Arati Prabhakar, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. If confirmed, Prabhakar will serve as Biden’s chief adviser for science and technology, a co-chair of the presidentâ...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Chris McGlade, vice president for quality and operational excellence at Northrop Grumman‘s defense system sector, to talk about the most significant capabilities for armed forces to provide protection on the modern battlefield. She also discussed the company’s commitment ...
The U.S. Air Force has released a request for proposals for the second iteration of a potential five-year, $1 billion contract vehicle to build and update test and evaluation systems for munitions, spectrum improvements, electronic combat and C5ISR platforms. Test and Evaluation Technologies for Ranges, Armaments and Spectrum II is a multiple-award,...
Engineering Research and Consulting will provide the U.S. Army with services in support of its Redstone Test Center under a $90.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. ERC was tasked to perform work at the Redstone Arsenal, Alabama-based center through April 19, 2023, the Department of Defense said Monday. RTC serves as an Army Test and Evaluation C...
ExecutiveBiz featured Deborah Drake, vice president and chief people officer at Noblis, in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Monday. She highlighted how the company promotes workforce culture because its employees are the ones who drive customer impact and value as well as mission area growth. Drake also tackled the acquisition and in...
Kevin Pruett, senior vice president of the aerospace engineering group at Ensco, has been promoted as executive VP and head of a newly formed business unit that consolidates the company’s aerospace, avionics, cybersecurity and national security programs. He will take the helm of the Ensco Mission Systems Group on July 2, the engineering and te...
C4 Planning Solutions, a Georgia-based managed information technology services provider, has won a potential $249 million contract to provide tactical systems support to the U.S. Marine Corps. The TSS-3 contract covers engineering services for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence platforms that U.S. forces have deployed acros...
Suzanne Mathew, chief financial officer of Yorktown Systems Group, has assumed additional responsibilities as president of the Huntsville, Alabama-based mission support and training services provider. She will bring to the role over 25 years of GovCon experience as Yorktown pursues growth initiatives, including a more than twofold increase in revenu...
Jack Azagury, a 26-year Accenture (NYSE: ACN) veteran and most recently the U.S. Northeast market unit lead, has been named group chief executive of the company’s strategy and consulting group. In his new position, Azagury will be responsible for managing the unit’s enterprise operations, business strategy, applied intelligence and inno...
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the military service predicts its next manned fighter platform and associated systems to be ready by the end of the decade, The Drive reported Wednesday. Kendall, a three-time Wash100 Award winner, told an audience at a recent Heritage Foundation event that engineering and manufacturing development efforts are ...
