Independent proxy advisory firms Glass Lewis & Co. and Institutional Shareholder Services recommended in their respective reports that shareholders of Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) vote in favor of all proposals related to the planned combination with Vertex during a special meeting to be held on June 15. Chuck Prow, CEO of Vectrus and an eight-time Wash1...
ExecutiveBiz featured Deborah Drake, vice president and chief people officer at Noblis, in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Monday. She highlighted how the company promotes workforce culture because its employees are the ones who drive customer impact and value as well as mission area growth. Drake also tackled the acquisition and in...
Jason Proctor, advisory systems engineer for cyber resilience at Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), said government agencies looking to achieve cyber resilience should develop a strategy that takes into consideration data isolation and immutability. “In fact, isolation and immutability are essential techniques that can help agencies protect critical ...
Kevin Pruett, senior vice president of the aerospace engineering group at Ensco, has been promoted as executive VP and head of a newly formed business unit that consolidates the company’s aerospace, avionics, cybersecurity and national security programs. He will take the helm of the Ensco Mission Systems Group on July 2, the engineering and te...
Rear Adm. Lorin Selby asserts that the U.S. Navy is positioned at a unique moment in history, a crucial turning point where technology is moving at a “breakneck pace” and many sectors, including the military, have arrived at a decisive fulcrum between the analog and the digital. “This is a win or lose decade. If we...
The U.S. Navy is refocusing its priorities on cultivating and caring for a strong, capable workforce in the midst of a talent shortage crisis plaguing both government and industry. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said the service is working to identify and pursue new ways to meet the evolving and unique needs of today’s sailors, who...
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the military service predicts its next manned fighter platform and associated systems to be ready by the end of the decade, The Drive reported Wednesday. Kendall, a three-time Wash100 Award winner, told an audience at a recent Heritage Foundation event that engineering and manufacturing development efforts are ...
As the U.S. Army places heavy emphasis on modernization, service leaders are looking to harness more industry innovations that can help the branch create robust information and data sharing capabilities at a quicker speed. Matt Benigni, chief data officer for the Army Futures Command, said during a recent Dcode webinar that he views digital transfor...
Southcoast Welding and Manufacturing has won spots on a pair of multiple-award contracts worth potentially $1.19 billion combined to repair, maintain and update non-nuclear surface combatant and amphibious ships that are visiting or stationed at the U.S. Navy’s San Diego base. Naval Sea Systems Command received seven offers for the lots I and ...
Allied Motion Technologies (Nasdaq: AMOT) has acquired electrical drive systems provider FPH Group for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its presence in the defense market. “This acquisition is an excellent strategic fit as it provides us with a deeper penetration within defense applications including the necessary manufacturing lice...
