The federal government gives away hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts each year. In fact, government spending on contracts amounted to $682 billion in 2020, which is the highest one recorded in the last five years. However, spending data is hard to find, and it isn’t easy to get an accurate picture of where...
Brian Roach, a two-decade technology industry veteran, has been named CEO at Red River in a move slated to take effect May 31. He will lead the Claremont, New Hampshire-based information technology company after his role as head of the U.S. regulated industries practice at SAP‘s North American subsidiary, Red River said Thursday. In his...
President Joe Biden has nominated Maj. Gen. Michael Schmidt to serve as director of the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office in Arlington, Virginia. The Department of Defense said Thursday that Schmidt will receive a promotion to the rank of lieutenant general along with his new assignment. He is currently serving as program executive officer for...
Momentus (Nasdaq: MNTS), a San Jose, California-based provider of in-space transportation and infrastructure services, has announced the appointment of aerospace industry veterans Charles Chase, Nick Zello and Gary Bartmann to vice president positions. Chase and Zello will respectively serve as VP of engineering and VP of operations, while Bartmann ...
Amy Gowder, chief operating officer of Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) over the past two years, will formally join General Electric‘s (NYSE: GE) aviation subsidiary on May 9 to serve as president and CEO of military systems operation. She will report to John Slattery, president and CEO of GE Aviation, and oversee a portfolio of engine...
Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) and General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) have submitted a joint proposal to the Space Development Agency to compete for a contract to manage and operate a $1.8 billion constellation of Transport Layer Tranche 1 satellites in low-Earth orbit, SpaceNews reported Saturday. In January, SDA issued a solicitation for the “gr...
Small satellite launch company Virgin Orbit has changed the name of its U.S.-incorporated subsidiary Vox Space to Virgin Orbit National Systems to highlight the company’s presence in the national security space market. The rebranded subsidiary also welcomed Craig Cooning, a former executive at Boeing (NYSE: BA) and a 2015 Wash100 inductee, as ...
Ian Reason, a two-decade aerospace and defense sector veteran, has been named a senior vice president at Barnes Group (NYSE: B) and president of the company’s aerospace business. His appointment takes effect May 2 and he will succeed Michael Beck, who intends to retire on April 30, Barnes said Monday. Reason most recently served as...
The State Department has approved Bulgaria’s request to buy Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-16 Block 70 aircraft, related equipment and services through a potential $1.67 billion foreign military sales agreement. The government of Bulgaria asked to purchase four F-16 C units and four of the aircraft’s D variant to improve its capability to c...
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary and Boeing (NYSE: BA) have added six technology suppliers to an industry team that is working on a proposed helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program. The companies that will supply components for the Defiant X helicopter are ATI Forged Products, Collins Aerospace,...
