Kirkland Donald, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former CEO of Systems Planning and Analysis, will officially join Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) board of directors Jan. 1. The 37-year Navy veteran previously directed the military branch’s Naval Nuclear Propulsion program until he retired in 2013...
The State Department has approved Kuwait’s request to buy equipment and support services for the recapitalization of 218 General Dynamics-built (NYSE: GD) Abrams M1A2 main battle tanks under a potential $1.7 billion foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. The Defense Security Cooperation Ag...
Kevin Walden, acting chief information officer and director of information compliance and enterprise applications at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS), has been promoted to serve as CIO on a full-time basis. Walden will manage company-wide information security and compliance, data communications and other inform...
Cubic™s (NYSE: CUB) mission solutions division has appointed Jeremiah Madigan, a former group executive director at Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD), as vice president of secure communications and Robert Peabody, formerly a technical fellow of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), as systems strategy VP. Cubic said Monday Mandigan will ov...
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential five-year, $128.2 million contract to help the U.S. Navy repair AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receivers on the military branch’s fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday that Raytheon will support repair work on 10 AN/ALR-67(V)3 weapon replaceable ...
The State Department has approved foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $8.6 billion combined with Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Morocco. Saudi Arabia requested to buy 48 Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) CH-47F Chinook helicopters, aircraft engines, GPS inertial navigation platforms, machine guns and common missile w...
Onyx Consulting Services, CSR Group and Ultimate Knowledge have won separate contracts from the U.S. Navy for cyber and information technology training services to the Marine Corps Forces Cyber Command. The Defense Department said Thursday the Navy awarded $24 million to Onyx, $23.1 million to CSR Group and $21.8 milli...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 8, 2016 ” Parsons has received the Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year and the Mentor-Protege Agreement of the Year awards from NASA for the company’s support to small businesses, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The 2016 Small Business Industry Awards recognized Parsons’ ...
Vernon Joyner, formerly manager of the national security solutions division at engineering and technology services contractor Ensco, has been promoted to vice president of the NSS division. Joyner holds 30 years of software development, system engineering, program management, and organizational leadership experience, ENSCO President ...
The State Department has approved Peru’s request to purchase reconditioned General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) Stryker infantry carrier vehicles as well as related support, equipment and training under a potential $668 million foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. government. Peru asked to buy 178 units each of recondition...
