Amentum has named leaders who will lead the three businesses within the national security group that the company is forming as part of a restructuring move by CEO John Heller, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient who took the helm of the Germantown, Maryland-based defense contractor in late March, Defense Daily reported Monday. “Today, I am...
Kevin Pruett, senior vice president of the aerospace engineering group at Ensco, has been promoted as executive VP and head of a newly formed business unit that consolidates the company’s aerospace, avionics, cybersecurity and national security programs. He will take the helm of the Ensco Mission Systems Group on July 2, the engineering and te...
Rear Adm. Lorin Selby asserts that the U.S. Navy is positioned at a unique moment in history, a crucial turning point where technology is moving at a “breakneck pace” and many sectors, including the military, have arrived at a decisive fulcrum between the analog and the digital. “This is a win or lose decade. If we...
Matt Desch, who has led Iridium Communications as its CEO since 2006, received a recent visit from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson to the company’s office in McLean, VA. Garrettson officially presented Matt Desch with his 2022 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious and coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon). “Matt’s busine...
Four companies have been selected to compete for task orders to build and support power systems for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under a five-year, $249 million contract. USACE received 11 bids for the firm-fixed-price contract through an online solicitation and the agency expects work performance to be complete by June 5, 2027, the...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has promoted 23-year company veteran Evan Scott to the position of treasurer and appointed Edward Paul, former vice president of accounting, to serve as controller. They will hold VP titles in addition to their new finance roles, Lockheed said Monday. Scott replaces John Mollard, who will retire from the company by...
The U.S. Navy is refocusing its priorities on cultivating and caring for a strong, capable workforce in the midst of a talent shortage crisis plaguing both government and industry. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said the service is working to identify and pursue new ways to meet the evolving and unique needs of today’s sailors, who...
Cliff Qualls was elevated to the role of vice president of readiness solutions, rotary wing and joint capabilities at CAE, where he previously served as director of rotary wing programs. According to his LinkedIn profile, Qualls held managerial positions at the former L-3 Communications and L3 Technologies company for over a decade before assuming r...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) board of directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $1.26 on the company’s common stock. The aerospace and defense company said Wednesday it will give the dividend on Aug. 5 to holders of the common stock as of July 1. Reston, Virginia-based General Dynamics posted flat revenue of $9.4 billion...
Vishal Deshpande, a two-decade federal information technology market veteran, has joined Unissant as chief data analytics officer. He will oversee the development and implementation of the company’s technical vision, roadmap and strategy related to data and advanced analytics and help accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine ...
