Lockheed Martin has secured a $211.7 million contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency to provide maintenance and sustainment services to two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, batteries in the United Arab Emirates. The Department of Defense said Wednesday that the requirement was solicited from Lockheed Martin Space as the o...
Praveen Kurian, a 15-year veteran of the defense contracting industry, has announced on LinkedIn that he has been appointed senior vice president of defense space at SAIC. Praveen Kurian’s Career Highlights The executive was most recently the VP of defense space for almost two years before he was elevated to his curren...
The U.S. Air Force has named Leidos, Jacobs Government Services and 25 other companies as awardees of indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts valued at $1.5 billion. The Department of Defense said Monday that the multiple-award contract comes with a five-year ordering period with an option of another five years. If the option period ...
IBM has appointed Alice Fakir, a cybersecurity industry leader, as senior partner and vice president of federal cybersecurity services. Fakir announced her new position at the technology company in a LinkedIn post published Thursday. “This new role reflects IBM’s commitment to our nation’s cybersecurity mission and the bleeding edg...
Jennifer Swanson has been a dedicated U.S. Army civilian for over three decades — but she’s far from sitting back on her heels or letting a new guard of technologists outpace her. Swanson remains on the cutting edge of innovation and works tirelessly to find ways to get modern capabilities into the hands of warfighters...
Leidos has named Jason Albanese its new chief growth officer and corporate executive vice president. He will replace Gerry Fasano, who will retire on April 4. The company said Wednesday Albanese, who will officially assume the roles on March 3, will be key to implementing the new NorthStar 2030 strategy. Leidos CEO Tom Bell, a two-time...
BWX Technologies, a manufacturing and engineering firm specializing in nuclear services, has been awarded a $2.1 billion contract by the U.S. Navy for the procurement of nuclear reactor components for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. BWXT Nuclear Reactor Component Contract The Lynchburg, Virginia-based company said Wednesday it will manufa...
Parsons reported record fourth-quarter revenue of $1.7 billion, reflecting a 16 percent year-over-year growth, and noted that its full-year revenue for fiscal year 2024 jumped 24 percent to $6.8 billion, up 22 percent on an organic basis. Financial Highlights In an earnings release published Wednesday, the Chantilly, Virginia-based defense and infra...
Alicia Combs announced on LinkedIn that she has been appointed vice president and general manager of ground training at Cubic division, Cubic Defense. The global business executive said Monday she will lead a team tasked with shaping the future of military training and readiness. In her new role, Combs will leverage her data-driven engineering min...
Iridium Communications reported fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter revenue of $213 million, up 9 percent from the prior-year period, and saw its total revenue for the full year increase 5 percent to $830.7 million. In an earnings release published Thursday, the McLean, Virginia-based satellite communications company said Q4 and full-year net income were $36...
