Doug Sickler, former vice president of business development at Technica, has joined Pyramid Systems as senior vice president and chief growth officer. He will be responsible for overseeing BD and growth efforts, building corporate backlog and increasing win rates, Pyramid Systems said Tuesday. Sickler previously worked at Technica for five years, wh...
Many prognosticators and pundits have speculated that we have moved past the Information Age to a new phase of life and society dictated even more by technological advancements. Some call it the IoT, or Internet of Things Era and others consider it the Artificial Intelligence Era. Whichever moniker ends up sticking, there is no doubt that...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will perform non-recurring engineering work for an F-35 flight science test aircraft replacement project under a $320 million contract modification from Naval Air Systems Command. The company will engineer systems to support the production of F-35A, F-35B and F-35C jets intended for testing use by the Navy, Air Force, Mar...
Kay and Associates has secured a one-year, $116 million modification to a previously awarded U.S. Navy contract to operate and maintain Kuwait’s fleet of F/A-18 aircraft. The company will perform organizational and intermediate-level maintenance, operation and management support services for the multirole fighter jets as part of the cost-plus-...
Hampton, Virginia-based nonprofit organization VersAbility Resources will assist the U.S. Air Force in handling mail and postal services under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $140.7 million over 10 years. The nonprofit will carry out work at continental Air Force installations, the Defense Department said Friday....
Frank Sturek, former president of SkyePoint Decisions, has been named CEO at Lexington Park, Maryland-based technology and engineering services company Compendium Federal Technology. CFT said Wednesday his appointment comes nearly a week after private equity firm Boathouse Capital acquired the company. Sturek noted CFT’s work to...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has won a potential 20-month, $168.5 million contract to maintain, modernize and repair a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock for the U.S. Navy. General Dynamics NASSCO will conduct selected restricted availability efforts for the USS Arlington in fiscal year 2023 under the firm-fixed-price contr...
The Department of Defense needs to further spur its top contractors to invest in technology innovation startups to advance the development of militarily-relevant capabilities amid power competitions with China and Russia, according to a managing director at veteran-led venture capital and growth equity firm Marlinspike Partners. In a Breaking Defens...
Joe Miller began his career serving in the U.S. Navy on a fast-attack submarine where he was first educated about the fundamentals of nuclear power. After finishing his time in the Navy, the former serviceman worked at a shipyard building submarines and quickly became interested in high-technology industries. Miller joined nuclear component and fuel...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will provide a long-range, anti-ship cruise missile system to the government of Romania under a potential $217.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy. Romania will initially obligate $208.7 million to acquire the Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System through U.S. foreign military sales program, the Defense...
