Mark Esper, former defense secretary and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has been appointed a partner and chairman of the national security practice at venture capital firm Red Cell Partners. He will be responsible for overseeing investment and business development activities across defense, space, aerospace, cybersecurity and international affairs se...
Fred Kennedy, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s tactical technology office, has formed a company with the goal of developing nuclear thermal rocket engine technology to support cislunar space programs. Dark Fission Space Systems aims to work with government and industry partners in efforts to accelerate the on-orbi...
Maureen Waterston, former chief human resources officer at Pratt & Whitney, has been appointed to the same position at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS). She will manage HR functions, including diversity and inclusion, and implement a human capital strategy for the approximately 43,000 Leidos employees worldwide, the company said Tuesday. At Pratt & Whitn...
Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, has announced the winners of the 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and coveted award in all of GovCon to recognize the 100 executives who will impact the sector in the coming year. The 2022 Was...
Cari Ossenfort, former corporate vice president for operational excellence and quality at Leonardo DRS, has been promoted to senior VP and general manager of the defense contractor’s naval electronics unit. She will lead a business that offers computing, data distribution, middleware enterprise and network support services to the U.S. Navy, th...
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 ...
Deborah Dunie, former executive vice president and chief technology officer at CACI International (NYSE: CACI), has joined the board of directors of Perry, Georgia-based Sigma Defense Systems. Sigma Defense CEO John Wilcox said in a statement published Monday Dunie brings to the company over 30 years of experience serving in the Department of Defens...
A new McAleese & Associates report noted that BAE Systems posted a 6 percent sales growth and saw its sector profit increase by 27 percent to approximately $1.4 billion during the first six months of 2021 driven by its U.S. electronic systems sector and U.K. air sector. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and...
The Senate has confirmed Heidi Shyu‘s nomination to become the undersecretary of the Department of Defense for research and engineering, a role first held by Michael Griffin since the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act elevated it at undersecretary level. As USD(R&E), Shyu will be responsible for setting the strategy for D...
A Capstone Partners report shows that mergers and acquisitions in defense electronics, space and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance markets reached over 70 transactions in 2020, exceeding the deal volume recorded in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The report attributed the year-over-year increase in deal ...
