Bill Protzman, previously executive vice president and head of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps sector at DCS, stepped up as the company's president and chief operating officer. He succeeded Larry Egbert and will be responsible for executing customer initiatives and meeting strategic growth targets....
RTX (NYSE: RTX) saw its fiscal 2023 fourth-quarter sales rise 10 percent to $19.9 billion and recorded a total backlog of $196 billion at the end of the quarter with the defense segment accounting for $78 billion of that backlog....
Kyrus Tech has secured a potential 10-year, $200 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency carry out research, development, test and evaluation activities to counter proliferation and weapons of mass destruction. The sole-source contract has a five-year base ordering period along with five o...
William LaPlante, under secretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Department of Defense and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the Northrop Grumman-built (NYSE: NOC) B-21 Raider stealth bomber has been given the green light to kick off low-rate initial production following its initial flight test in 2023....
Robert Hicks, a former senior business development executive for the health sector at Peraton, has been named vice president of federal health at digital modernization company Oddball. He has over two decades of experience overseeing business development efforts for small and large enterprises and working with federal health clients including the De...
Eric Holstrom, formerly associate vice president of business development at LinQuest, has joined Huntsville, Alabama-based defense and aerospace company Axient as vice president of growth for the space segment. He oversees business development, capture management and growth strategy for the space segment portfolio....
Gerardo Marcor, a more than 25-year telecommunications industry executive, has been named chief operating officer at Nokia Federal Solutions. He most recently served as customer experience chief financial officer at Nokia.Nokia will sponsor the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31. Register here to hear defense lea...
Parry Labs has named former U.S. Army aviation officers Matt Sipe and Tom von Eschenbach as vice president of strategy and open systems and VP of crewed aviation systems, respectively, as part of the company’s efforts to drive growth as a mission systems integrator and pursue parallel objectives across the Department of Defense....
Leading experts in defense technology will come together to share their insights on the current defense research and development ecosystem at the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense R&D Summit on Jan. 31. This year’s edition of the summit features an impressive lineup of keynote speakers and panelists. Click here to register for th...
Chris Haynes, formerly senior director of strategy and business development at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has assumed the position of vice president/general manager at General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) ordnance and tactical systems business. He will be responsible for overseeing the missile subsystems unit at General Dynamics OTS in his new ro...
