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The Honorable Ken Krieg, founder of Samford Global Strategies and former undersecretary of the Department of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, retired as LMI’s board chair after holding the post for over two years and serving on the board for more than a decade. He helped LMI become a “digitally enabled consulting firm&#...
Leonardo‘s U.S. defense subsidiary has purchased Ascendant Engineering Solutions, a producer of gimbals that allow sensors or cameras to rotate and change direction, in a move to offer integrated sensing platforms in the domestic military sector. Arlington, Virginia-based Leonardo DRS said Thursday it plans to combine its electro-optical and i...
Raymond Karrenbauer, a veteran of the insurance and information technology sectors, has joined the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He will oversee the technology portfolio, business operations and financial accounts of the organization responsible for managing CMM...
Crowley‘s government services business will continue to help U.S. Transportation Command coordinate surface freight activity for two Defense Department agencies under a one-year, $453 million contract modification. The company will perform work for the Defense Logistics Agency and Defense Contract Management Agency through July 31, 2022, as pa...
U.S. Space Command leaders have emphasized the importance of intelligence data, commercial technology and workforce diversity in its mission to help other combatant commands protect the country’s space assets from adversarial threats. Sean Kirkpatrick, deputy director of intelligence at SPACECOM, said the U.S. must leverage space technology be...
Greg Wenzel, an executive vice president with Booz Allen Hamilton, was presented a 2021 Wash100 Award for his thought leadership and being a driving force for defense solutions that support warfighters’ competitive edge in digital warfare. In addition, Wenzel has also been influential in growing the company’s revenue through securing val...
CASS Professional Services and Omega Aerial Refueling Services have won positions on a $900.08 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support domestic and international defense customers in transferring fuel from a tanker to another aircraft. The two companies will vie for task orders to provide air-to-air refueling support to i...
Anduril Industries has secured a potential five-year, $99 million production other transaction agreement from the Defense Innovation Unit to make its counter-unmanned aircraft systems available for purchase by service branches. The P-OT agreement allows the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps to buy and sustain AndurilR...
Frank Kendall, who served as acquisition chief at the Department of Defense from May 2012 to January 2017, has been confirmed by the Senate to assume the U.S. Air Force’s top civilian position. He will be the 26th secretary of the Air Force and will replace John Roth, who has held the SecAF role on...
The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded three companies positions on a $900 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply various types of commercial metal products to U.S. military branches as part of DLA’s Metals Tailored Logistics Support program. DLA received six responses for the competitive acquisition program and s...
