Thomas Weidley, a 35-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, has been named chief operating officer at aerial delivery and survivability equipment supplier Capewell. He has led multiple USMC echelons during his military career and brings naval aviation experience to his new position, Capewell said Tuesday. His military service includes time as comman...
Veraxx Engineering has won a $46 million to help the U.S. Marine Corps update a virtual system for integrated and networked aircrew readiness programs. The company said Tuesday it will provide technical services to support the modernization of USMC’s Aviation Distributed Virtual Training Environment and the sustainment support for ADVTE equipm...
Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Pratt & Whitney business will continue to maintain military fighter aircraft engines for domestic and foreign military sales customers under a $447.6 million contract modification from Naval Air Systems Command. The Department of Defense said Tuesday that contract work involves recurring sustainment effor...
Robert Smith, formerly a human resources executive at BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, has joined Amentum as vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion. He brings more than three decades of government and industry experience to his position and will be responsible for reinforcing Amentum’s workplace culture, the company said Tuesday...
Bret Taylor, president and chief operating officer of Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) over the past two years, has been elevated to the roles of co-CEO and vice-chair of the board. He will work alongside fellow CEO Marc Benioff to lead the San Francisco-based customer relationship management software provider, the company said Tuesday. Taylor previously serv...
Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR) has closed its approximately $161.2 million cash-and-stock purchase of exactEarth, a provider of satellite data products and services to the global maritime sector. Vienna, Virginia-based Spire first announced the deal in September, which marks its first acquisition after going public in mid-August, and the company said Tue...
A By Light Professional IT Services subsidiary has won a potential eight-year, $957.74 million contract to help the U.S. Army develop and maintain a cyber training system. Cole Engineering Services Inc. will work to provide the Army a platform to train service personnel in cyber operations and provide “blue team” support under the firm-fixed-pri...
President Joe Biden has nominated William LaPlante, president and CEO of Draper Laboratory and a national security leader, to serve as undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense. LaPlante has nearly 40 years of experience in the defense industrial base, acquisition, technology and sustainment, the White House said Tu...
The U.S. Navy has awarded four five-year contracts worth $1.74 billion combined to procure maintenance, repair and modernization services for non-nuclear surface combatant and amphibious ships. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts covering lots 1 through 4 include scheduled docking and non-docking, continuous and eme...
Robert Lightfoot, vice president of operations at Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) space business area, has been promoted to lead the segment as executive vice president. He will assume his new position on Jan. 1 and replace Rick Ambrose, who intends to retire in March after a more-than-20-year career at Lockheed and will support transition effor...
