Amela Wilson, former vice president of sensor and fire control solutions at Elbit Systems of America (Nasdaq: ESLT), has been named vice president and general manager of the surveillance division within joined FLIR Systems‘s (Nasdaq: FLIR) government and defense business. Wilson will be based in Washington, D.C., and responsible for defining t...
The FBI has awarded a pair of multiple-award contracts worth a combined $137.5M for architectural, engineering and planning services for the bureau’s construction projects within and outside continental U.S. Eight companies will vie for task orders to provide the services throughout the FBI’s region under an $87.5M indefinite-delivery/in...
NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) agreed to acquire Mellanox Technologies (MLNX) for approximately $6.9B in a push to expand its footprint in the high-performance computing market. NVIDIA said Monday it will pay $125 in cash for each share of Mellanox through a deal, which is expected to close by the end of 2019, subject to approvals by...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Al Whitmore, president of intelligence and security sector for BAE Systems’ U.S. arm, with his second consecutive Wash100 award on Thursday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Whitmore for leading BAE to major contracts in R&D and adapting to the cloud and other emerging techn...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 11, 2019 ” Chenega Corp. partner Praetorian Standard Inc., a disabled veteran-owned business, secured its first contract on the heels of a mentorship agreement between the two companies, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. NASA said Feb. 28 it selected PSI, which Chenega’s security and support solutions business has me...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 11, 2019 ” Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) appointed shipbuilding industry veteran Carlos Aguayo earlier this month to serve as general manager of its San Diego shipyard, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Aguayo, who succeeded the recently retired Daniel Flood, is now in charge of strategy development, quality, p...
Thomas Payne, formerly senior director of operations at BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm, was appointed vice president of the defense and intelligence solutions business at Pragmatics. He will succeed the retiring Mike Yocom and will lead efforts to grow the unit’s service offerings for the intelligence community and defense sector, Pragmatics said...
Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic, presented Jill Singer, vice president of national security at AT&T™s global public sector solutions unit, with her fourth Wash100 Award on Thursday. Executive Mosaic recognizes Singer for improving AT&T™s position in artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning. We are ...
Mark Gray, President and CEO of ASRC Federal and 2018 Heart Walk Chair, helps raise $2.458 Million in support of the American Heart Association™s Mission (Washington, DC, March 7, 2019) “ The American Heart Association announced that is has raised a record-breaking amount of $2.458M from the Heart Walk on November 3, 2018. The funds...
McAleese and Associates has released a report on Lockheed Martin™s (NYSE: LMT) 2019 priorities as discussed by Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Possenriede at a JP Morgan conference on Thursday. Some of the priorities mentioned include the F-35 fighter aircraft program; missiles and fire control sector; hypersonics; and the restart of the F-16 j...
