The State Department gave the green light for the U.K.’s plan to buy one ballistic missile defense radar and a pair of command and control battle management and communications systems, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), through a potential $700 million transaction with the U.S. government. The proposed foreign military sale will also includ...
Jan Niemiec, vice president of sales at Cisco, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Thursday. He talked about Cisco’s recent growth initiatives as well as its efforts to drive digital transformation and innovation across the federal landscape. Niemiec also covered challenges in federal recruitment ...
Former senior U.S. national security leaders Sue Gordon, Richard Spencer and Ryan McCarthy have joined the board of the U.S. proxy organization of London-based satellite communications company OneWeb to ensure compliance with U.S. government regulations and safeguard classified information. OneWeb Technologies CEO Bob Roe said in a statement publish...
Ardent Management Consulting has expanded its business development team with the appointment of three vice presidents who will be responsible for driving the company’s growth strategy in the homeland security, federal health and civilian markets. Ardent said Wednesday it named Joshua Kolchins as VP for homeland security and he will manage Depa...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has secured a potential five-year, $84 million task order to help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain undersea warfare platforms. The company said Thursday it will assign personnel to perform operations and maintenance support work aboard the branch’s Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance ships. A Leidos field suppor...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has appointed 21-year company veteran Barbara Borgonovi to serve as senior vice president of corporate strategy and development starting April 1. She is currently the president of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems group within the intelligence and space business, the aerospace and defense con...
The Department of Defense has selected Vectrus (NYSE: VEC) to complete application development work for a 5G-based warehouse project at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego. An assessment team for the NBC 5G Smart Warehouse project evaluated applications from Vectrus and two other companies as part of a down-select process during the initial phase and...
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has received a five-year, $640 million contract to provide ground systems and mission operations services to NASA facilities nationwide. The company will engineer systems, conduct studies, implement designs, manage flight operations at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and other agency-run missions and launch facilities, NA...
The Department of Energy has started its solicitation process for a $120 million multiple-award contract vehicle to procure technical assistance services for the field sites backed by the Consolidated Business Center of DOE’s environmental management office. DOE said Wednesday the five-year contract will use firm-fixed-price and time-and-mater...
Scott Koslow, a more than 25-year veteran of the defense and government contracting sectors, took the helm of Synectic Solutions Inc. as president and CEO after he purchased the Oxnard, California-based professional services contractor. The U.S. Navy retiree intends for SSI to be certified as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business and conti...
