Mattermost has appointed industry veteran Pavel Zeman as senior vice president of engineering. The company said Tuesday Zeman will be responsible for driving engineering innovation and accelerating technical collaboration with Microsoft Teams, Azure and Microsoft 365 platforms. “CIOs in national security and critical infrastructure enterprises dep...
Mercury Systems has appointed Brad Whittington, a former executive at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and Raytheon, as senior vice president of engineering. He will report to Mercury’s chief operating officer, Roger Wells. The recent leadership appointment is part of Mercury’s reorganization effort to streamline its operations. Joe Plunk...
Astrion, a portfolio company of Brightstar Capital Partners, has agreed to acquire Axient for an undisclosed sum to expand its capabilities and presence in the defense and federal civilian market. Astrion said Wednesday it expects the acquisition to conclude in the third quarter of 2024, subject to government and regulatory clearances and other cust...
V2X (NYSE: VVX) has booked a $141 million U.S. Navy task order for continued delivery of assured communication capability to the naval fleet. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee award, the company said Wednesday it will perform engineering services in support of the command, control, communications, computer and intelligence systems used by the service br...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $180.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for continued delivery of AN/SQQ-89A (V) 15 anti-submarine warfare systems and engineering support services. The Department of Defense said Friday Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems business will develop, integrate, manufacture and test Hypervisor ...
Tony DeSimone has been appointed vice president of enterprise engineering at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). DeSimone announced his new role on LinkedIn, saying that, in this new position, he will be responsible for leading E&T execution across the company’s four business areas as well as its enterprise operations. A defense industry veteran ...
An RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary has secured a $385.5 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security to help sustain aircraft avionics systems on U.S. Coast Guard aircraft. Collins Aerospace will provide sustainment engineering and technical support services for the Coast Guard’s Aviation Logistics Center, according to a notice posted ...
The U.S. Army plans to award five indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth $467.7 million combined to provide research and development, engineering design, production and related support services for the Capabilities Development Command Armament Center at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. The procurement effort is a total small busines...
Science Applications International Corp. (Nasdaq: SAIC) has received a potential five-year, $232 million task order from the U.S. Army to provide systems engineering and information technology modernization support to help the military branch build signals intelligence and electronic warfare systems. SAIC said Thursday the task order was awarded und...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $169.7 million contract to provide sustainment engineering and logistics support services for the MQ-4C Triton remotely piloted aircraft systems of the U.S. Navy and Australian air force. The contract covers the provision of life cycle program planning, spare and repair parts, support equipment, engineering...
