Doug Magee is a U.S. Army veteran and seasoned business development executive currently leading Day & Zimmermann’s Government Services practice as president. He cut his teeth at companies like KBR, DynCorp International, Michael Baker International and, most recently prior to D&Z, as an operating company president at Akima. Magee commands ...
Ken Diller, a military and industry veteran, has joined Millennium Corp. as vice president of business development. In this capacity, he oversees the company’s business development strategy, proposal and capture activities and works with the operations team to create strategies meant to help address complex challenges facing customers. Diller&...
Every year, the Potomac Officers Club hosts the government contracting industry’s premier events featuring the most prominent and influential speakers from the public and private sectors. Now, POC is gearing up for its biggest, most exciting year yet. In 2024, POC will be hosting an exciting lineup of in-person events, including must-attend month...
The Department of Defense is in the midst of a “reluctant revolution in military affairs,” according to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth III. With the advent of modern autonomous technologies, the U.S. military is currently undergoing never-before-seen efforts to uncrew “considerable portions” o...
Saab‘s U.S. business arm has booked a $104 million order to supply the Department of Defense with AT4 anti-tank weapon systems and Carl-Gustaf ammunition between 2024 and 2026. The contract extends an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity framework agreement signed by DOD and Saab in 2019, which could increase in value by $422 million, the c...
John Hillen, former CEO of government technology services contractor EverWatch and a GovCon industry veteran, has joined the advisory board of investment firm Enlightenment Capital. He will bring to the advisory board his decades of military, intelligence and national security experience and help explore new opportunities for the investment firm’s...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded an RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary a $192 million contract to procure Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile weapons as part of the Department of Defense-led Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Raytheon will help the Pentagon obtain fielded AMRAAMs from multiple sources for Ukraine’s military, according to a DOD...
The Potomac Officers Club has announced the 2023 edition of its annual Budget and Priorities Summit, a much-anticipated yearly event that delves into the government’s intentions, ambitions and goals for funding allocation. The date has been set for October 17 at the Hilton-McLean in Virginia and registration is now open! Every year, POC ...
Noble Supply & Logistics, SupplyCore and ADS subsidiary TWI USA will continue delivering maintenance, repair and operations support to military service branches as part of a potential $100 million contract modification from the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA exercised the second one-year option period that extends the ordering deadline for commer...
Axient has appointed Tina Leighty as vice president of quality and change management and named Bryan West as VP of the company’s logistics engineering division. Leighty started her career at Axient in 2009 and held various roles of increasing responsibilities including head of the quality compliance department and post-merger integration manag...
