A BAE Systems business segment has received a potential $181.9 million contract modification to manufacture and deliver additional amphibious combat vehicles to the U.S. Marine Corps. With the modification, Marine Corps Systems Command exercised options for full-rate production of 34 ACV personnel variants and related fielding, test equipment and su...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Lou Von Thaer, president and CEO of global research and development organization Battelle, has been named a Wash100 awardee for 2024. The Wash100 award is an accolade conferred annually to the 100 most influential and impactful leaders within the GovCon industry. Vote for Lou Von Thaer as one...
Pete Nelson, former vice president at Peraton, will join digital services and management consulting company MetroStar as chief growth officer, according to his LinkedIn announcement. During his over five years of stay at Peraton, Nelson handled various responsibilities as capture VP earlier and as capture and operations VP recently. He oversaw a pro...
Thomas Weidley, chief operating officer at Capewell since November 2021, has been promoted to CEO at the Connecticut-headquartered aerial delivery and survivability equipment manufacturer. Capewell said Thursday Weidley replaces interim CEO Lane Wiggers and takes the helm as the company looks to grow its global defense market footprint. He served 34...
The U.S. Marine Corps ordered $160 million worth of Falcon IV multichannel handheld and manpack radios from L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX). L3Harris said Wednesday the orders are part of the potential 10-year, $750 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract the company won in early 2022. The Falcon IV radio system features L3Harris&...
Software factories are a central component of the Department of Defense’s enterprise-wide software modernization effort, and today, they’re growing slowly but surely across the defense landscape. But there’s still much to be accomplished in building out a full-fledged software factory ecosystem. DOD Chief Software Officer Rob Vietmeyer sa...
Executive Mosaic is honored to name U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro to the 2023 Wash100 list for spearheading Navy infrastructure modernization initiatives, reforming acquisition processes and driving technology innovation across the service branch. This marks Del Toro’s debut on the Wash100 list, which annually recognizes distinguis...
BAE Systems has received a $256.8 million contract option to manufacture more than 40 additional amphibious combat vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps. USMC ordered 25 units of the ACV Personnel variant for $145.3 million and 15 ACV Command vehicles for $111.5 million, the company said Monday. Contract funds will also cover the costs of...
Frank Pandolfe, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, has been appointed vice president and strategic account executive for the Navy and Marine Corps at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS). The 37-year Navy veteran will lead efforts to grow the company’s presence within the Department of the Navy and help advance business growth opportunities in his new position,...
A heavy-lift helicopter that Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary built for the U.S. Marine Corps has transitioned to the full-rate production phase. Frederick Stefany, acting assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, issued the decision for the CH-53K King Stallion aircraft following the evaluation of...
