Kris Chester was elevated to the role of chief technology officer at WTI, a Fairfax, Virginia-based information technology services provider that caters to the U.S. service branches, defense and civilian agencies and other government organizations, according to his LinkedIn post. The executive most recently served as WTI’s enterprise architect...
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) Sikorsky subsidiary a potential seven-year, $650 million contract to make upgrades to the HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award includes a $91 million initial delivery order and a minimum guarantee contract, the Department of Defense sai...
Ed Newman, former federal sector leader at Hill International, has joined Michael Baker International as vice president of cost management. The three-decade industry veteran will oversee a companywide cost management team that manages the planning, design and development of construction and environmental projects for local and international governme...
Defense technology company Cyberlux has acquired Datron World Communications, a provider of tactical communication products, in an effort to broaden its market offerings. According to a Datron press release issued Friday, Cyberlux CEO Mark Schmidt described the acquisition as “a game-changer” for both parties that will lead to “a s...
Contracts procurement executives hold one of the most crucial steps in the government contracting landscape. This process of contract procurement ensures the federal government meets the specific requirements for the capabilities, products, and solutions. These are requisites for major industries, such as defense, healthcare, intelligence, space, an...
Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) rotary and mission systems business has secured a potential seven-year, $1.05 billion contract to help the U.S. Navy integrate a combat management system across the Surface Force. The defense contractor will provide systems engineering and software integration services for the Integrated Combat System supporting the N...
Eric Brown, a technology industry leader, has started serving as senior vice president for innovation and capabilities and chief innovation officer at ManTech, he announced in a LinkedIn post. He most recently served as VP for innovation and capabilities responsible for accelerating the Herndon, Virginia-based defense contractor’s technology strat...
Larry Honarvar, formerly a vice president at CGI (NYSE: GIB), has joined Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) as a VP – cloud practice lead, according to a LinkedIn post published Thursday. He assumed his new position following a six-year stint as VP of operations at information technology consulting firm NetCraftsmen, a subsi...
MullenLowe U.S. has won a potential six-year, $454.6 million contract from the Defense Human Resources Activity to provide market research, joint advertising and related marketing communications services. DHRA received seven offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and will use operations and maintenance funds to finance task ...
The National Science Foundation has released a draft solicitation for the development of a next-generation icebreaking research vessel that will support scientific operations in the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic. A notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov states that NSF will launch an open competition to select an Antarctic Research Vessel integrator t...
