Stephanie Pope, executive vice president of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and president and CEO of its global services business, is ascending to the rank of chief operating officer, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. Beginning Jan. 1, she will have oversight of the performance of Boeing’s three business units with responsibility for driving supply c...
The State Department has approved the potential sale of RTX-built (NYSE: RTX) MK 54 all-up round lightweight torpedoes and related equipment to the German government under a potential $300 million foreign military sales deal. RTX’s integrated defense systems division will serve as the principal contractor on the proposed transaction, which cov...
Lorne Graves, formerly chief technology officer at Abaco Systems, has taken on the same role at Frontgrade Technologies, a provider of analog and radiation-hardened technologies for aerospace and defense applications. He has over two decades of experience in deploying and integrating mission processing, embedded computing and radio frequency platfor...
Samuel Swearingen has taken on the position of vice president of federal business development at Astrion, a services provider supporting defense, government, homeland, intelligence, science and space sectors. He announced on LinkedIn Thursday his move, transitioning from Deloitte, where he served as advisory specialist leader of the company’s tr...
Yulista has acquired DSoft Technology, Engineering & Analysis in an effort to expand its information and technology capabilities for aerospace, defense and government customers. The move to add DSoft Technology to the Yulista Technical Services portfolio is in line with the company’s growth strategy aimed at broadening its market presence ...
The Oasis Systems-ERC combination has officially adopted the name Astrion with a focus on helping defense, space and civilian government agencies address cybersecurity, mission support, systems engineering and digital challenges. In May 2022, private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners combined its portfolio company ERC with Oasis to offer compl...
The State Department has approved a possible $271 million foreign military sale agreement with the South Korean government for F-35 munitions and related equipment. South Korea has requested to buy 39 AIM-120C-8 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles along with tail kits, guidance sections, all-up rounds, bombs, munitions and spare and repair par...
The Department of State approved a proposed $2 billion sale of devices, equipment and other services to support a training program under the Australia-United Kingdom-United States, or AUKUS, trilateral security alliance for the Indo-Pacific region. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Friday that the foreign military sale to the Austral...
Michael Foster, former head of solutions engineering at CrowdAI, was appointed as chief data officer of the U.S. Central Command. The military branch is banking on Foster’s expertise in artificial intelligence model development, big data management and spatio-temporal analytics to reach its goal of becoming a data-centric organization, CENTCOM...
Well-versed in the defense and intelligence communities, Tom Lash spent almost two decades at SAIC in roles such as senior systems engineer, chief technology officer and vice president of operations. He then became a part of Leidos when it spun off from SAIC in 2013. At Leidos, he helped administer engineering integration for the storied...
