ExecutiveBiz featured Ryan Legge, president of analytics at BigBear.ai, in its most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He discussed the company’s artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities, its efforts to drive data-driven decision-making structure at the U.S. Army as well as its support for customers in t...
The U.S. Air Force has chosen Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to replace a tactical ground-based radar system used to carry out airspace defense operations. USAF said Wednesday it will exercise an option of a previously awarded contract to procure the company’s AN/TPY-4(V)1 technology for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar produc...
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...
Saab has secured a $122 million modification to a contract with the U.S. Marine Corps for the production and delivery of force-on-force training systems. The modification includes a $54 million order booked in 2021 and options that would raise the potential value of the FoFTS-Next contract to $248 million, Saab said Wednesday. USMC chose the...
Arcfield has appointed Lori Becker, former chief financial officer of Sierra Nevada Corp., to the CFO position and named Mike Smith, a 23-year U.S. Secret Service veteran, chief security officer of the Chantilly, Virginia-based systems engineering and integration contractor. Both newly appointed executives will report to Arcfield Chairman and CEO Ke...
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...
John Hart, chief growth officer at Valiant Integrated Services, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Tuesday. He talked about strategic goals and expected challenges in 2022 and beyond, and discussed how partnerships have helped the company expand its federal marketplace footprint, reach mission objectiv...
During the State of the Union address on March 1, President Biden called for tightened border security and highlighted the “cutting-edge” technology currently being deployed at ports of entry to fortify the border. “If we are to advance liberty and justice, we need to secure the border and fix the immigration system,” Biden stated. “I...
Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK) has purchased Axiom Data Science for an undisclosed sum to broaden its climate data analytics platforms and will operate the acquired company as part of its government services group. Axiom is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and performs climate science modeling to help federal, academic, nongovernmental organizations and comme...
VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC) has received a $100 million contract from the U.S. Navy to extend by one year the company’s mission-critical support for eligible foreign naval platforms. Naval Sea Systems Command issued the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to ensure the service branch’s foreign military sales cust...
