A new report by consulting firm McAleese & Associates says General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) posted $36.2B in full-year 2018 sales, up 17 percent from the previous year. Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates and a 2019 Wash100 winner, wrote in the report that the increase was primarily driven by $3.7B in ...
Thomas Lydon, formerly a senior vice president at Sabre Systems, has joined Chantilly, Va.-based technology integrator VT Group as president of the newly established aviation solutions division. He will oversee the combined business of VT Group™s global aviation services and the logistics and engineering capabilities of the newly acquired ...
Eight companies have secured contracts worth $22.5M combined to develop, manage and update a set of Open Architecture standards for the U.S. Air Force. The contractors will work as a single entity to create and offer configuration control for Universal Command and Control Interface and Open Mission systems standards, the Department of Defense report...
Howell Estes, a board member at Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) since October 2017, has been named chairman of the company™s board of directors in a move that will take effect Jan. 1. He will succeed Robert Phillips, who will continue to serve on the board, the company said Thursday. “Howell’s wealth of experience in service to...
Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has said the company™s fiscal 2019 third-quarter results reflect its continued focus to deliver robust performance across its contract portfolio. SAIC said Thursday it closed the quarter with $1.2B in revenue, a 2.8 percent or $32M increase from the same period last year...
William Rittershaus, formerly senior system engineer of Systems Planning and Analysis and a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has been appointed director of the company’s operations in Huntsville, Ala. He will oversee business strategy and development activities targeting Conventional Prompt Strike or hypersonics-related projects withi...
Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has secured an eight-month, $486M contract modification to extend information technology support services under the Department of the Navy™s Next Generation Enterprise Network program. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command issued the modification to extend a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-qu...
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has received a potential seven-year, $861M contract to provide command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems to the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic. SAIC said Thursday it will procure, fabricate, as...
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $130.4M contract modification to Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) aerospace business for decomposition and design efforts in preparation for F-35 Block 4 modernization. The company will work to help the aircraft meet weapon and air system requirements corresponding to Block 4.1 standard, the Defense Department sai...
The U.S. Army has revealed a new roster of industry partners under a potential $37.4B contract that covers knowledge-based professional engineering support services to command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programs. The Army Contracting Command received 388 bids for the Responsive Strategic Sourci...
