If you haven’t participated in voting for the ranking of the top 30 Wash100 Award candidates, now is your chance! There is still time to make a sizable impact on the outcome of the reader-generated ranking of the top executives in GovCon, government and industry combined. Executive Mosaic selected the full Wash100 list but it’s...
Precision Aviation Group has acquired Velocity Aerospace Group for an undisclosed sum to broaden its avionics and manufacturing, designated engineering representative and sub-assembly capabilities. Frisco, Texas-based Velocity offers aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul and manufacturing services and runs three Federal Aviation Administration-c...
On the heels of the “fix our computers” movement, the U.S. Air Force is reinvigorating its efforts to centralize and optimize the branch’s information technology environment, improve the user experience for service members and usher in an era of digital transformation. The Air Force is working on an “integrated warfighting network,” or IWN...
Paul Harris, corporate vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer at Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), is set to take on new responsibilities after his promotion as executive VP and chief sustainability and compliance officer. He will continue to lead HII’s compliance-related efforts while overseeing its environmental, so...
Church Hutton, a more than two-decade veteran of the public and private sectors, has been named vice president of government relations at aerospace and defense technology provider Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY). The U.S. Army Reserve veteran will lead a business that engages with federal and state government entities in his new position, Mercury sai...
Xavier Beale, vice president of trades at Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division, will transition to a new role that expands the scope of his current work to include human resources responsibilities. HII said Wednesday Beale will take over the Newport News HR leadership role from Susan Jacobs, who will jo...
Dorith Hakim, an aerospace industry veteran, has joined CPI Aerostructures as CEO, president and director. She succeeds Douglas McCrosson, who stepped down from his role to pursue other opportunities, CPI Aero said Wednesday. Terry Stinson, chairman of the board of CPI Aero, said Hakim brings to the company her aerospace industry experience, experti...
Dawne Hickton, an executive vice president at Jacobs and president of the company’s critical mission solutions group, has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient. She has been selected three consecutive times to Executive Mosaic’s annual list of the most significant contributors to government contracting industry activity. Executive Mosaic CEO...
Dave Wajsgras, a two-decade aerospace and defense industry leader and a six-time Wash100 awardee, will assume the role of CEO of Intelsat on April 4. He will succeed the retiring Stephen Spengler, who has served in various senior leadership roles for more than 18 years and as CEO of the satellite communications company for seven...
Lisa Brown, former senior vice president of delivery operations at Customer Value Partners, has been elevated to chief customer officer at the Fairfax, Virginia-based technology consultancy. The 13-year company veteran will aim to identify service gaps and understand client requirements in the newly created position, CVP said Wednesday. Brown has ga...
