Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) has appointed Alex Heidt as senior vice president for IT business development, where he will report to IT president John Heller. Heidt started with Harris in December 2010 as vice president of Air Force IT programs. Prior to joining that, Heidt was vice president of Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) $450 million glo...
VSE Corporation (NASDAQ: VSEC) has won a one-year $277 million cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery and quantity contract from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command. The contract options, if exercised, have a potential value of $1.5 billion over a five-year period. Per the contract, VSE will provide continuous lifecycle support for naval vessels b...
While no clear sector focus dominated the merger and acquisition landscape in September, government contractors remained busy, closing on several interesting healthcare and cybersecurity deals and divesting some operations. The eight acquisitions GovCon Wire recorded were down from the 11 reported in August, but executive moves ramped up to seasonal...
Sabre Systems, Inc. has added Thomas Dickson as the company’s new vice president of IT. Dickson will be responsible for leading the corporate IT team and managing the overall corporate technology infrastructure for network and storage, telecommunications and corporate systems. He will manage all Sabre networks, desktop and website software applica...
L-3 Communications‘ (NYSE: LLL) display systems unit will develop a new 5-x-5-inch color active matrix liquid crystal display assembly for the U.S. Army’s AH-64D Apache helicopter. The assemblies will be direct replacements for current monochromatic display unit. They will enhance the Apache’s target acquisition and night vision sensor dis...
Former SRA International CEO Stan Sloane has been named president and CEO of Decision Sciences International, a private company that produces nuclear detection systems for cargo screening. Previous Decision head Robert Whalen now runs the firm’s development business unit. Prior to joining SRA in April 2007, Sloane led Lockheed Martin‘s...
A General Dynamics-led (NYSE: GD) team has won a $439.7 million contract for the technology development phase of the U.S. Army’s ground combat vehicle infantry fighting vehicle program. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will team with General Dynamics to fulfill the program’s goal of producing an affordable and oper...
Former DynCorp International senior vice president for strategy and corporate development Craig Reed has been appointed as a senior advisor for Altamont Capital Partners. Reed has primary responsibility for the firm’s aerospace, defense and government services investments. ACP is a San Francisco Bay area-based private equity firm with $500 milli...
The U.S. Army has awarded 16 contractors places on a $997 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide force protection measures in theater and in the continental U.S. Awardees include: BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Co., North Charleston, S.C. DRS C3 & Aviation Company, Gaithersburg, Md. ITT, Color...
Erin Moseley will succeed Bob Fitch as BAE Systems‘ senior vice president for government relations July 11, 2011. Moseley will be responsible for all government relations activity for the company’s U.S. home market. This includes oversight of relationships with members of Congress, the Defense Department and other Cabinet-level organi...
