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BAE Systems has tapped Curtiss-Wright and the U.S. business arms of Elbit Systems and QinetiQ to collaborate on its bid for the U.S. Army’s next generation infantry fighting vehicle development program. BAE said Wednesday it submitted a proposal for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program of the service branch and will aim to put forwar...
Amy Rall, formerly a senior vice president at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has been named president of the federal group at digital transformation services provider DMI. She will manage the Bethesda, Maryland-headquartered company’s portfolio of service offerings for federal civilian, defense, health and national secu...
The current government contracting landscape is one marked by a variety of factors like heightened competition, talent shortages, immense opportunity and significant growth. To understand how executives can succeed most effectively, Executive Mosaic asked five key industry figures what advice they would impart to individuals pursuing growth in...
Shawn Purvis, president and CEO of QinetiQ Group’s U.S. subsidiary, accepted her 2022 Wash100 Award, the most significant award of consequence to the government contracting community, during a recent visit by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson to the company’s office in Lorton, VA. “Shawn Purvis has distinguished herself through a leaders...
Today, evolutions and advancements in modern warfare are driving major shifts in the technologies, weapons systems and capabilities that defense contractors provide. Now, more than ever, robotics, autonomous solutions and cyber are dominating the defense landscape, and companies like QinetiQ are using these shifts to steer strategies, investments an...
QinetiQ was established in the United Kingdom in 2001 when the Ministry of Defence split its Defence Evaluation and Research Agency into two organizations. The smaller of the two organizations stayed in the public sector and evolved into Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, while the larger of the two was privatized and became QinetiQ. Now,...
The U.S. Navy has started seeking proposals for a potential $99 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to build and deliver prototypes to support the delivery of tactical systems to warfighters. The Rapid Prototyping contract will have an ordering period of five years and will cover hardware fabrication, project management, e...
The U.S. Army has awarded 26 companies positions on a potential 10-year, $869 million contract to provide research, development and engineering support services to the service branch. The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive fee contract also covers test and evaluation, support for biological and chemical demilitarization operations and acquisition...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to induct Shawn Purvis, president of QinetiQ’s U.S. business arm and formerly corporate vice president and president of enterprise services at Northrop Grumman, into the 2022 class of Wash100 Award recipients for her previous efforts in leading the Falls Church, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor’s ...
Shawn Purvis, a more than 25-year defense and intelligence industry veteran and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, will assume the dual role of president and CEO at QinetiQ Group’s U.S. arm on Feb. 16. She will oversee the operations of QinetiQ US and help the company pursue growth as a provider of defense and security...
