Seth Nylund, a more than 20-year federal sales leader and technology industry veteran, has joined the executive leadership team of Presidio’s federal arm as senior vice president of sales and business development, capture and proposal. He will report to Thad Anderson, general manager of Presidio Federal, as he oversees the company’s strategy and...
Veritas Capital has invested an undisclosed amount in Epiq Solutions, a provider of software-defined radio and turnkey radio frequency platforms to government and enterprise customers, through the private equity firm’s $1.8 billion Vantage Fund. Epiq co-founders John Orlando, Aaron Madsen and Michael Shogren will maintain a substantial ownersh...
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall highlighted the need for the U.S. to work with allies and commercial partners to ensure security and stability worldwide amid evolving threats, the service reported Wednesday. “When we say one team, one fight — industry and our international partners are part of that team,” Kendall, a three-time Wa...
Austal‘s shipbuilding business in Mobile, Alabama, has secured a four-year, $156.1 million contract modification to build two additional towing, salvage and rescue vessels for the U.S. Navy. The fixed-price-incentive modification exercises options for the production of the T-ATS 13 and T-ATS 14 ships and covers special studies, engineering and ind...
Samer Halawi, former executive vice president and chief commercial officer at Intelsat, has been named CEO of a newly formed connectivity business within Airbus Group‘s defense and space segment. The three-decade industry veteran will oversee the unit that aims to develop and commercialize telecommunications services for the Zephyr high-altitu...
Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has promoted Barry Byrd to director of contracts from his prior role as deputy director. Byrd shared his promotion in a LinkedIn post and noted that he will focus on Dynetics’ aerospace, defense and civil business operations in his new capacity. He spent more than 14...
General Dynamics’ information technology business will provide data integration and cloud migration support to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under a potential five-year, $65 million contract. GDIT said Thursday it will support CMS’ Integrated Data Repository by providing Agile development and transformation services and deliver ...
The State Department has approved the Dutch government’s request to buy from the U.S. government Patriot MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical ballistic missiles through a potential $1.22 billion foreign military sales agreement. Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will serve as the prime contractor in the proposed transaction that covers tool...
In the most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Dawn Pinto, chief financial officer for Critical Mission Solutions with Jacobs, to discuss her reasons for joining the company and her strategic goals. She also shared Jacobs’ efforts to recruit and retain talent in the federal landscape and the challenges facing the bus...
The Environmental Protection Agency has named eleven awardees on a five-year, $5.7 billion contract vehicle to help EPA develop control measures for air pollution and radiation exposure. The five professional service areas under the Environmental, Analytical, Research, Technical and Hybrid contract are data analysis and modeling; environmental scien...
