Tommy Reed, a 20-year veteran of the aerospace and defense industry, shared on LinkedIn Wednesday that he has been promoted to chief growth officer at Frontgrade Technologies. The new CGO brings extensive leadership experience in strategy development, innovation management and aerospace defense. Tommy Reed’s Career Highlights Reed mo...
The State Department has approved Qatar’s foreign military sale request for MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft, or RPA, and related equipment worth an estimated $1.96 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Wednesday General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Boeing, L3Harris, Leonardo S.p.A., Lockheed Marti...
Praveen Kurian, a 15-year veteran of the defense contracting industry, has announced on LinkedIn that he has been appointed senior vice president of defense space at SAIC. Praveen Kurian’s Career Highlights The executive was most recently the VP of defense space for almost two years before he was elevated to his curren...
Michele St. Mary has been selected as the new chief legal officer and general counsel at Amentum, effective immediately. The advanced engineering and innovative technology services provider said Monday that St. Mary would oversee its legal, ethics, compliance, contracts and security functions worldwide. She will be responsible for corporat...
The U.S. Army has awarded L3Harris Technologies a $300 million purchase order to produce thousands of handheld, manpack and small form fit, or HMS, radios. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer’s office said Thursday the military branch placed the order under a potential 10-year, $12.7 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract ...
Ken Bedingfield has been appointed president of Aerojet Rocketdyne, a business unit of L3Harris Technologies. At the same time, L3Harris executives Sam Mehta and Heidi Wood have also taken on more responsibilities following leadership changes. Ken Bedingfield’s Aerojet Rocketdyne Appointment The company said Tuesday Bedingfield...
BWX Technologies has completed its purchase of L3Harris Technologies business Aerojet Ordnance Tennessee, or AOT, for $100 million. BWXT said Monday it will operate the acquired AOT business as part of its government operations segment. “The addition of A.O.T. to BWXT’s Nuclear Operations Group underscores our commitment to enhancing and...
The State Department has approved the government of Kuwait’s request to purchase maintenance, repair and sustainment services and military equipment for an estimated cost of $300 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday BAE Systems, U.S. Ordnance, DRS Technologies, L3Harris Technologies, Northrop Grumman and RTX will ser...
Daniel Ramirez, former strategy and business development leader at CAE, was named chief revenue officer at Red 6, a technology firm developing augmented reality tech to support air combat training. In a LinkedIn post announcing Ramirez’s appointment, Red 6 Founder and CEO Daniel Robinson said the new CRO will be responsible for leading the fir...
Brad Williams, a business executive with 30 years of experience, has been named senior vice president of cyber at CACI International, the executive announced his appointment on LinkedIn Monday. Williams brings extensive experience as a business professional and change agent to his new role. In his three decades in the industry, he was resp...
