Rod Fontecilla, former partner and chief innovation officer at Guidehouse, has assumed the newly created role of chief innovation and artificial intelligence officer at Madison Dearborn Partners-backed Harmonia Holdings Group. The executive will lead the Technology and Innovation Council, which was recently established to support the capability deve...
Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has secured a $525 million contract from the U.S. Navy for Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Block 2 and spares. RTX said Monday the ESSM Block 2 missiles’ enhanced maneuverability and performance will help boost the flexibility and capability of the U.S. and allied nations’ navies. The weapon sy...
Tara Laymon was named senior vice president of occupational health operations division at Leidos QTC Health Services, the executive announced in a LinkedIn post Monday. She has been with Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) for nearly a decade. According to her LinkedIn profile, she joined the company as a senior program manager and rose to the ranks...
Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index closed 0.43% higher at $5,366.84 on Friday for another winning week. The index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, had the same pattern in the last three weeks: three daily gains and two daily losses. Besides the 1.38% advance for the week, GCI is now up 14.96%...
The State Department has cleared Australia’s foreign military sale request for Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles-Extended Range and related equipment with an estimated value of $405 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday Australia will purchase 100 AARGM-ER with global positioning system precise positioning sys...
Tiffanny Gates, operating partner at Capitol Meridian Partners and former CEO of Novetta, was appointed chairman of the board of directors of Clarity Innovations. The company said Thursday Gates is responsible for providing Clarity leadership with advice on strategic growth, product development and merger integration. Gates’ career includes ti...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $422.2 million contract valued to provide logistics, sustainment, project management and engineering services in support of the Czech Republic’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Work on the foreign military sale will be performed in undisclosed locations within and outside the con...
LMI will provide the U.S. Army with technical services and products under a $47.6 million contract award. The management consulting company said Wednesday its work will support the digital transformation efforts of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Data, Engineering and Software. DASA-DES will gain access to LMI’s technical develo...
Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, received her 2024 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent meeting. Garrettson founded the annual Wash100 Award in 2014 to honor notable executives shaping the government contracting landscape. The 100 awardees come from both t...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) will conduct research, development, test and evaluation of aeronautical systems in support of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Mobility Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The company said the five-year effort is covered by an approximately $113 million task order awarded under the Department of Defense ...
