Boom has received a $60 million Strategic Funding Increase contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue research and development of a supersonic aircraft platform. The additional funds will support work on the Overture airliner envisioned to carry 65 to 88 passengers, travel at twice the speed of current commercial planes and use sustainable aviatio...
Melissa Hathaway, a thought leader in the fields of digital risk management and cybersecurity, has been added to the list of featured speakers for an upcoming virtual event, hosted by Executive Mosaic’s Potomac Officers Club, that will explore the national security aspect of cryptocurrency. She will serve on a panel during POC’s “Digit...
The Professional Services Council has appointed Serco Inc. CEO Dave Dacquino and Dawne Hickton, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Jacobs’ (NYSE: J) critical mission solutions business, to the executive committee of the trade association. Dacquino and Hickton, both 2021 Wash100 Award recipients, were among the five newly elect...
Justin Taylor Justin Taylor, Greg Forrest and Mike Harasimowicz of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) said accelerating the ethical application of artificial intelligence is key to achieving the potential of AI in addressing national security challenges and helping the government carry out its missions. The Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace and defense co...
President Joe Biden has nominated Navy Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth, director of intelligence, J-2, Joint Staff, to serve as head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Whitworth would retain the rank of vice admiral if confirmed for the NGA director position, the Department of Defense said Monday. He previously served as commander of the Join...
Ryan McCarthy, former secretary of the U.S. Army and 2020 Wash100 inductee, has joined the board of directors at command and control technology provider Tomahawk Robotics. The Army veteran brings defense acquisition and technology experience as Tomahawk Robotics aims to help military customers deploy its C2 software to unmanned systems, the company ...
U.S. Special Operations Command is looking to award L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) a $297.2 million contract modification to fully execute a capital equipment replacement program for legacy manpack radio systems. SOCOM awarded the original six-year, $255 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for AN/PRC 167 radios to Harris Corp...
Susan Mitchell, former vice president of professional services for enterprise resource planning systems at NeoSystems, has been promoted to serve as the company’s chief financial officer. She will be responsible for implementing an integrated approach to manage financial operations at the Tysons, Virginia-based information technology service p...
Kaman (NYSE: KAMN) has realigned its operations around three segments as part of a new reporting structure meant to improve transparency as part of the company’s growth strategy and portfolio management efforts. The company said Thursday it will present financial results under engineered products, precision products and structures business segment...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a potential five-year, $625 million contract to update and maintain logistics information systems for the British military. The U.K. defense ministry said Thursday the company will support modernization work on LogIS software applications to provide the country’s service personnel a single technology platform for ...
