Mac Curtis, former chairman of the board, president and CEO of Perspecta and a seven-time Wash100 Award winner, has joined McLean, Virginia-based growth equity firm Blue Delta Capital Partners as a venture fellow. Phil Nolan, a general partner at Blue Delta, said in a statement released Wednesday that Curtis will serve on some boards of...
A new McAleese & Associates report says NASA and Boeing (NYSE: BA) expect the next uncrewed flight test of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to occur in the first six months of 2022. Boeing and the space agency held a joint teleconference Tuesday to provide an update on Starliner and Jim McAleese, founder of McAleese...
Jennifer Richmond, former senior vice president and general manager of Jacobs‘ (NYSE: J) national security business, has transitioned to a new role as SVP of sales within the company’s federal and environmental solutions business, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday. The nearly 17-year Jacobs veteran will be part of a global business organ...
Exolaunch, a German company that provides launch services and separation systems, has established operations in Denver, Colorado and Washington, D.C. in the U.S. as part of its efforts to expand market share in North America. Chris Hearsey, a former director at Bigelow Aerospace, was appointed to serve as CEO of Exolaunch USA and lead the...
A team of BAE Systems and Sierra Nevada Corp. has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to design an open architecture technology intended for signals intelligence collection and analysis. Both companies aim to develop a prototype that will work to detect, identify and track radio frequency emissions as part of USAF’s Global High-altitud...
The U.S. Navy has awarded a five-year, $154.1 million contract to BAE Systems to integrate multiple systems into vehicles, command facilities, fixed base terminals, transit cases, mobile communications equipment and intelligence platforms. BAE’s technology solutions and services business will support command, control, communications, computer ...
VMWare Federal Strategist Keith Nakasone was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Tuesday. The discussions were focused on his move from the General Services Administration to VMware; company information technology offerings; cyber hygiene and compliance; the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Matur...
Shareholders at GS Acquisition Holdings (NYSE: GSAH) voted at a special meeting Tuesday to approve the company’s merger with Mirion Technologies, a provider of anti-radiation equipment to the defense sector. The two companies have set the transaction’s closure date for Wednesday, according to a joint statement. The combined entity will a...
Robert Starr, formerly an executive vice president and chief financial officer at Kaman (NYSE: KAMN), has joined Fairbanks Morse Defense as CFO. FMD CEO George Whittier said in a statement published Tuesday Starr’s experience working with military and commercial clients and ability to manage large companies’ finances will be critical as he share...
Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft Federal, has received his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon) recognizing the contributions of the top executive in the sector, for his leadership and efforts to drive digital transformation as federal agencies continue to push their adoption of the latest emerg...
