Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $372.5 million contract modification for the delivery of lots 15 and 16 of F-35 Lightning II aircraft‘s ancillary mission equipment requirements to the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. The Navy award also provides for the fighter jet’s initial spares in support of military customers, non-De...
A joint venture between Black Construction and Tutor Perini has won a pair of task orders worth $124.3 million combined from Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific to perform building work at two U.S. military installations in Guam. The first project, valued at $73 million, will involve constructing an electronics-communications mainte...
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is shifting its workflow approach and prioritizing speed to close its pacing gap with other global powers in today’s rapidly changing geopolitical environment, according to NGA Chief Information Officer Mark Andress. “We’re moving away from a Continental U.S.-first, human-initiated, point-to-poin...
Chris Pehrson, formerly an executive at General Atomics, has been appointed chief growth officer of defense technology company Parry Labs. He will be responsible for driving growth initiatives through business capture, program growth and strategic planning efforts in his new position, Parry Labs said Monday. Parry Labs CEO John Parkes said Pehrsonâ€...
CACI International (NYSE: CACI) and M.C. Dean have won spots on a potential eight-year, $91 million contract to provide base defense security systems to the U.S. European Command. The Air Force Installation Contracting Command received three offers for the multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which gives EUCOM access to e...
William LaPlante, president and CEO of Draper and a former Air Force acquisition chief, received Senate confirmation to serve as undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense, the Air Force Magazine reported Thursday. During his Senate confirmation hearing in late March, LaPlante, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said the U...
Guidehouse has named health experts Sarah Garnett and Kristin Porter as public sector health leader and head of the Department of Veterans Affairs account team, respectively, within the management consulting firm’s health segment. Garnett will bring to the role her experience working with leadership teams from federal health agencies, research ins...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $108 million award to obtain long-lead items required for the initial production lot of the U.S. Air Force’s B-21 Raider bomber planes. USAF said Wednesday the company will manufacture the program’s first batch on an assembly line employing technicians, processes and tools that have been applie...
BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) has appointed former U.S. military officers Joseph Kernan, John Mulholland and Michael Dickey to the company’s newly formed advisory group. They will advise the BlackSky leadership on business growth, technology investment and partnership matters, the geospatial services provider said Monday. Kernan, a retired Navy vice a...
Robert Winkler, a 25-year military and legislative service veteran, has been named vice president of corporate development and national security programs at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS). He will aim to align the company’s development projects and communicate the potential of its offerings with the federal government, Kr...
