Andrew Pahutski, a Department of Defense veteran with 27 years of civilian and military service, has been appointed vice president of economic security programs at Systems Planning and Analysis. Pahutski will be responsible for overseeing the development of the company’s portfolio of advanced analytics offerings in economic security and intern...
The Department of Defense’s innovation arm and acquisition office have added small unmanned aircraft systems from eight companies to DOD’s cleared list of drones as part of the second iteration of the Blue sUAS project. DOD will not require these cleared unmanned platforms to secure an exception to policy to buy or operate since these...
Michael Donley, director of administration and management at the Department of Defense, has created the information management and technology directorate within the office of the DOD secretary and appointed Danielle Metz, most recently deputy DOD chief information officer for the information enterprise, to lead the directorate. Metz’s appointment ...
Reggie Brothers, former CEO of BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) and two-time Wash100 Award winner, has been named an operating partner at AE Industrial Partners. “I know firsthand the value that AEI’s operational support and strategic vision adds to its portfolio companies, and I am excited to have the opportunity to leverage my technology and defense ba...
An AAR‘ (NYSE: AIR) government services subsidiary and Boeing (NYSE: BA) have received contract modifications worth a combined $199 million to respectively maintain P-8A planes and engines for the U.S. Navy, Australia and other unnamed international clients. AAR (NYSE: AIR) Government Services and Boeing (NYSE: BA) will deliver ...
Marin Halper, technical director of Mitre‘s Cross-Cutting Urgent Innovation Cell, has been promoted to a vice president position. The CUIC co-founder will apply the nonprofit company’s research and data in efforts to help industry partners, government agencies and their foreign allies address mission challenges, Mitre said Monday. Halper...
William LaPlante, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, has signed a waiver allowing DOD to accept lots 13 and 14 deliveries of the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 fighter jet. “Acceptance of the aircraft is necessary for national security interests,” LaPlante sa...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary has secured a $532.9 million contract modification to continue design, development research and lead yard support services associated with the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class attack submarines. Contract work will occur at Electric Boat’s facilities in Groton, Connecticut, and Newport...
Lily Zeleke, acting deputy chief information officer at the Department of Defense, said DOD is on schedule to award the potential $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability contract by the end of 2022, C4ISRNET reported Thursday. “December 2022 is still the date we’re aiming for, for awards,” Zeleke said at an event Wedneday. “I can...
Christopher Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), recently accepted his 2022 Wash100 Award, the highest honor in the government contracting (GovCon) community, during a visit by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson to the department’s headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia. Executive Mosaic has recognized&n...
