Brian Drzewiecki, a finance professional with more than two decades of industry experience, has joined Research Innovations Inc. as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. He will oversee RII’s overall business activity that covers its financial and operational planning functions, the company said Thursday. His career includes exe...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will update as many as five Chinook heavy-lift military cargo helicopters for the U.S. Army under a $391.4 million contract. The military service intends to procure CH-47F renew aircraft through the fixed-price-incentive contract and expects the planemaker to complete work on Sept. 30, 2025, the Department of Defense said Thursday....
Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE: SPR) has reorganized its operations into three business divisions – defense and space, commercial and aftermarket – and announced leadership appointments as part of efforts to diversify and focus on key growth markets. Duane Hawkins will continue to oversee the defense and space division as president and has been na...
CTFV Acquisition, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital-backed Vantage Fund, has completed its purchase of Peraton’s SES business. The SES business is focused on providing systems engineering, integration and support services and will now be led by Damian DiPippa, most recently president of Peraton’s systems engineering sector, as an independen...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has been awarded a potential $1.28 billion contract by Naval Sea Systems Command to provide full-rate production services to the Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 2 program, a collaboration between the U.S. and several other NATO member countries. The firm-fixed-price contract has a $358 million initial value and cov...
Amy Hopkins, a veteran of the defense and intelligence sectors, has joined Capella Space to serve as vice president and general manager of the satellite company’s U.S. government services business. She will be responsible for leading and growing Capella’s synthetic aperture radar mission applications in the federal market, the company sa...
ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has secured a position on a potential $150 million multiple-award contract from the National Institutes of Health for biomedical technical and data management services in support of its National Cancer Institute. The digital services company said Wednesday it will provide scientific computing infrastructure and expertise in health...
EY has secured a potential five-year, $200.2 million contract to examine data on general and working capital funds at the Department of the Air Force. The professional services firm will perform financial statement audit work for DAF, which is composed of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, under the labor-hour contract with a 12-month...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 30, 2021 — Two of Zscaler‘s (Nasdaq: ZS) cloud software products were granted “Ready” status under the new State Risk and Authorization Management Program in addition to the software as a service provider being named an authorized StateRAMP vendor, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 15. StateRAMP seeks to standa...
James “Hondo” Geurts, formerly assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, has been named to the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Defense Group. “I am excited to join the SVDG team as the organization continues to bridge the gap between the Department of Defense and the technology community,” Geurts, a prev...
