Steve Adlich, former president of Tyonek Native Corp.’s aviation services and manufacturing divisions for the past seven years, has been appointed chief strategy officer at Edge Autonomy. He will oversee plans and initiatives to advance Edge Autonomy’s global manufacturing and unmanned aerial system technology businesses, the company sai...
Aviation services provider AAR (NYSE: AIR) has purchased Trax USA, a software company that specializes in aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul. AAR said Monday that the acquisition aligns with its strategy to deliver digital platforms to aftermarket customers. Miami-based Trax was founded in 1999 and has since supported 5,000 aircraft through a...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Kathy Warden, chair, CEO and president of Northrop Grumman, as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner for aligning the company’s portfolio of technology offerings to priorities of defense customers and advancing strategic growth. This year marks the 10th iteration of Executive Mosaic’s annual list of the top 100...
Doug Jones, a senior vice president and defense group chief technology officer of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) for the past three years, has been promoted to serve as the company’s deputy CTO. In his new capacity, Jones will lead the company’s research and development investments, technology partnerships, technical talent growth and key strategic...
The State Department has cleared a potential $268 million foreign military sale of assault amphibious vehicles and related equipment to Greece. The Greek government asked to buy a total of 76 AAV units in personnel, command and recovery configurations along with 63 50-caliber machine guns, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday. Contrac...
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Nazzic Keene, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner in recognition of her leadership in accelerating corporate growth strategy, driving veteran employment initiatives and advancing sustainability, social and governance goals. “Nazzic, a six-time winner, has successfu...
John “JD” Parkes grew up attending defense trade shows with his father, who was a legacy Kodak commercial and government systems executive, so he’s always had an inherent understanding of the government contracting landscape. After Parkes earned an image science degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology, he immediately began a career ser...
The Department of Veterans Affairs has posted the final request for proposals for a potential 10-year, $60.7 billion contract vehicle covering a range of information technology and health IT services. Vendors can submit bids for the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation 2 program until April 17, according to a notice posted Tues...
Amentum completed its $1.9 billion all-cash acquisition of PAE in February 2022, and John Heller, who previously served as PAE CEO, became the head of the combined enterprise. Executive Mosaic spoke with Heller, a seven-time Wash100 Award winner, in an exclusive video interview to get an inside look at the company one year later. Vote for John H...
A Dragados-Hawaiian Dredging-Orion joint venture has won a potential $2.8 billion task order from the U.S. Navy to build a concrete dry dock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific is the contracting activity and received four proposals for project, as part of a contract awarded in November...
