Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured a potential $3.2 billion contract to build a family of radars designed to help the U.S. Navy defend against hostile aircraft and various missile threats. The company said Thursday it will manufacture SPY-6 hardware in solid-state, rotating and fixed-face variants for installation on seven types of Navy s...
Steve Ratner, a more than two-decade human resources leader, will join Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) on May 2 to serve as senior vice president and chief HR officer. He will report to Mark Aslett, president and CEO of Mercury Systems and a previous Wash100 awardee, as he oversees talent recruitment and retention efforts and supports...
The U.S. Navy has selected the Remus 300 unmanned underwater vehicle from Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) as the military service’s next generation small UUV program of record. HII photo The branch made the selection after a rapid prototyping initiative that ran for two years and will move the Lionfish SUUV program forward with UUV...
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...
Josh Jackson, senior vice president and portfolio lead for Science Applications International Corp.’s U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps business, recently spoke with GovCon Wire to discuss the company culture and values that are essential to the success SAIC has maintained. In addition, Jackson spoke with the publication about the challenges of ens...
Kevin Phillips, chairman, president and CEO of ManTech International, was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most acclaimed award in all of government contracting (GovCon), from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a visit to ManTech’s office Monday. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for Kevin Phillips as one of your TEN votes to advocate...
Chico Moline, former president of national security solutions business at PAE, has been named chief information officer of Amentum and he will oversee the latter’s enterprise transformation efforts in his new position. His appointment is part of a string of senior leadership moves at Amentum after the Germantown, Maryland-based government serv...
Brian Skoletsky, a more than 20-year federal information technology sales and business development executive, has been appointed sales director for the federal public sector at New York-based telecommunications company MetTel. Skoletsky said in a LinkedIn post that he will help the company’s federal, state and local government agency customers str...
The State Department has approved a potential $368.53 million foreign military sale, through which Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) could provide follow-on support services and related equipment for the U.K.’s Tomahawk Weapon System. Raytheon’s missile and defense business in Tucson, Arizona, will be the prime contractor on the proposed...
While the U.S. Air Force is not quite where it wants to be in the maturation of its data fabric, the service branch has made significant progress recently, according to Air Force officials. Today, the Air Force has large data platforms that are specifically tailored to support the requirements of communities within the branch, in...
