John Howanitz, a 39-year Bechtel veteran, has been promoted to president of the company’s nuclear, security and environmental business in a move that takes effect Sept. 1. He will succeed Barbara Rusinko, who has led the NS&E organization over the past five years and is due to retire from the company in October after nearly...
Allison Patrick, who left Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) in 2016 after she served as vice president of federal civilian business development for three years, has returned to the Reston, Virginia-based company as VP of programs for the Department of Homeland Security. Patrick said in a LinkedIn post that she is excited to rejoi...
Fearless, a Baltimore, Maryland-based digital services firm, has won a potential five-year, $120 million blanket purchase agreement from the General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services to support modernization efforts across the government, Technical.ly reported Tuesday. The software firm will provide TTS offices and i...
Jim Cushman, a technology industry veteran, has joined mobile enterprise security company Hypori as president of commercial markets and chief product officer. He will oversee the company’s strategic growth initiatives and expansion into health care, fintech and other commercial markets and is expected to use his three decades of product developmen...
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented Chuck Prow, president and CEO of Vectrus, with his 2021 Wash100 Award during a ribbon-cutting ceremony unveiling the company’s new office facility in Tysons Corner on Thursday. “Chuck Prow, who led IBM’s public sector through one of its most successful periods, is now guiding Vectrus, a public comp...
Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of Information Solutions with Deltek, was featured on Monday in a highly informative Q&A session with ExecutiveBiz. Plexico, a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient and GovCon Expert, discussed the potential short and long-term implications of the recent cancellation of the Pentagon’s $10 billion Joint Enterprise D...
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Andrew Hunter, director of the Center for Strategic International Studies’ defense-industrial initiatives group, to be the next U.S. Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, the White House said Friday. Hunter will oversee research, development and acquisition programs through...
The space defense sector continues to grow in response to foreign adversaries’ anti-satellite and space-based weaponry developments. The Department of Defense (DOD) is committed to rapidly developing and deploying robust space intelligence sensors that will supply military leaders with information supremacy and warfighters with tactical advantages...
The U.S. Marine Corps has picked a Textron (NYSE: TXT) business segment and General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) land systems business to start contract negotiations to develop prototypes of the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle. Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal will award other transaction agreements for the ARV prototyping effort through the N...
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded three companies a $49.9 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to conduct research and development of digital signal processing systems. Black River Systems, North Point Defense and Geon Technologies will compete for cost-plus-fixed-fee or firm-fixed-price orders to provide military per...
