue providing planning yard services for the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. The modification marks the final option period on a previously awarded contract and covers the delivery of long lead-...
The board of directors at Battelle has appointed Kirkland “Kirk” Donald, a 37-year U.S. Navy veteran, to succeed John Welch as chairman. Welch, who has held the chairman role since 2012, will retire from the nonprofit applied science and technology development company after 21 years of service, Battelle said Tuesday. Donald has served as...
