Fredric Reynolds, a member of the board of directors at RTX (NYSE: RTX) since April 2020, has been named lead independent director at the Arlington, Virginia-headquartered defense and aerospace contractor. He will replace Dinesh Paliwal, who will step down from the board on Dec. 1, and continue to sit on the board’s governance and public...
Murali Krishnan, most recently sector vice president of strategic growth at Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) mission systems business, has been promoted to sector VP and general manager of the payload and ground systems division within the Falls Church, Virginia-based aerospace and defense contractor’s space systems business, GovCon Wire has l...
Kathryn Simpson, an 11-year Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) executive, has assumed the corporate vice president and general counsel role at the Falls Church, Virginia-headquartered aerospace and defense contractor, according to a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. She was elevated to the post after serving as VP and associate general counsel of Northrop&...
Greg Caicedo, a more than two-decade business executive, has rejoined Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) as vice president of space domain awareness and space superiority, he announced in a LinkedIn post. He brings to the role his expertise and experience in space systems acquisition and operations, business development, strategic ...
Rick Wagner, former president of Microsoft Federal, has been appointed CEO of information technology services provider Agile Defense, an Enlightenment Capital portfolio company. Wagner, a six-time Wash100 Award winner, succeeds Jay Lee, who served as CEO for the past 14 years and will now transition to a strategic advisory role while continuing t...
Eric Brown, a technology industry leader, has started serving as senior vice president for innovation and capabilities and chief innovation officer at ManTech, he announced in a LinkedIn post. He most recently served as VP for innovation and capabilities responsible for accelerating the Herndon, Virginia-based defense contractor’s technology strat...
An RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary has secured a $221 million contract from the U.S. Navy to help maintain and sustain F135 propulsion systems used by the U.S. military and foreign military sales customers. Pratt & Whitney will provide material and support equipment, supplies, unit-level support equipment, labor and planning for depot-level F135 main...
Shankar Rachkonda has been an entrepreneur at heart for a long time, so it wasn’t a question if he was going to start a business, just a matter of when. After earning a mechanical engineering bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. in engineering, he built a career working in large businesses serving government and commercial entities as...
High Point Aerotechnologies has made a series of appointments to its leadership team following the full integration of Liteye Systems and Black Sage Technologies into its business operations. Black Sage CEO Al White, President Ann Wood and Chief Financial Officer Creighton Bowsher will retain their position titles at the Boise, Idaho-headquartered a...
Government contracts awarded by Air Force Research Lab have since been an effective collaboration between the government and private sectors. The purpose of these research and development programs is to advance technical and scientific expertise and apply what is gained to achieve national and agency goals The Air Force Research Laboratory (A...
