Arati Prabhakar, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. If confirmed, Prabhakar will serve as Biden’s chief adviser for science and technology, a co-chair of the presidentâ...
Leonardo DRS and Israel-based RADA Electronic Industries (Nasdaq: RADA) have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction to form a public company focused on providing advanced sensing and force protection systems in the defense market. The boards of directors of both companies approved the deal and both parties expect to close the transaction in the...
John Heneghan, president of ECS, was presented his 2022 Wash100 Award, by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to the company’s office. Executive Mosaic recognizes John Heneghan as a first-time recipient of the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon) for his leadership and driving company growth ...
David Appel, most recently vice president of command and control digital solutions at Raytheon Technologies’ (NYSE: RTX) intelligence and space business, has joined Amazon’s (Nasdaq: AMZN) cloud computing arm as VP of national security, GovCon Wire has learned. He announced his move to Amazon Web Services in a LinkedIn post published Sunday. In ...
The U.S. Air Force has started seeking proposals for the third iteration of a non-personal services contract vehicle to support mission requirements for range operations, vehicle launches, port operations and the Space Launch Delta 45 mission. The Cape Launch Operations and Infrastructure Support III contract will be a total small business set-aside...
Army CIO Raj Iyer, a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, opened Wednesday’s Second Annual Army IT and Digital Transformation Forum, with an engaging and informative keynote address covering the challenges in talent recruitment and the immediate need for digital transformation efforts to drive the Army toward its 2030 modernization and strategic objec...
Robert Geckle, chairman and CEO of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He talked about company projects, such as building the militarized version of the H-145 aircraft, that he considers “most rewarding.” Geckle also discussed his strategic goals for the year, the m...
A BAE Systems business in Rockville, Maryland, has won a $699 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to manage, operate and maintain computational systems for the Department of Defense’s scientific and engineering communities. The company’s technology solutions and services unit will provide program-wide support to Defens...
HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has secured a $240 million contract to obtain materials and begin construction efforts for the U.S. Navy’s future LPD-32 amphibious transport dock. LPD-32 will become the third LPD-17 Flight II class ship and the 16th San Antonio-class vessel constructed at the Ingalls Shipbuilding facility, the co...
A Fincantieri subsidiary has secured a $536.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to design and build the third ship in the Constellation class of guided-missile frigates. The Department of Defense said Thursday Fincantieri Marinette Marine will also provide digital environment support for the future USS Chesapeake (FFG 64) in addition ...
