Darrell Williams, a Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) vice president and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, was appointed to oversee the Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation Program, which the company manages on behalf of the U.K.’s defense ministry. As Leidos VP and managing director of LCST initiative and logistics division, Williams wil...
Octo, a Reston, Virginia-based government information technology services provider, has acquired Volant Associates for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of IT offerings for agency clients across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Volant’s leadership team will stay and oversee a new division within Oct...
Ben McNeal, a 30-year U.S. Navy veteran and former program manager for Naval Enterprise Networks, has been named director of Navy and Marine Corps strategy and sales at Red Hat. Nathan Jones, vice president of the federal business at Red Hat, announced in a LinkedIn post the addition of McNeal to the software company’s public...
The State Department has approved a $445 million foreign military sale of heavy tactical vehicles, manufactured by Oshkosh‘s (NYSE: OSK) defense segment, to the Kuwaiti government. The order is for 517 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks and Heavy Equipment Transporters to support cargo transport, vehicle recovery and resupply operations b...
The State Department has approved the Philippines’ request to buy 14 Boeing-made (NYSE: BA) Harpoon Block II missiles from the U.S. under a potential $120 million foreign military sales agreement. The Philippines asked to procure 12 AGM-84L-1 air-launched missiles, two ATM-84L-1 exercise missiles, containers, parts and training equipment as th...
The State Department has cleared a potential $2.43 billion foreign military sale of F-16 Block 70/72 fighter planes, manufactured by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), to the Philippine government. This proposed FMS transaction covers the procurement of 10 F-16C jets, a pair of F-16D units and 15 F100-PW-229EEP or F110-GE-129D engines, the Defense Securit...
Dennis Freeman, a Department of Defense veteran, has joined Mission Secure as a technical adviser within the cybersecurity company’s government and defense business. He brings decades of military and civilian service experience to his new position and will help Mission Secure execute its operational technology cybersecurity strategy for govern...
Pacific Defense has established an advisory board in an effort to inform the aerospace technology company’s decision-making processes and expand its customer reach, and has named former Department of Defense leaders David Norquist and Alan Shaffer as anchor members. Norquist, Shaffer and other board members will bring in their industry experie...
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific has awarded Dell Marketing and Insight Public Sector six-month contracts worth $317 million combined under a blanket purchase agreement to help the Department of the Navy obtain software licenses. The two awards are part of the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative and will give DON components ...
A McAleese & Associates report on President Joe Biden’s proposed $715 billion topline budget for the Department of Defense offers a look at how much money will go towards military branches and programs in fiscal year 2022. Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese & Associates and three-time Wash100 winner, reported military personnel and oper...
