AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV) has acquired the intelligent systems group of Progeny Systems through a $30 million cash transaction as part of efforts to drive autonomy and artificial intelligence technology development work and expand robotic systems engineering support for defense and commercial clients. AeroVironment said Wednesday it will merge IS...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has promoted senior directors Grant Hagen, Jaime Orlando and Chris Walton to vice president roles within the technical solutions division, effective March 1. Hagen, senior director of business excellence, will serve as VP of business operations at HII Technical Solutions, the company said Wednesday. He led t...
Executive Mosaic announced on Wednesday that Bill Monet, president and CEO of Akima, has received his second consecutive Wash100 Award for driving the company’s revenue through major contract wins, executive appointments and continuing to drive excellence in the federal sector and government contracting (GovCon) industry. “With over 25 yea...
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that would direct a 100-day review of supply chains as part of efforts to address the global shortage of semiconductors, CNBC reported Wednesday. The move comes after congressional members and industry leaders warned about the potential implications of the chip shortage. The EO directs heads of...
Robert Campbell, former director of federal sales at Forcepoint, has joined Dedrone as vice president of its North American public sector segment. He will work in the drone detection technology provider’s office in Sterling, Virginia, and oversee government business development, go-to-market and strategic functions in his new position, the com...
A Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) subsidiary has secured a $39.3 million other transaction agreement to help the U.S. Army develop a 3D geospatial dataset for the second phase of a potential $94.7 million prototype project. Vricon aims to produce a virtual model of Earth’s terrain that will be accessible through the service branch’s netw...
Rajeev Suri, former president and CEO of telecommunication firm Nokia, will officially join Inmarsat on March 1 as its new chief executive. He will succeed Rupert Pearce, who has led Inmarsat for more than nine years and will leave the company at the end of this month after a 16-year career, the satellite operator said...
Kevin Worley, former vice president of solutions for digital transformation at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has joined government technology services provider Pyramid Systems as chief technology officer and head of technology operations. He will be responsible for technical delivery work at Pyramid Systems and research-and-...
Kevin Rayment, president of Curtiss-Wright‘s (NYSE: CW) commercial and industrial business segment, has been promoted to serve as chief operating officer when COO Thomas Quinly retires from the company on April 1. The electronics supplier said Wednesday that Rayment will report directly to President and CEO Lynn Bamford and brings more than th...
A Boeing (NYSE: BA) vice president said the company is in talks with the U.S. Navy regarding T-7A Red Hawk aircraft as a potential replacement for the service branch’s T-45 Goshawk trainer platform, Military.com reported Tuesday. Chuck Dabundo, VP and T-7 program manager within Boeing’s strike, surveillance and mobility business, said a...
