Orlando “OJ” Sanchez, formerly vice president and general manager for the F-22 program at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has been appointed VP and GM for the company’s aeronautics integrated fighter group. He succeeds Bridget Lauderdale, who recently assumed the roles of VP and GM for Lockheed’s F-35 Lightning II program, and will oversee the ...
A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) subsidiary has received a potential $194.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to engineer, integrate and test an aircraft interface module to help with the planned modernization of the F-35 Lot 17 fighter jet with a next generation electronic warfare system. The Department of Defense said Monday Lockheed M...
T-Rex Solutions has promoted Cathy Lerche from her post as human resources director to chief people officer, responsible for leading the information technology company’s people operations and creating a workforce culture to promote quality, professional development and empowerment. Lerche will work to enable a more employee-oriented culture th...
Gerry Dixon, a three-decade veteran of EY, will succeed Michael Herrinton as managing partner of the professional services firm’s U.S. government and public sector practice, effective July 1. The professional services firm said Monday Dixon will be responsible for helping federal, state and local government clients address mission requirements...
DCS’ InfoScitex subsidiary will help the U.S. Air Force develop aerospace technologies and conduct multidomain operations analysis under a pair of seven-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth $243 million combined. The single-award IDIQs entail support to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Techno...
The U.K. has ordered 14 Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) Chinook military helicopters from the U.S. through a 10-year, $2 billion foreign military sales transaction. The British defense ministry said Thursday it expects to receive extended-range H-47 aircraft beginning in 2026 and will add the new platform to an existing Chinook fleet at the Royal Air Force...
Steve Harris, a more than two-decade Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) veteran, has been tapped by Ellucian to serve as chief revenue officer, responsible for driving the Reston, Virginia-based higher education technology company’s revenue generation initiatives and leading development of go-to-market plans. Ellucian said Thursday Harris will als...
Bill Marion, managing director at Accenture Federal Services, acted as the moderator for an expert panel discussion during Potomac Officers Club’s 2021 Navy Forum on May 12th, 2021. The following panelists discussed driving data and platform success, featuring Bradley Goodrich, Jane Rathbun and Capt. Matt Farr of the U.S. Navy and George Batsakis ...
GovCon Wire, the leading membership organization dedicated to connecting and empowering executives within the government contracting (GovCon) community, hosted its Defense Cybersecurity Forum on Wednesday, May 12th. If you missed the Defense Cybersecurity Forum, you can still access the OnDemand footage by visiting GovCon Wire Event Archive. The Def...
Bren-Tronics, Inventus Power, Navitas Systems‘ government solutions group and Ultralife Corp. have secured spots on a potential nine-year, $1.25 billion contract for a lightweight wearable battery being developed under the U.S. Army’s Tactical Power Generation Program. The Department of Defense said Wednesday contractors will compete for...
