A new McAleese & Associates report says President Donald Trump appears to have expressed support to a defense budget request of $733B to $750B for fiscal year 2020 following his meeting with lawmakers and other government officials. Trump met with Defense Secretary James Mattis; National Security Adviser John Bolton; Senate Armed ...
Jose Ignacio Garcia, a two-decade veteran of General Electric (NYSE: GE), has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer at aircraft components manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE: SPR). His appointment is effective Jan. 9 and he will succeed Sanjay Kapoor, who is due to retire as Spirit AeroSystems CFO in the first...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has issued a report that outlines some of the priorities of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer. Spencer said Thursday during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event that the Navy has begun to work with Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) on a possible two-carrier con...
On Nov. 26th, United Technologies announced its move to split the company into three separate businesses following the completion of the $30B Rockwell Collins acquisition on Nov. 23rd. The move will combine UTC™s Pratt & Whitney and United Technologies Aerospace Systems with Rockwell Collins to form Collins Aerospace Systems. The merger bet...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 5, 2018 ” Deloitte has hired Glenn Davidson, former executive director of enterprise services at the Commerce Department, as a human capital transformation executive for the government and public services practice within the company’s consulting business, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Davidson will w...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 4, 2018 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has placed an investment of $300K with Valencia College in Orlando to establish an advanced manufacturing training center that is aimed to produce the city’s future high-technology workers, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday the funds are part of a t...
A new McAleese & Associates report says several government and military leaders discussed some of the Pentagon™s technology priorities at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California. Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, talked about cybersecurity and the need for strong cyber defenses to counter ...
Consulting firm McAleese & Associates has released a report on key takeaways from the two-day Reagan National Defense Forum that kicked off Friday in California. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) CEO Marillyn Hewson; Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) CEO Thomas Kennedy; Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing™s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security busine...
Five companies will compete for task orders to help the U.S. Navy‘s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery manage financial and business operations under a potential four-year, $83.8M contract. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract’s ordering period is scheduled to commence in February 2019 and will continue through January 2...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 29, 2018 ” Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), has said the company is working with Silicon Valley partners to identify commercial technologies that could potentially be applied for military use, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 2. Aviation Today reported Nov. 1 t...
