Executive Mosaic’s flagship GovCon Wire will bring together top space acquisition experts from the government and industry at a Jan. 19 virtual forum to offer insight into the Defense Department’s priorities and modernization efforts in the space domain. David Ray, senior vice president of operations and lead for the space business unit ...
Executive Mosaic’s flagship GovCon Wire will feature Lisa Costa, chief technology and innovation officer of the U.S. Space Force, as the keynote speaker at a Jan. 13 virtual forum to offer the government contracting community an insight into digital modernization efforts at the Department of Defense. Costa was appointed to her current role in ...
Clay Mowry, former vice president of global sales at Blue Origin, has been named chief revenue officer of Denver-based space exploration company Voyager Space. The 25-year industry veteran will oversee Voyager’s revenue and sales operations, including those of its subsidiaries, the company said Monday. Mowry previously led Arianespace‘s ...
The State Department has cleared Australia’s request to procure Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) Hellfire missile systems from the U.S. through a potential $108 million foreign military sales agreement. The proposed FMS transaction will cover the supply of up to 800 AGM-114R2 missiles and technical support for joint attack munition systems an...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a $41.2 million contract to produce and test an unmanned underwater vehicle demonstrator for the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded project. The company will help DARPA build a full-scale long-endurance UUV system under the cost-plus-fixed-fee Manta Ray Phase 2 contract, the Depart...
Six companies have secured contracts worth potentially $40 million combined to help NASA’s Ames Research Center develop rotorcraft vertical lift technologies. Tasks under the five-year hybrid contracts are scheduled to commence on Tuesday and will continue through Dec. 20, 2026, the space agency said Wednesday. Contractors will provide resourc...
The State Department has approved two foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $9.4 billion combined for frigate modernization support and four multimission surface combatant ships or future frigates that the government of Greece intends to procure. The FMS deal for four Hellenic Future Frigates is worth $6.9 billion and the transaction...
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...
Christie Thomas, vice president of contracts and pricing at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division since 2018, has been appointed to serve as corporate vice president of investor relations starting Jan. 1. She will succeed Dwayne Blake, who will retire at the start of 2022 after nine years in the job, the...
A new McAleese & Associates report says major defense prime contractors recorded a 4 percent to 6 percent increase in sector profit during the third quarter of 2021. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and a three-time Wash100 winner, presented an analysis of the Q3 financial performance of Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYS...
