Raja Maharajh, most recently chief of staff to Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) Chairman and CEO Greg Hayes, has been appointed general counsel of the Waltham, Massachusetts-based defense and aerospace company. He succeeds Frank Jimenez and will oversee legal and regulatory functions that include corporate governance and transactions, litigation, c...
GovCon Wire Events hosted its Defense Acquisition Priorities Forum on Tuesday, during which prominent leaders in the public and private sectors spoke on the advanced technologies, areas of interest and urgent challenges impacting procurement and acquisition strategies within the Department of Defense as well as how industry can help drive innov...
Systems Planning and Analysis holds a position on one of the 10 pools that compose a multiple-award General Services Administration contract vehicle for technology platforms and services intended to support the Department of Defense’s multidomain battlespace operations. “The ASTRO award provides additional opportunities for our mission-focus...
Vertex Aerospace has closed its acquisition of Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) defense training and mission critical solutions business. The transaction was first announced in September and Ed Boyington, president and CEO of Vertex, said in a statement published Tuesday the acquisition supports the company’s strategy to deliver a comprehe...
On Tuesday, GovCon Wire Events hosted its Defense Acquisition Priorities Forum, which featured leaders across defense agencies, military branches and industry who joined in dynamic discussion to share the procurement interests, technology influences and strategic priorities driving acquisitions across the defense sector as agencies work to acceler...
An investment affiliate of J.F. Lehman & Co. has purchased an L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) division that manufactures radio frequency and microwave technologies for both defense and commercial applications. The private equity firm said Tuesday it bought Narda-MITEQ division assets that were part of L3Harris’ aviation systems segment a...
Philip Perconti, former top science and technology executive within the U.S. Army, has joined Leonardo DRS as chief technology officer. He will oversee the Arlington, Virginia-based defense contractor’s corporate strategy for research and development, advance innovation and broaden partnerships to facilitate the development of integrated techn...
Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been appointed chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association’s board of governors for 2022. He will also serve on the association’s executive committee along with Spirit AeroSystems President and CEO Tom Gentile, who is set...
Jill Albertelli, formerly the senior vice president of transformation and strategy at Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney business, has been named president of the subsidiary’s military engines organization. She succeeds Matthew Bromberg, who has held the role since 2017 and led F135 engine program implementation efforts f...
Winston Beauchamp and Jay Bonci, respectively the deputy chief information officer and chief technology officer at the Department of the Air Force, will deliver keynote speeches at a Dec. 15 virtual forum hosted by the Potomac Officers Club to discuss IT programs at the Air Force and Space Force. The “AF IT Modernization and Digital...
