A technology startup created in May 2022 by Will Roper, former U.S. Air Force acquisition chief and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has come out of stealth mode and is aiming to bring a digital approach into technology projects. Istari raised $13 million in a seed round from investors such as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt...
Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), has secured a potential $708 million contract to manufacture and engineer eight-blade propeller systems for the U.S. Air Force’s military transport planes. Under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Collins Aerospace will supply NP2000 propellers, an electronic pr...
A joint venture between Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and nou Systems has won a potential $637.1 million contract to help the Missile Defense Agency develop a layered system for defending against missile attacks. Huntsville, Alabama-based nTSI will engineer hypersonic defense, cybersecurity, space and threat systems as part of the cost-plus-fixed...
Shane Sims, vice president of Army C5ISR programs at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) since October 2021, has transitioned to a new role as VP of SAIC’s logistics and supply chain unit. “I am always looking to grow professionally and understand new aspects of defense acquisition businesses and this new position helps...
Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has secured a potential $87 million contract from a subordinate unit of the U.S. Space Force to provide logistics and systems engineering support for the Mobile User Objective System program. MTSI said Wednesday it will support space-related research, development, production, launch, sustainment and testing activitie...
Poland has requested to procure Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) high mobility artillery rocket system launchers and related equipment from the U.S. government under a $10 billion foreign military sales agreement approved by the State Department. The proposed FMS transaction includes 18 M142 HIMARS launchers, tactical missile systems, extended-rang...
Justin Shum, a business development executive with more than two decades of industry experience, has joined Altamira Technologies as vice president of business development for intelligence programs. He announced his new position at the McLean, Virginia-based analytics company in a LinkedIn post Tuesday. Shum joins Altamira from Applied Signal Techno...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to unveil John Ustica, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, as a winner of the 2023 Wash100 Award for his longstanding dedication to leading the SGT organization forward in technological development, partnership building and overall mission fulfillment. The Wash100 Award, which annually hon...
Scott Sloan, former managing director of armed forces growth and strategy at Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal services unit, has joined Virginia-based information technology services provider StratasCorp Technologies as president. StratasCorp said he brings more than two decades of government and business experience to the company. Sloan starte...
Dave Dzaran, the former CEO of Centauri and a two-decade U.S. Air Force veteran, has been appointed to the chief executive role at Danvers, Massachusetts-based technology and engineering services contractor Sumaria Systems. He will be responsible for driving Sumaria’s growth and sustaining a corporate culture centered around partners, customer...
