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 ...
Mark Peters, a scientist and national energy laboratory executive, will assume the role of president and CEO of MITRE on Sept. 3. Peters, who currently serves as executive vice president for national laboratory management and operations at Battelle, will succeed the retiring Jason Providakes, a 37-year MITRE veteran and a three-time Wash100 awardee,...
During the Potomac Officers Club’s Army Summit in mid-June, the service’s Chief Information Officer Leonel Garciga collected his 2024 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. Garrettson founded the honor in 2014 in order to properly celebrate the foremost change-makers who are shaping the government contracting...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) land systems business has booked a $322.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Army for low-rate initial production of the M10 Booker combat vehicle. The Department of Defense said Thursday General Dynamics Land Systems will perform work at its Sterling Heights, Michigan location and in Anniston, Alabama, an...
Summit Technology Group, a portfolio company of private investment firm Enlightenment Capital, has appointed Bill Webner, a GovCon industry executive, as CEO of its public sector business. STG said Monday Webner, a 2024 Wash100 awardee, brings decades of technology consulting and public sector management experience to the role. “Bill is a fant...
A unit within General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) mission systems business has received a potential five-year, $120.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering and software development support services for the military branch’s submarines. The Department of Defense said Friday the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded to Progeny Systems ha...
The U.S. Air Force has begun seeking information on technologies and concepts related to a counter-small unmanned aircraft system capability that could be integrated onboard fixed-wing airborne platforms. Air Mobility Command expects the on-aircraft counter-small UAS capabilities to help improve aircrew situational awareness and aircraft safety by d...
Columbia, Maryland-based Synergy ECP has acquired SPYROS Information & Technology Consulting in a transaction that expands its cybersecurity service offerings for customer agencies within the intelligence community and Department of Defense. Synergy said Tuesday SPYROS supports clients within DOD, IC and the Department of Energy’s national lab...
Vertex Aerospace has secured a potential 10-year, $265.2 million contract to support the operations of a human spaceflight training facility located at the Sonny Carter Training Facility of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The company will perform technical, administrative and managerial work to ensure the reliability of hardware and software syst...
When Steve Karp stepped into the role of chief innovation officer for government contractor-focused software company Unanet, he did so knowing that a big part of the job would be continuing to push the envelope to give GovCons more of the intelligent tools they need to deliver superior project outcomes and, ultimately, grow their businesses...
