Carlo Zaffanella, a former General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) executive, has been named president and CEO of the maritime division at Ultra Electronics, according to his LinkedIn post published Sunday. He joins Ultra Maritime from General Dynamics’ mission systems business where he most recently oversaw its maritime and strategic systems portfolio. P...
The Naval Air Systems Command is seeking proposals from defense contractors looking to provide aircraft maintenance and logistics support for the U.S. Navy’s F-16A/B/C/D multi‐role fighter jet fleet over a potential eight-year period. In a SAM.gov solicitation notice, NAVAIR said it will award a $152.3 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-...
The rise of electronic warfare, or EW, has fueled an increase in demand for electromagnetic spectrum operations and capabilities across the GovCon landscape. This heightened demand is manifesting in increased interest and investments in 5G-enabled technologies, smart facilities, Internet of Things and more as spectrum sharing becomes more prevalent ...
ExecutiveBiz featured Chris Bishop, chief growth officer of HII Mission Technologies, in its recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He talked about the division’s focus on emerging tech development and maturation and how those technologies could be integrated into the mission operational environment. The Q&A also discuss...
Systems Planning and Analysis, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has acquired a Metron division focused on providing operations research, digital engineering and model-based systems engineering support for the U.S. Navy and other national security customers. SPA said Tuesday it will integrate Metron’s operations research and cyber...
The State Department has cleared Taiwan’s requests to procure AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II missiles, contract logistics support for the Surveillance Radar Program and AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles under three foreign military sales agreements worth approximately $1.1 billion combined. Taiwan’s economic and cultural representative office requ...
Michael LaRouche, president of the national security and space sector at Science Applications International Corp., was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office in Tysons Corner, VA. This marks the second consecutive year that Michael LaRouche has received the most pre...
Iron EagleX, a veteran-owned defense contractor, has secured a potential 10-year, $430 million other transaction agreement to provide technical development support services to U.S. Special Operations Command. The award covers products, services, research and development and production support to help ensure that USSOCOM’s software and tools meet i...
Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business has received a pair of contracts worth $3.14 billion combined to manufacture a total of 19 KC-46A aerial refueling aircraft for the U.S. Air Force and Israel. USAF ordered 15 tankers along with data, subscriptions and licenses under a $2.2 billion lot eight production contract that will...
Exiger, a software-as-a-service supply chain risk management company, has purchased Supply Dynamics for an undisclosed sum to combine their products to develop an end-to-end supply chain visibility and risk management capability through a single cloud-based enterprise platform. Exiger said Tuesday it will integrate SDX, PAC and ExplorerRX products o...
