
Virginia, Texas and California emerged as the top three states for total defense spending in fiscal year 2022, according to a report released by the Department of Defense’s office of local defense community cooperation. Florida, New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Arizona are the other seven states that made the to...
NASA has issued a solicitation for On-Ramp III of the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract vehicle. According to a request for proposals posted on SAM.gov, the purpose of Rapid IV is to provide the government with a flexible way to acquire spacecraft and related technologies and services in support of various agency missions, including those...
Jackie Fendrock rejoined ECS as vice president of operations and growth following a two-year stint at Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal business, where she was a managing director. She assumed various leadership roles at ECS for 10 years before joining Accenture Federal Services in April 2021, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company said Thursday. Fendr...
The State Department has approved South Korea’s request to procure Lockheed Martin-manufactured (NYSE: LMT) fighter jets and Pratt & Whitney-built engines from the U.S. government under a potential $5.06 billion foreign military sales agreement. The potential FMS deal includes 25 F-35 conventional take-off and landing aircraft and up to 26...
Andy Windon, a more than two-decade defense industry veteran, has joined aerospace technology manufacturer CAE as vice president of engineering and technology within its defense and security business, according to a LinkedIn post. Windon spent over a decade at Raytheon, now an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, where he most recently served as principal engi...
Federal contracting veteran Craig Reed has been named a strategic partner at Donovan Capital Group, a Virginia-based investment company focused on the aerospace, defense and government services industries, DCG announced Monday. “In addition to strengthening our investment team, Craig deepens our firm’s ability to guide the companies we work with...
Srini Dixit, chief financial officer of the global spectrum dominance unit at Raytheon for the past year, has taken on CFO responsibilities within the air power unit of RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) defense-focused business. Dixit announced his new position at Raytheon in a LinkedIn post and concurrently holds the vice president of finance title. He joine...
Apogee has established a governing board of directors in line with the company’s push to expand its footprint in the government market and named Chairman and CEO Wes Georges as lead of the new body. Other inaugural governing board members are Dave Dacquino, former CEO at Serco Group‘s North American business arm, and Landmark Systems...