The rapid growth of commercial space has unlocked exciting new opportunities for the U.S. federal government. Many of these possibilities lie in the field of geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, and space-based imagery, especially with the recent development of 3D and 4D capabilities. GovCon Wire spoke with six-time Wash100 Award winner&nb...
Jill McFarlane, a three-decade finance industry executive, has been appointed chief financial officer at Redhorse. She will bring to the role her industry experience in federal contracts, mergers and acquisitions and program management as she oversees the Arlington, Virginia-based government information technology services contractor’s financi...
Robert Judd has been elevated to chief operating officer of Metron, a company focused on providing technology and science-based offerings to both public and private sector customers. In his new role, Judd will collaborate with Metron’s executive leadership and board of directors to boost company growth and financial diversification w...
Doug Sickler, former vice president of business development at Technica, has joined Pyramid Systems as senior vice president and chief growth officer. He will be responsible for overseeing BD and growth efforts, building corporate backlog and increasing win rates, Pyramid Systems said Tuesday. Sickler previously worked at Technica for five years, wh...
Dave Dzaran, the former CEO of Centauri and a two-decade U.S. Air Force veteran, has been appointed to the chief executive role at Danvers, Massachusetts-based technology and engineering services contractor Sumaria Systems. He will be responsible for driving Sumaria’s growth and sustaining a corporate culture centered around partners, customer...
An Amentum subsidiary will maintain the U.S. Navy’s F-5 light fighter aircraft at the organizational, intermediate and depot levels under a $100 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. PAE Aviation and Technical Services will also perform logistics support work and is expected to complete services in March 2024, the Depa...
Jason Salzetti, a principal at Deloitte Consulting, has been selected to succeed Mike Canning, a previous Wash100 awardee, as head of the professional services firm’s government and public services practice. Salzetti, a member of Deloitte’s U.S. board of directors, will oversee the GPS practice with over 26,000 personnel focused on delivering co...
An AECOM (NYSE: ACM) subsidiary has won a five-year, $239 million contract to provide architect-engineer services to Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command’s cleanup projects at former waste disposal sites. The award to AECOM Technical Services includes field investigation, laboratory testing and technical work throughout the remedi...
Mark Kenny, formerly a vice president at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), has been appointed senior VP of strategy and business development at Ultra Electronics‘ maritime division. The retired U.S. Navy admiral will report to Carlo Zaffanella, president and CEO of Ultra Maritime, and will work in the Washington, D.C. area to oversee Ultra Ma...
A Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) subsidiary has received a $287.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain a system for processing flight test data. Under the five-year contract, Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions will provide commercial supplies and sustainment services to USAF’s High-Speed Dat...
