TTM Technologies (Nasdaq: TTMI) has agreed to buy Telephonics from Griffon (NYSE: GFF) in a cash transaction worth approximately $330 million to expand its offerings and capabilities in the aerospace and defense market. Santa Ana, California-based printed circuit board manufacturer TTM said Monday it expects the transaction to be immediately accreti...
Government services industry veterans Ed Casey and Doug Kollme have joined J&J Worldwide Services as executive chairman of the board and chief financial officer, respectively. Casey, a previous Wash100 awardee will work with the company’s board of directors and executive management team to advance corporate strategy and execution efforts, J&am...
Babel Street has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of industry veterans Michael Southworth as CEO and Brian Daum as chief financial officer. The Washington, D.C.-based company said Thursday Southworth will succeed Jeff Chapman, who will transition to a new role as vice chairman of the company’s board of directors. He joins the data...
Mark Esper, former defense secretary and a three-time Wash100 awardee, has been appointed a partner and chairman of the national security practice at venture capital firm Red Cell Partners. He will be responsible for overseeing investment and business development activities across defense, space, aerospace, cybersecurity and international affairs se...
Private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Oasis Systems with its portfolio company ERC to expand cybersecurity, engineering and technology-focused consulting offerings for aerospace and defense customers worldwide. Brightstar said Wednesday it expects the transaction to close in the second quarter of 2022 and the combined...
Dan Voce, senior vice president for enterprise cyber and solutions at Leidos, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Wednesday. He discussed digital modernization in defense, civil and health markets, the company’s recent growth initiatives and the impact of M&A activities to Leidos portfolio and tec...
Lynker has received a potential five-year, $136.9 million task order to deliver scientific support services to the National Centers for Environmental Prediction within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service. The company said it will work with Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) and Axiom Co...
Dan Odom has joined the national security segment of Guidehouse as a senior strategic adviser following a more than two-decade stint at the FBI, where he most recently served as section chief. The consulting services provider said Wednesday Odom will assist clients in technology development and application to mitigate cybersecurity and national secu...
Some members of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center leadership team will lend their insights to a panel discussion on the role of digital twin technology in defense programs. The ExecutiveBiz-hosted Digital Twins Forum will feature AFLCMC officials Richard Billings, lead for A-10 product lifecycle M-management implementation; Lynn Eviston, d...
NASA has started a market research effort with the goal of identifying companies and universities with the capacity to design high-speed commercial vehicle systems and develop technology roadmaps to support the baseline vehicle concepts. The agency said Wednesday in a sources sought notice that it envisions a design study project that would initiall...
