John Amsden, former senior vice president for strategy and growth at Precise Systems, took on a new role as the company’s chief strategy officer. He will be responsible for helping Presice to expand organic capability expansion initiatives in the defense and federal markets, while driving the transition of its newly absorbed and cross-function...
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...
Ron Ravelo, a retired U.S. Navy captain and a senior director at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) since September 2021, has taken on a new role as vice president of programs for SAIC’s Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic and U.S. Marine Corps accounts. In a LinkedIn post, Ravelo shared that his appointment comes six...
GovCon industry executives Koren Odermann and Mary Shambora have joined the leadership team of Client Solution Architects as vice presidents to help CSA advance growth initiatives and expand the company’s presence in existing and new markets, GovCon Wire has learned. Odermann will serve as VP of business development for the Army and other agen...
Sean Duguay, a nearly three-decade government market veteran, has been named president and chief revenue officer at Arlington, Virginia-based information technology company M9 Solutions. Duguay pointed to M9’s leadership, growth potential and culture as the main factors that drove him to accept the job, the company said Tuesday. He spent more ...
The Department of Defense is working to adopt commercial technologies at a faster rate than ever before as the United States’ peer and near-peer competitors increase their own technological capabilities. This approach, known as a “fast follower” strategy, was outlined in the 2022 National Defense Strategy, which called for the DOD t...
A U.S. Marine Corps directorate responsible for developing and integrating the branch’s warfighting systems seeks portfolio management support and other services from industry through an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The solicitation period for the Technical and Operational Support Services acquisition program is open to sm...
The State Department has cleared a potential $268 million foreign military sale of assault amphibious vehicles and related equipment to Greece. The Greek government asked to buy a total of 76 AAV units in personnel, command and recovery configurations along with 63 50-caliber machine guns, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday. Contrac...
Recent technological advancements have drastically altered the way the U.S. military operates in the modern battlespace, which holds a growing number of threats to the nation’s information advantage. To keep up with the rapid nature of modern technology transformation and maintain battlefield superiority, welcoming change and the opportunities it ...
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...
