Bryan Caccavale, formerly director of strategic sourcing at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been appointed vice president of strategic sourcing in the same division. He will report to Newport News President Jennifer Boykin and succeed John Temple, who is due to retire early next year afte...
Rolls-Royce has received a potential six-year, $420 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to sustain F137 military aircraft engines. The company will maintain, repair and overhaul the engine technology as well as sustaining engineering and program management support, the Defense Department said Tuesday. F137 currently powers&n...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz1zQwT7Drc Our Integrated Assembly Line (IAL) marked a significant accomplishment and entered full-rate production of the F-35 Lightning II center fuselage. This milestone marks the beginning of a 1.5-day production interval (PI) meaning a center fuselage will be produced off the assembly line every day and a half. T...
The U.S. Air Force will launch final solicitations on July 27 for a potential 10-year, $6 billion contract vehicle to procure “adversary” aircraft intended for live training exercises, Bloomberg Government reported Monday. BGOV noted the service branch plans to accept bids through Aug. 28 after it releases a request for proposals notice ...
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded 14 companies spots on the unrestricted track of a potential 10-year, $7.5 billion contract vehicle for systems engineering, innovation and technology services. DISA received 35 proposals for the unrestricted portion of the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract th...
Maureen Coyle, president of Kforce Government Solutions, has been promoted to CEO at the Fairfax, Va.-based management and technology services contractor in a move that takes effect July 1. She will succeed Pat Moneymaker, who has held the CEO position since 2014 and will continue to serve as chairman of KGS’ board of directors, the ...
The State Department has approved a potential $930 million foreign military sale of weapons, support equipment and services for six AH-64E Apache helicopters the Indian government intends to buy through a direct commercial sale transaction. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Lo...
Weekly Roundup May 28 – June 1, 2018 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes Executive Mosaic™s Weekly GovCon Round-Up: Platform Companies Overview, Recent Contract Wins and Top 10 Stories Jim Garrettson, Executive Mosaic CEO Platform Companies: A May Overview As we look back at May, I™d like to highlight some sign...
A new PwC report says the aerospace and defense sector recorded $728 billion in 2017 revenue, reflecting a 4 percent increase from the previous year. PwC reported that A&D companies posted a combined operating profit of $77 billion in 2017 with an on operating margin of 10.6 percent, up from 9.3 percent in 2016. The professional s...
Diane Epstein, a former capture manager at Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), has joined Ensco as director of business development and capture at the Falls Church, Va.-based contractor’s national security division. She will oversee Ensco’s efforts to identify business opportunities and establish customer relationships in the defense an...
